Full-time Veterinary Technician

VCA Animal Hospitals • Seguin, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

VCA Seguin Animal Hospital in Seguin, TX is seeking a full-time Veterinary Technician to join our one-of-a-kind 2-doctor GP practice! Our hospital has been serving the Seguin community for over 30 years. The town is centrally located to many Texas cities, including San Antonio (35 minutes away), Austin (50 minutes away), New Braunfels (25 minutes away), and San Marcos (35 minutes away). The candidate must be dependable, organized, friendly, outgoing, "people oriented", flexible schedule, with excellent communication skills. Previous experience or training/education working in a veterinary facility is preferred. Telephone and computer skills are necessary. As a member of the VCA team, your mission will be to win the confidence of every pet parent—by delivering an outstanding client experience—so they will partner with us for the lifelong care of their companion animals.

Requirements

• Dependable
• Organized
• Friendly
• Outgoing
• People oriented
• Flexible schedule
• Excellent communication skills
• Telephone and computer skills are necessary
• Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds
• Willing to work long or irregular hours under pressure conditions
• Ability to walk, bend, stand and reach constantly during a minimum 8 hour day
• Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand, and give information in person and over the telephone

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience or training/education working in a veterinary facility

Responsibilities

• Assisting doctors in surgeries and other cases
• Getting history from owners
• Getting TPR from patients
• Entering records into computer
• Calling clients for doctors
• Helping other technicians
• Keeping clean work environment
• Working as a team
• Helping with client education
• Venipuncture
• catheter placement
• radiology
• anesthesia monitoring
• patient assessment
• surgical preparation and assisting
• dentistry
• laboratory work
• pharmacy
• patient recovery
• compassionate care for our hospitalized patients

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• paid vacation/sick days
• 401(k)
• generous employee pet discounts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees