Overnight Veterinary Technician - Critical Care

Veterinary Technician

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Conshohocken, PA is hiring a skilled and dedicated Veterinary Technician to join our Overnight Critical Care team!

In this role, you'll sharpen your critical thinking and grow your skills while managing a variety of hospitalized cases. Play a vital role in real-time decisions and delivering life-saving care when pets need it most.

Schedule: 3x12

Pay: $22.15 - $44.00 / hour + competitive shift differentials

This pay band is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment tool. Candidates with VTS credentialing are eligible for compensation commensurate with experience.

We also offer competitive shift differential pay for eligible hours worked for nights and weekends. For example:

• Mon Fri: 6pm to 8am = $3.50 Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = $3.50 Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = $5.00 Shift Differential

Duties a n ICU/Critical Care Technician:

• Continuous monitoring of critical patients (vitals, ECG, blood pressure, oxygenation, neurologic status)
• Administering medications, CRIs, blood products, fluids, and emergency drugs
• Managing oxygen therapy, ventilators, feeding tubes, urinary catheters, chest tubes, and central lines
• Assisting with emergency procedures such as CPR, intubation, thoracocentesis, wound care, and stabilization
• Performing diagnostics like blood draws, lab work, imaging prep, and sample collection
• Pain management and patient comfort for trauma, post-op, or medically complex cases
• Frequent reassessment and recognizing subtle changes in condition quickly
• Communicating updates to veterinarians and collaborating on treatment plans
• Educating and updating pet owners during critical hospitalizations
• Maintaining detailed medical records and treatment sheets

Why BluePearl ?

• Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career.
• To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.

We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Parental leave benefits
• Flexible work schedules
• 401k and retirement planning
• Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans
• A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment
• We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and each applicant will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.