Description

Veterinary Technician - Lead Emergency

Overnight and Day shifts available

Albuquerque, NM

Shift differential available for overnight shifts.

Thrive Albuquerque is looking for a Veterinary Technician to join our team as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.

At Thrive Albuquerque, a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner, you will have the support, tools, and resources to elevate your skills. As a hospital deeply rooted in the local community, you will experience the best of both worlds: a genuine local feel with the benefits of Thrive's national resources.

About You

As a Vet Tech, you'll play an important role in pets' lives by providing comprehensive care throughout their journey. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests, to surgery assistance, to support services including admitting and discharging patients.

Role Responsibilities:

• Maintain a training program that is individually designed for each ER staff member
• Update Protocols and SOP’s, maintain files for ease of access to the Emergency staff
• Develop a professional, compassionate, courteous and efficient team
• Maintain personnel files (make sure everyone attends staff meetings, CE, log call-ins)
• Provide guidance to ensure coverage for planned and unplanned absences
• Coordinate and review emergency staff schedules
• Perform daily, weekly, monthly and yearly maintenance on all hospital equipment ie. syringe pumps, IV pumps, blood transfusion pumps, monitoring devices
• Function as the emergency advocate/liaison and report to the Technician Manager, Medical Director and Practice Manager
• Attend biweekly lead technician meetings
• Train, schedule and lead a nursing staff to assure effective and consistent case management from receiving through discharge
• Ensure a collaborative approach, personal integrity, excellent interpersonal skills, and a dedication to continuous learning and improvement
• Ensure that proper protocols are followed
• Encourage career development and employee satisfaction through more enthusiastic use of employee continuing education benefit
• Meet with Practice Manager at regular intervals, to access the need or opportunities for performance improvement in all staff
• Assist the Practice Manager with 90-day reviews as well as yearly reviews
• And other duties assigned by the Medical Director and/or Practice Manager.

Experience & Skills Requirements:

• Must have leadership experience
• At least 2 years of recent experience at a veterinary practice
• Veterinary technician licensure preferred, not required
• Works well with a team
• Experience with animal restraint
• Excellent customer service
• Strong communication skills
• Flexibility to work weekends and holidays as required

About the Hospital

We are a state-of-the-art facility at the base of the Sandia Mountains, providing Emergency, Neurology, and Internal Medicine.

Serving greater Albuquerque area.

Benefits - our care in action

Thrive offers a suite of benefits to support team members’ emotional, physical, professional, and financial wellbeing. In addition to our health and life insurance, and short- and long- term disability plans, we offer eligible team members:

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with employer match
• Mental health resources, including 24/7 access to Lyra Health
• Paid parental leave
• Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet
• Employer-sponsored childcare and elder care
• Personalized care for every family-forming journey
• Discretionary funds and FREE CE courses
• Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
• Student loan management tools and assistance

Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.

We listen to your needs and then meet them. Through training and free CE experiences, your career development can flourish. And in our locally rooted, nationally connected community, you’ll be able to make connections, access opportunities and find support with ease.

Support for you is as vital as the support you provide.

You’ll Thrive with Us

At Thrive, you have the opportunity to develop your career in a way that best suits your goals. Take advantage of our comprehensive learning and skill-building programs to enhance your expertise. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

• Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
• Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
• A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
• Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement
• Move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment - across the nation.
• Leadership training for a thriving and long career in the veterinary profession.

About Thrive

Vet-founded and Austin-born, Thrive Pet Healthcare has expanded to over 380 partner hospitals nationwide, united by a mission to shape the future of pet well-being through medical excellence, innovative technology, and a connected community of teams and partners.

We bridge general practice, urgent care, specialty, and emergency care, and our locally rooted, nationally connected hospitals benefit from Thrive's extensive resources while maintaining their unique identities.

We believe that supporting our people is the key to helping pets thrive through every stage of life.

Join us where #WeThriveTogether. We provide customizable professional development opportunities, a supportive work environment that values work-life rhythms, and 24/7 mental health support.

At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we are committed to creating a culture where everyone from any background can be heard, respected, and valued. We pledge to build an inclusive environment nurtured by respectful curiosity to support, encourage, and celebrate the diverse voices of our teams and the communities we serve.