Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT)

Parkside Animal Care Center is Hiring an Experienced or Licensed Veterinary Technician / Veterinary Assistant!

Position Details

Role: Experienced or Licensed Veterinary Technician / Veterinary Assistant Status: Full-Time Salary: Competitive and based on experience and skill set Schedule: Monday-Friday, approximately 35 hours per week. No Weekends

Benefits Highlights

Financial Rewards that Grow with You: Competitive pay, 401(k) matching, tuition support, and referral bonuses.

Wellness & Peace of Mind: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with supplemental options; up to three weeks of paid parental leave; generous PTO; and employee pet discounts.

Professional Growth & Recognition: Quarterly team bonuses, continuing education allowance, state veterinary technician license reimbursement, VTNE exam fee reimbursement, professional development opportunities, and uniform allowance.

Lifestyle Perks You'll Appreciate: Six paid holidays, an Employee Assistance Program, and an employee discount program.

Ready for a Schedule That Doesn't Look Like a BINGO Card?

Tired of working nights, weekends, and holidays? Do you sometimes forget what your family looks like after a long week of working late? Ever wonder what it would be like not to work eight days a week?

Parkside Animal Care Center wants to talk.

We believe a career in veterinary medicine shouldn't mean giving up your life outside of it. That's why we value a healthy work-life balance and want our team members to succeed both inside the clinic and everywhere else life takes them.

We're a well-established, four-doctor practice looking for an experienced or licensed Veterinary Technician or Veterinary Assistant to join our fantastic team. We genuinely appreciate the different personalities, perspectives, and unique skills each team member brings—and we're excited to see what you'll bring to ours.

Why Our Veterinary Technicians & Assistants Love It Here

• No nights, weekends, or holidays
• Flexible hours that support a true work-life balance
• A well-established four-doctor veterinary practice
• A team that genuinely values different personalities and individual strengths
• A collaborative environment where your skills and contributions matter
• Opportunities to continue developing your veterinary career
• A workplace that wants you to succeed both professionally and personally
• Support for continuing education and professional development
• A culture where you can bring your own personality and talents to the team

What Our Veterinary Technicians & Assistants Do

As a Veterinary Technician or Veterinary Assistant, you'll work alongside our doctors and support team to help provide compassionate, high-quality care to our patients and clients. Depending on your experience, training, and credentials, you'll:

• Support veterinarians and teammates with patient care
• Assist with exams, treatments, and clinical procedures
• Help provide compassionate nursing and hands-on care to patients
• Safely and confidently handle patients within your training and experience
• Communicate effectively with veterinarians and fellow team members
• Help maintain an organized and efficient clinical environment
• Contribute your individual skills and experience to the practice
• Collaborate with the team to support consistent, quality patient care
• Continue developing your technical knowledge and veterinary skills

What You'll Bring

We know great veterinary professionals aren't all exactly alike—and we wouldn't want them to be. We're looking for someone who brings their own strengths to the team while sharing our commitment to excellent patient care.

You'll bring:

• Previous veterinary technician or veterinary assistant experience, or veterinary technician licensure
• A passion for veterinary medicine and compassionate patient care
• The ability to work collaboratively as part of a veterinary team
• Strong communication skills
• A dependable and professional approach
• A willingness to contribute your knowledge, experience, and unique skills
• A desire to continue learning and growing professionally
• A team-focused attitude and willingness to support others
• Your own personality, perspective, and talents—we genuinely value them

The Extras You'll Actually Feel

Work-life balance shouldn't just be something written in a job ad.

At Parkside Animal Care Center, flexible hours and a schedule without nights, weekends, or holidays mean you can build a veterinary career while still having time for the people, hobbies, and responsibilities waiting for you outside the clinic.

You'll also work with a four-doctor team that appreciates what each person brings to the practice. Different personalities and different skill sets make a stronger team, and we want you to have opportunities to use your strengths while continuing to develop new ones.

Because veterinary medicine may be what you do—but it shouldn't have to be everything you do.

Benefits You Can't Beat

Benefit eligibility may vary based on full-time or part-time status. Benefits designated as full-time only are subject to eligibility requirements.

Financial Benefits

• A flexible approach to compensation that reflects your skill set and future performance
• 401(k) matching & Roth Retirement Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending Account (full-time only)
• 529 Savings Plan
• Tuition Support Program (full-time only)
• Referral bonus program

Wellness Benefits

• Health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision (full-time only)
• Supplemental insurance, including accident, critical illness, hospital, short- and long-term disability, legal plan, and employee, spouse, and child-dependent life insurance (full-time only)
• Up to three weeks of full pay for the birth or adoption of a child (full-time employees only; available after one year of service). In states with paid family leave programs, this benefit does not apply.
• Sick Time / Paid Time Off
• Free or discounted lab work for all employee pets
• Pet discounts on services and products
• Pet food discount program

Workplace Benefits

• Quarterly Team Rewards Bonus Program
• State veterinary technician license reimbursement
• VTNE exam fee reimbursement
• Professional development opportunities
• Continuing education allowance
• Uniform allowance

Lifestyle Benefits

• Six paid holidays (full-time only)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee discount program

Join Our Team!

If you're an experienced Veterinary Technician or Veterinary Assistant looking for a practice where you can use your skills, continue growing, and still have a life outside of work, Parkside Animal Care Center would love to meet you.

Say goodbye to nights, weekends, holidays, and schedules that look like BINGO cards. Bring your experience, personality, and unique skills to a team that genuinely appreciates what you have to offer.

Apply today and come build a rewarding veterinary career—and a schedule that leaves room for the rest of your life—with Parkside Animal Care Center!

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are core values at Parkside Animal Care Center and Vetcor. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all employees. Every team member enriches our diversity by bringing different perspectives and ways of understanding and engaging with the world. That's why we're committed to a workplace culture where employees are comfortable being their authentic selves, experience a true sense of belonging, and are empowered to reach their highest potential.