Experienced Veterinary Technician

Job Description

Job Description

About Us

Urgent Care Vet Panama City is seeking an experienced veterinary technician to join our team. We provide urgent, sometimes emergency care, to the pets of our community, and we're looking for a skilled tech who thrives in a fast-paced clinical environment and is confident handling critical cases. Just as important, we value techs who connect with pet owners — clearly explaining diagnoses, treatment plans, cost, and care instructions, offering compassion and reassurance during stressful moments. If you're passionate about high-quality patient care, strong client communication, and ready to put your veterinary nursing skills to work, we'd love to hear from you!

Our technicians are at the center of how this practice runs. We're a close, collaborative team, and we're looking for an experienced tech whose clinical skill, judgment, and communication raise the standard of care for every patient who walks in.

What You'll Do

- Triage walk-in patients quickly and accurately — recognizing the non-life-threatening cases we treat and flagging the true emergencies that need referral or immediate intervention

- Provide skilled nursing care: catheter placement, venipuncture, lab work, radiographs, anesthesia monitoring, wound care, patient assessment, and client education

- Support hospitalized patients with ongoing assessment, monitoring, treatments, appropriate documentation, and case management

- Recognize subtle changes in a patient's status and escalate appropriately

- Assist doctors with urgent procedures and non-elective surgery

- Communicate clearly and compassionately with owners arriving in an unplanned, stressful moment — including honest conversations about findings, options, and cost

- Plan and monitor anesthesia for urgent and non-elective surgical cases, managing patients safely from induction through recovery

- Track and respond to vitals, depth, and analgesia; troubleshoot proactively

- Set up, assist, and circulate for procedures and surgery

- Connect with owners arriving in an unplanned, stressful moment with empathy and clarity

- Explain findings, options, costs, and home care in plain language, and have honest conversations with care

- Help owners feel informed and supported, not rushed

- Work shoulder-to-shoulder with doctors and support staff to keep a fast-moving treatment area calm, coordinated, and clean

- Communicate clearly during handoffs and busy stretches, and pitch in wherever the team needs you

- Share knowledge and help newer team members grow

What We are Looking for

- 7+ years of experience as a veterinary technician; **urgent care, ER, or high-volume experience is a strong plus**

- Florida CVT in good standing [or equivalent experience]

- Solid foundation of proficiency in veterinary nursing skills, including anesthesia, critical care, and clinical reasoning

- Excellent client communication— calm, clear, and compassionate under pressure

- A collaborator who strengthens the team and communicates openly

- Reliability and stamina for evening, weekend, and holiday shifts

- Genuine respect for every role in the building

What We Offer

- The variety and pace of urgent care without the heaviest emotional load of a full 24-hour ER

- Shift differentials / predictable scheduling / set rotation

- PTO

- Health, Vision. Dental, Life insurances

- Room to sharpen your urgent-care and emergency skills with a growing team

Urgent Care Vet Panama City is an after-hours pet hospital located near the Hathaway Bridge on Highway 98 in Panama City. We bridge the gab between general practice and full emergency care, offering same day treatment and staffed overnight hospitalization. We accept walk-ins after hours and on weekends, triaging our patients based on acuity. We offer a uniquely encouraging organizational culture with structured development opportunities. Our diverse team is comprised of conscientious individuals from various backgrounds who provide excellent patient care, deliver exemplary customer service, and remain committed to authenticity.

Company Description

Urgent Care Vet Panama City is an after-hours pet hospital located near the Hathaway Bridge on Highway 98 in Panama City. We bridge the gab between general practice and full emergency care, offering same day treatment and staffed overnight hospitalization. We accept walk-ins after hours and on weekends, triaging our patients based on acuity. We offer a uniquely encouraging organizational culture with structured development opportunities. Our diverse team is comprised of conscientious individuals from various backgrounds who provide excellent patient care, deliver exemplary customer service, and remain committed to authenticity.