Vet Technician - General Practice/Wellness

Texas Litter Control•Houston, TX

36d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Litter Control is hiring full and part time Vet Technicians for Surgery and/or General Practice. Salary ranges from $17-$30 per hour (dependent on experience and license status). We are not corporate! TLC is a Texas Nonprofit Corporation and 501c3 public charity. We exist to help pet parents with affordable pet care. If you want to help the community, this is the job for you! TLC offers a robust benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short & long term disability, holiday pay (and yes, your birthday is a paid holiday), paid time off, and at cost veterinary care for your personal pets. We have fun team outings like movie days where we buy out a movie theater, pig out and watch a flick. We've done Texas Ren Fest days with catered lunch and tons of fun. We also host a holiday party, usually at the Main Event, where we do more pigging out and then go shoot at each other during laser tag. :-) We are always looking at enhancing our employee benefits. General Practice Technician Description Support GP Veterinarian providing vet exams, diagnostics, and prescriptions/refills. Provide excellent customer service to our clients and their pets.

Requirements

Animal Handling
Small Animal Care
Veterinary Assisting
Patient Monitoring
Basic Computer Skills
Intermediate mathematical skills
Advanced organization skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

Greet customers as they enter the clinic.
Answer phones as needed as back up to the call center staff.
Book appointments.
Print admission forms and answer questions about services and pricing.
Fill prescriptions.
Perform adoptions on cat/kittens in lobby.
Clean cat cages in lobby.
Keep lobby clean at all times.
Keep storage closet organized.
Draw blood, administer fluids, give injections of all types, look at specimens under microscope.
Monitor equipment and report problems to the Executive Director as they are detected.
Laundry
Mopping
Maintain proper stock of supplies in all areas of the clinic.
Perform other duties as assigned