Veterinary Technician Emergency
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Job Location:
Rockville, MD - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 24 - 28
Posted on:
26-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Description
Position at Metropolitan Animal Emergency and Specialty Center
Veterinary Technician - Emergency
Full-Time 12-hour Shifts
Rockville MD
Metropolitan Animal Emergency and Specialty Center is looking for a Veterinary Technician to join our team as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.
At Metropolitan Animal Emergency and Specialty Center a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner you will have the support tools and resources to elevate your skills. As a hospital deeply rooted in the local community you will experience the best of both worlds: a genuine local feel with the benefits of Thrives national resources.
About You
As a Veterinary Technician youll play an important role in pets lives by providing comprehensive care throughout their journey. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests to surgery assistance to support services including admitting and discharging patients.
Experience & Skills Requirements:
- Veterinary technician licensure strongly preferred but not required LVT/CVT/RVT/LVMT encouraged to apply
- 2-3 years of clinical experience as a veterinary technician or assistant required
- Must have Emergency Veterinary clinical experience
- Strong communication skills required
- An Associates or Bachelors degree from an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology program preferred; or the equivalent combination of education training and experience that provides the required knowledge skills and abilities.
- Must be proficient in phlebotomy; able to obtain prepare and interpret laboratory samples including but not limited to blood feces urine skin etc
- Must be confident in IVC placement and maintenance
- Must be proficient in blood smears cytology preparation and interpretation
- Must be familiar with and confident in common radiographic positioning techniques and image capture
- Must be familiar with CPR; candidates with RECOVER BLS/ALS certification encouraged to apply
- Must have experience and confidence in administering anesthesia and monitoring patients during anesthetic events
Role Responsibilities:
- Support veterinarians to ensure quality veterinary care advocate for pets and educate clients.
- With each hospital function assist veterinarians and the medical team to maximize productivity and maintain positive patient flow.
- Assist with surgeries and procedures in accordance with your states Veterinary Practice Act outlined for credentialed veterinary technicians.
- Communicate with clients about individualized pet health concerns and offer guidance on Thrive Membership options medications and additional treatments.
- Assist in maintaining relevant comprehensive medical records with the support of practice systems.
- Obtain relevant health history and information from clients and maintain medical charts.
- Use safe restraining techniques follow standard protocols and sustain clean sterile organized treatment areas exam rooms and labs.
- Be willing to guide mentor and support fellow team members.
About the Hospital
Metropolitan Animal Emergency and Specialty Center is the Greater Washington Metropolitan areas pet care answer 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year. We combine the passionate care you are accustomed to from your primary care veterinarian with the precision and effectiveness of emergency veterinary care requires. We have been successfully and compassionately operating since 1976. As one of the oldest and best known 24-hour emergency animal hospitals in the country we are a part of the community and share in its history. Rest assured we are on stand by for you and your pet around the clock. Whether it is emergency veterinary services your pet needs or post-incident monitoring and care the staff at Metropolitan Emergency & Specialty Center has dedicated itself to bringing the wag back to your dogs tail and the purr back to your cats meow. We combine the passionate care youre accustomed to from your primary care veterinarian with the precision and effectiveness that emergency veterinary care requires in emergency diagnostic surgical and specialized intensive care services.
Serving Twinbrook Rockville Town Square Rockshire Woodley Gardens Westmore Lincoln Park West End Park and New Mark Commons
Benefits our care in action
Thrive offers a suite of benefits to support team members emotional physical professional and financial addition to our health and life insurance and short- and long- term disability plans we offer eligible team members:
- Competitive pay
- 401(k) with employer match
- Mental health resources including 24/7 access to Lyra Health
- Paid parental leave
- Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet
- Employer-sponsored childcare and elder care
- Personalized care for every family-forming journey
- Discretionary funds and FREE CE courses
- Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
- Student loan management tools and assistance
Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.
We listen to your needs and then meet them. Through training and free CE experiences your career development can flourish. And in our locally rooted nationally connected community youll be able to make connections access opportunities and find support with ease.
Support for you is as vital as the support you provide.
Youll Thrive With Us
At Thrive you have the opportunity to develop your career in a way that best suits your goals. Take advantage of our comprehensive learning and skill-building programs to enhance your expertise. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:
- Our vast diverse and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
- Live virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
- A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
- Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement
- Move into any specialty hospital type or environment across the nation.
- Leadership training for a thriving and long career in the veterinary profession.
Compensation negotiable based on credentials and experience with a hourly pay rate starting at$24 -$28/hour if non-credentialed $34-$36/hour if credentialed. The actual rate offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills qualifications experience and location.
About Thrive
Vet-founded and Austin-born Thrive Pet Healthcare has expanded to over 380 partner hospitals nationwide united by a mission to shape the future of pet well-being through medical excellence innovative technology and a connected community of teams and partners.
We bridge general practice urgent care specialty and emergency care and our locally rooted nationally connected hospitals benefit from Thrives extensive resources while maintaining their unique identities.
We believe that supporting our people is the key to helping pets thrive through every stage of life.
Join us where #WeThriveTogether. We provide customizable professional development opportunities a supportive work environment that values work-life rhythms and 24/7 mental health support.
At Thrive Pet Healthcare we are committed to creating a culture where everyone from any background can be heard respected and valued. We pledge to build an inclusive environment nurtured by respectful curiosity to support encourage and celebrate the diverse voices of our teams and the communities we serve.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Veterinary Experience
- Animal Care
- Communication skills
- Veterinary Assistant
- Veterinary Technician Experience
- Vital Signs Experience
- Animal Handling
- Animal Restraint
- Experience Administering Injections
- Catheterization
- Medication Administration
- Venipuncture Experience
About Company
Thrive Pet Healthcare is a nationwide network of veterinary clinics, including emergency vets, urgent care vets, primary care vets, and specialty vets.
