Part-Time Veterinary Technician - Surgery

Part‑Time Veterinary Technician – Surgery

Blue Pearl Pet Hospital is hiring an exceptional Veterinary Technician to join our single‑specialty surgery team. This role focuses on orthopedics, soft tissue, neurological, and other procedures with no ER service, no weekend hours, and a closed schedule for the six major holidays each year.

Minimum experience required: two or more years in a veterinary hospital. A rotating on‑call schedule is required once training has been completed.

Pay: $20 – $40 per hour (starting point dependent on experience and advancement through our leveling system).

Schedule: Part‑time, Tuesdays and Thursdays (subject to change).

• Provide nursing care to stable patients according to hospital standards and core values.
• Take the patient through the entire procedure from start to finish.
• Pre‑op:
  Comfortable with intubation, induction, post‑operative diagnostics, and prepping patients for surgery.
• Peri‑op:
  Monitor anesthesia and troubleshoot as needed.
• Post‑op:
  Hospitalization care, radiographs, pain management, extubating, fluid therapy.
• Comfortable with assessing patients, collecting vitals, and performing physical exams.
• Accurately count heart rate, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate, and effort.
• Understand normal vital parameters and alert the doctor when abnormal; set up constant rate infusions (CRI).
• Setup intravenous fluids, administer subcutaneous fluids, operate all brands of IV fluid pumps and troubleshoot errors.
• Disconnect and connect patients from IV fluids aseptically; monitor patient response to fluid therapy, including signs of overload.
• Client communication regarding patient histories, care instructions, lab results, and patient updates.

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Parental leave benefits.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Paid time off and floating holiday plans.
• Access to an annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, Blue Pearl University for training, and over 2,000 medical journals.
• A regional licensed social worker to support a healthy work‑life balance.
• A family‑like culture that encourages teamwork and leadership development.

Blue Pearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal‑opportunity employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.