Westford Veterinary Emergency and Referral Center
Experienced Emergency Veterinary Technician
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent, Part time
Salary:
$56,160 – $87,360 / year
Location:
Westford, MA 01886, USA
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
16 September 2026
What they need
Overview
We're looking for an Experienced Emergency Veterinary Technician to join our incredible DAY/SWING SHIFT ER team!
No two days are the same—and honestly, that's exactly how we like it.
One minute you're stabilizing a trauma patient. The next you're helping save a blocked cat, comforting worried owners, assisting with emergency surgery, running anesthesia, calculating CRIs, and celebrating the patient who gets to go home because your team made it happen.
If that sounds like your happy place...
Welcome home.
Join our fast pace, spunky, veterinary team as an Emergency Veterinary Technician and become a vital part of providing exceptional animal care! In this energetic role, you will support veterinarians in delivering comprehensive medical services, ensuring the comfort and health of our diverse animal patients. Your advocacy and love for animals, as well as ability to work in a team motivated environment will allow you to thrive and further your skills and knowledge. Your expertise in animal handling, laboratory procedures, and veterinary terminology will help us maintain the highest standards of care. This paid position offers a rewarding opportunity to work closely with animals and pet owners, a culture positive team, and make a positive difference every day.
If our culture and energy are not enough to sway you, maybe a $3,000 sign on bonus will do the trick? Everyone loves a new tattoo, we know our ER MD and two Supervisors do!
Responsibilities
- Assist veterinarians during examinations, surgeries, and diagnostic procedures with animal restraint and aseptic techniques
- Perform laboratory tests, including blood work, urinalysis, and other diagnostic procedures to support accurate diagnoses
- Knowledge of Antech/Idexx in-house equipment
- Handle animals safely using proper restraint techniques, ensuring their comfort and safety during treatments
- Maintain detailed records of animal treatments, laboratory results, and patient histories in compliance with clinic protocols
- Prepare animals for procedures such as catheterization, X-ray imaging, surgeries, and critical care intervention
- Ensure cleanliness and sterilization of equipment and treatment areas following aseptic technique
- Ability to perform CPR
- Triage, obtain histories, provide patient rounds between departments
- Attention to detail!
Skills we are looking for:
- IV catheter placement
- Blood transfusions
- Urinary catheterization
- Venipuncture
- Laboratory diagnostics
- Anesthesia monitoring
- CRIs
- Patient monitoring
- RECOVER certified
Qualifications
- Proven kennel experience and animal husbandry skills with a strong understanding of animal anatomy and physiology
- Prior veterinary technician experience or related veterinary critical care experience is highly desirable
- Ability to perform advanced venipuncture
- Familiarity with X-ray procedures and animal catheterization techniques
- Small animal restraint
- Advanced drug dosing and administration
- Ability to work in a high stress/fast pace environment
- Surgical/Anesthesia monitoring
- Advanced venipuncture
- Attention to detail
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain veterinary procedures using veterinary terminology clearly and professionally
- CVT/LVT preferred but not required
- Pay is dependent on experience and licensure
This is a fulltime position, requiring three 12hr shifts per week including one weekend day.
Pay indicative of skillset/experience with higher hourly wage for CVT/VTS.
We are dedicated to supporting your growth as a Veterinary Technician by providing a collaborative environment where your skills can flourish. Our team offers support for advancement, utilizing an in house training system. We have a collaborative environment as a multi-specialty and emergency hospital, where we can offer a comprehensive visit for our patients and numerous learning opportunities for our staff. We offer higher pay, in lieu of differentials, to ensure every team member is compensated and cared for. If you are passionate about animal care and eager to contribute to a compassionate team, we invite you to apply!
Pay: $27.00 - $42.00 per hour
Expected hours: 36.0 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Continuing education credits
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Uniform allowance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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