Full Time Equine Sports Medicine Veterinary Technician/Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to bring your horse experience to a supportive veterinary team that prioritizes employee happiness, job satisfaction, and work-life balance? Check out Front Range Equine Performance (FREP)!

About Us

FREP is a growing Equine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Practice based in the Northern Colorado Front Range with monthly trips to Steamboat Springs and Laramie, WY. We are seeking an experienced Veterinary Technician to join our team and grow with us as we expand into our clinic and rehabilitation center in Berthoud, CO. We have amazing patients and clients of all disciplines, from high end english and western performance horses to the companion mini donkey. We pride ourselves in offering all of our patients the best in chiropractic care and state-of-the-art sports medicine to empower patients to realize their peak performance and remain comfortable while doing so. 

We are a group of people that genuinely enjoy each others’ company and are extremely protective of the unique, supportive culture we have developed. We believe this environment allows us to better communicate with each other and our clients to create a truly unique work culture that is often hard to find in equine medicine.

About the Role

Our Veterinary Technician/Assistant plays a key role in our practice, and is irreplaceable in allowing our days to run smoothly.

A typical day in the trucks involves stocking the veterinary trucks that were out at appointments, driving to appointments at client facilities, helping to carry & setup equipment (some of which is >50 lbs.), facilitating lameness exams and procedures, jogging horses, and horse restraint. Assisting with administrative duties including some client communications, internal communications between employees, invoicing, and note taking. A typical day in the rehabilitation barn involves performing TPR’s, administering medications, feeding hay/grain, cleaning stalls, performing dynamic mobility exercises, treatments, and handwalking and assisting in the training of patients to use vitafloor, solarium, water treadmill. In the trucks and the rehabilitation facility, the candidate will need to have a positive attitude and be able to communicate effectively to help manage the wrenches that occasionally derail our daily plans. This role requires the individual to be physically able to jog horses, work in all weather conditions and be able to multitask. 

This role also requires participation in a rotating schedule between truck technicians to spend one week (4 days) every 8-12 weeks seeing patients in Steamboat Springs, CO.

Our practice range is 1 hour from the clinic, with one day a month traveling to Laramie WY and 4 days a month in Steamboat Springs, CO. 

The Successful Candidate

Our future team member will be a positive, personable, reliable professional who wants to expand their skills as a member of this supportive team. In addition to being a “horse person,” comfortable around all types of horses and possessing exceptional horse handling skills, they must also be able to relate to clients and exercise discretion. We seek a team member who takes pride in themself, their work and has initiative to go above and beyond required duties to exceed customer expectations and to be a partner in growing the business. We desire someone who has a drive to learn and develop themselves professionally with a long-term career goal set in equine veterinary medicine. Therefore experience working in the equine veterinary industry or Veterinary Technician Certification (CVT) will be highly considered, but is not required, as we believe in helping to develop our team members, whether through continuing education or providing employer subsidized training (technician school, etc.). Additional requirements include an excellent driving record and ability to drive our vet truck, a background check and a working interview. 

Benefits

• 10 days Paid Time Off 
• Sick Leave: 6 paid sick days per year, compliant with the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act
• Paid Holidays off: (if shift falls on these days) New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Half day New Year’s Eve
• Workers Compensation Insurance 
• Long term disability insurance
• Colorado FAMLI Leave Insurance
• SIMPLE IRA with 3% Employer matching
• Health Insurance Benefits
• Continuing education/professional development allowance

This is a full time hourly position with an initial 90 day review period. Weekdays and rotational weekend schedule required. Compensation will be competitive, based on experience. Hours sometimes go later into evenings with rotating overnight employee sponsored working trips to Steamboat Springs, CO every 8 weeks. 

Hours: The practice operates Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM for appointments and full time rehabilitation care. Saturday and Sunday, the rehabilitation facility is operational for horse care and client visiting hours. This position will operate on a rotating full time schedule to accommodate the trucks as well as the rehabilitation barn. If able to drive a horse trailer, the candidate will be asked to become part of the rotating on-call weekend and night emergency trailering for rehabilitation patients.

Please apply directly through the Indeed platform or submit a cover letter and resume to View email address on jobswipe.net. To ensure your application reaches the top, a cover letter stating why you are the ideal candidate for this position is recommended!