Demo

Veterinary Technician

Veterinary Practice Partners
Friendswood, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 3/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/26/2025
Parkwood Animal Hospital is hiring a full-time Licensed or Unlicensed Veterinary Technician 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.

What To Expect

As you join our team, expect to be supported in your work and home life with:

  • A comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid time off and a 401(k) plan for full-time employees
  • Guardian voluntary benefits
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Employee pet discounts! Because we know your pets are family, too.

Salary: $16.50 - $20.00 per hour, determined by the candidate's skills, experience, and qualifications.

Schedule: Flexible Monday through Saturday. Weekdays 7:30am-6:30pm, Saturday 7:30am-12:00pm

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 into exam rooms, 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, and electrocardiograms; place IV catheters; perform emergency treatments such as bleeding control and external cardiac massage.

Qualifications:

  • Two years of Veterinary Technician experience.
  • Ability to handle animals safely and compassionately.
  • Knowledgeable about common disease states and able to alert veterinarians to changes in patient conditions.
  • Familiarity with DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines.

About Parkwood Animal Hospital:

Parkwood Animal Hospital and Boarding has served the Friendswood, TX, area since 2009. We offer a wide range of services, including wellness and preventive care, surgery, dentistry, internal medicine, critical care, and more.

Practice owner Dr. Helen Stehouwer associates Dr. Eileen Clark, Dr. Adam Mayorga, Dr. Julie Wickel, and Dr. Kristen French-Kim, combined with our staff, have extensive experience in day and emergency practices.

Our modern, 5,000 sq. ft. facility features six exam rooms and is fully equipped with cutting-edge technology, including digital and dental radiography, ultrasonography, in-house laboratory diagnostics, and surgical and therapeutic lasers. A recent remodel added a state-of-the-art dental suite and expanded workspaces for our doctors, ensuring the best environment for delivering top-notch care. Parkwood Animal Hospital stays on top of the latest advances in veterinary technology (Therapeutic laser, surgical laser, ultrasound, online pharmacy, dental radiology, and digital radiology) and, above all, remembers that all pets and clients need to be treated with compassion in every check-up, procedure, or surgery.

At Parkwood, we value bonding with clients and their pets, concentrating on health, wellness, and client education. Our professional atmosphere encourages collaboration among doctors and support staff, and building on these relationships creates a culture of support and excellent client and patient care.

Salary : $17 - $20

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at Veterinary Practice Partners

Veterinary Practice Partners
Hired Organization Address Kinston, NC Full Time
Riverbank Animal Hospital is hiring full-time Veterinary Assistants to provide skilled care to our patients and exceptio...
Veterinary Practice Partners
Hired Organization Address High Point, NC Full Time
Skeet Club Veterinary Hospital is hiring a Medical Director to provide comprehensive medical, surgical, and dental care ...
Veterinary Practice Partners
Hired Organization Address Phoenix, AZ Full Time
Company Description: Veterinary Practice Partners (VPP) is a management company that forms joint ventures with Veterinar...
Veterinary Practice Partners
Hired Organization Address Suffolk, VA Full Time
Seeking an Licensed Technician to join our team! Licensed Veterinary Technician Caring Hands Suffolk is hiring a full-ti...

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Veterinary Technician jobs in the Friendswood, TX area that may be a better fit.

Veterinary Technician

Greatwood Veterinary Hospital, Richmond, TX

Veterinary Technician

Baytown Veterinary Management Inc, Baytown, TX

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!