Location: 165 Fort Evans Road NE Leesburg, Virginia 20176

VCA Animal Emergency Critical Care within The LifeCentre in Leesburg, VA is hiring Veterinary Technology Students and Veterinary Assistants with direct patient care experience to join our team on evenings and overnights.

As part of a multi-specialty referral and ER hospital, we offer exposure to many aspects of advanced veterinary medicine. Our ER/ICU care allows you to use all of your skills in an exciting environment that provides the tools, equipment, and support to learn each day. Be part of an elite team!

Check us out at: www.vcaaecc.com

About the Role
We want you to utilize your skills and knowledge to the fullest, while continuing to learn and grow. Duties will include:

• Patient triage and assessment
• Client education and care
• Venipuncture, catheter placement
• Laboratory sample collection and processing
• Radiology and diagnostic testing
• Medication preparation and administration
• IV fluids and infusion set up and maintenance
• Anesthesia monitoring
• Surgical preparation and assisting
• Safe and effective patient handling and restraint
• Compassionate care for our hospitalized patients
• Medical recordkeeping

Compensation for this role starts at $18 - $21 / hour based on skill level, experience, and relevant education. For LVT students, once graduated and credentialed you can expect a significant increase from there.

Why VCA

VCA Animal Hospitals is a community of over 800 hospitals across the US, including primary care, emergency, and specialty medicine. We offer world class medicine with hometown care. Together we are taking care of the future of veterinary medicine.

This means taking care of our people. We are passionate about supporting our technicians and assistants and are committed to your personal career development. At VCA, you will enjoy an inclusive work environment where you can focus on your career, your happiness, and the patients you serve. Benefits include:

Career Support

• Access to the people and resources of a large veterinary community
• Advancement and leadership opportunities
• Continuing Education allowance for full time credentialed veterinary technicians ($750/yr, $1000/yr for VTSs)
• Internal CE and development opportunities
• Free NAVTA membership, access to VetFolio, Plumbs App, and more
• Tuition assistance including Veterinary Technology Associates, Bachelors completion and more
• Veterinary Technician license reimbursement

Health & Well Being

• Medical, dental & vision insurance, a variety of additional coverage options
• Free mental health care through Lyra Health (up to 12 sessions a year)
• Access to free counseling through Cigna Life Assistance program
• Access to Headspace app
• Fully employer-paid life, long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid vacation, paid sick time, holiday pay
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility coverage, gender affirmation services
• Growing network of onsite social workers

Other Perks

• Generous hospital discounts for your pets, a variety of other discounts including cellular service, apparel, computer equipment, etc.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Referral bonus opportunities
• Practice management software with digital innovations for streamlined practice flow and client communication
• Opportunities to give back through VCA Charities and community partnerships

Interested? Apply! We look forward to hearing from you.

If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Career worklet on the landing page or search for Find Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com