Licensed Veterinary Technician

Caring Hands is hiring full-time Licensed Veterinary Technicians in various locations to provide skilled care to our patients and exceptional service to our clients. Our ideal candidate has experience in animal care, client communication, and veterinary procedures, with a passion for improving the lives of pets and their owners.

Open locations 

Caring Hands Alexandria-https://caringhandsvet.com/alexandria/

Caring Hands Clarendon- https://caringhandsvet.com/clarendon/

Caring Hands Ashburn- https://caringhandsvet.com/ashburn/

Caring Hands Merrifield- https://caringhandsvet.com/merrifield/

 What to Expect as a Licensed Veterinary Technician with Caring Hands

As you join our mission to provide out

patients with the level of care we would demand for our own pets, expect to be supported in your work and home life with:

As you join our mission to provide our patients with the level of care we would demand for our own pets, expect to be supported in your work and home life with:

• All the benefits you deserve—medical, dental, vision, retirement—plus an employee pet discount because we know your pets are family, too.
• Annual CE budget: $750 per year
• Paid time off. Catch your breath with paid holidays and paid time off each year (to use for personal time, sick days, or mental health days). Take the time you need to recharge.
• Salary: $25 -$40 per hour, $3,000 Sign on Bonus
• Schedule: Flexible schedules to fit your schedule needs, however we prioritize candidates that are available Monday-Friday when we schedule our surgical procedures.

 Key Responsibilities: 

• Client Communication: Provide status updates for hospitalized patients, home care instructions, pre- and post-op instructions, and medication administration guidance. Address client medical questions with confidence and direct complex inquiries to veterinarians.
• Client Education & Support: Educate clients on preventative medicine, wellness care by age, vaccine requirements, laboratory procedures, and support hospital financial policies by preparing estimates and discussing financial commitments.
• Customer Service: Greet clients, escort them and their pets throughout their time in the hospital, ensure smooth transitions to the front desk, and promote the practice’s products, programs, and services.
• Animal Handling & Care: Restrain animals safely and compassionately, assist veterinarians in medical, surgical, and dental procedures, prepare patients for surgery, administer anesthesia, monitor patients during surgery and recovery, and administer fluids.
• Facility & Equipment Maintenance: Properly care for all surgical materials, maintain hospital equipment and inventory, and ensure the surgery room, ICU area, exam rooms, and treatment areas are prepared and maintained.
• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate and detailed patient records using a paperless medical record system, ensuring all procedures, vaccinations, and notes are documented for proper billing.
• Pharmacy Assistance: Assist with dispensing medications as directed by the veterinarian, prepare prescription labels, and appropriately package medication.
• Safety & Technical Skills: Follow DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines; administer SQ, IM, and IV injections; perform laboratory tests, radiographs, dental radiographs and electrocardiograms; place IV catheters; perform emergency treatments such as bleeding control and external cardiac massage.

 

Qualifications:

• Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT) certification.
• Ability to handle animals safely and compassionately.
• Knowledgeable about common disease states and ability to recognize and alert veterinarians to changes in patient conditions.
• Familiarity with DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guideline

 

About Caring Hands

Caring Hands Animal Hospital is a group of large, well-equipped, AAHA-accredited facilities located across Northern Virgina, MD, and Virgina Beach. We offer convenient hours six days a week and have an open-door policy for our clients to ensure transparency and a foundation built on trust. Our full-service hospitals take a stress-less approach while providing high quality medicine for our patients. We are focused on state of the art care that includes computerized patient records, AI dictation software, digital radiography, and in-house laboratory. The perfect candidate will share our core values of Community, Accommodating, Reliability, Integrity, Nurture, and Go Team.