Veterinary Technician

Fresh Pond Animal Hospital is looking for a full-time Veterinary Technician to join our well-established, full-service veterinary hospital. We provide high-quality medicine and pursue advanced medical procedures and continued learning. Our hospital boasts a positive clinic culture with excellent doctors and support staff. We offer a modern and attractive facility. We are looking for a responsible and caring individual who will be a team player within our hospital and is excited to grow with us.

At Fresh Pond you can develop as a professional and are encouraged to be and care for the exceptional person you are. We know a happy, healthy staff is essential to comprehensive patient care. We enjoy a positive clinic culture and a schedule that facilitates a proper work-life balance. Plus, we've put together some pretty sweet benefits to help keep life awesome, including:

Financial Benefits: 

• A flexible approach to compensation that will reflect your skillset and future performance
• 401(k) matching & Roth Retirement Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending Account
• 529 Savings Plan
• Tuition Support Program
• Referral bonus program 

Wellness Benefits: 

• Health Insurance, including medical, dental, and vision
• Sick Time / Paid Time Off
• Supplemental insurance, including accident, disability, critical illness, and life insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Free/discounted lab work for all employee pets
• Pet discounts on services and products
• Pet food discount program 

Workplace Benefits: 

• Quarterly Team Rewards Bonus Program
• Professional development opportunities 
• State license reimbursement
• VTNE exam fee reimbursement
• Continuing education allowance
• Uniform allowance 
• Ability to join our Vetcor Techlife Facebook group of over 800 veterinary technicians company-wide

Lifestyle Benefits

• Six paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Parental leave
• Employee discount program (Apple, Verizon, Disney, auto insurance, flights, etc.) 

As an experienced veterinary technician, you know what it takes to be successful. Some of the specific skills that we are looking for with this particular opportunity include:

• Safe and effective patient handling and restraint
• Knowledge of preventative care and vaccines
• Competency in emergency and surgical care - including IV catheter placement
• Diagnostics - including radiographs, phlebotomy and sample collection, and in-house lab work
• Professional, compassionate communication with clients and staff. 
• Succinct documentation of patient records and client interactions.  

Priority will be given to full-time candidates and those with LVT or CVT. 

Your talent and skill as a veterinary technician are certainly essential to your success in this role. We'll love your expertise, passion, eagerness to grow and learn, and ability to work well with a team. In addition, some other qualities are important to us. These qualities include:

• Ability to build rapport with clients. We are a specialty practice, and our clients have come to expect specialty-level care
• Knowing that great results are only achieved and accomplished through teamwork and mutual respect
• Patience, kindness, compassion, and understanding, especially in challenging situations (like guiding fractious cats through their appointments...)
• Team leadership and motivation
• The confidence to own tasks and responsibilities and deliver positive outcomes

Are you the veterinary technician we're looking for? Apply today!

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values of Fresh Pond Animal Hospital and Vetcor. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all employees. Every team member enriches our diversity by exposing us to various ways to understand and engage with the world. That's why we're committed to a workplace culture where employees are comfortable being their authentic selves, feel a complete sense of belonging, and are empowered to reach their highest potential.