Veterinary Technician, Emergency
Location: Ozaukee, WI
Schedule: Full Time | 3rd Shift | 4 Ten Hour Shifts per week | Every Other Weekend | Some Holidays Will Be Required
Compensation: $20-30/hr (Commensurate With Experience)Applicable Shift Differentials ~ $3/hr for 2nd shift, $5 per hour for 3rd shift
Sign on bonus - $5000 for Certified Veterinary Technicians, $3000 for Experienced Veterinary Assistants!
At WVRC Ozaukee, you'll join a collaborative team where your skills, compassion, and dedication are valued every day. As a 24/7 emergency and critical care hospital, you'll care for a diverse caseload that allows you to build your technical skills, work with advanced emergency cases, and make a meaningful difference for pets and their families. You'll be supported by experienced teammates who believe in mentorship, collaboration, and helping one another grow. If you're looking for a fast-paced environment where no two shifts are the same and your contributions truly matter, you'll find a rewarding career at WVRC Ozaukee.
In your day-to-day, you will:
- Monitor and appropriately document patient vital signs and activity
- Provide support to all veterinarians and assist other departments as requested
- Provide comfort, diagnostic, surgical and nursing care to all patients including critical care patients
- Perform basic, emergent and critical care anesthetic monitoring
- Obtain and prepare samples for diagnostic testing including but not limited to blood draws, arterial blood gas sampling, cystocentesis, urinary catheter sampling and free catch urine
- Perform various laboratory procedures including but not limited to blood typing, cross matching and slide agglutination testing
- Accurately take and process abdominal, thoracic, appendicular, spinal, and skull radiograph while following appropriate radiation safety protocols
- Properly use and maintain medical equipment
- Provide professional client communication
- Demonstrates an ability and awareness to keep hospital areas clean and neat, maintain a safe and clean work environment
- Required to maintain client and patient confidentiality
- Meet or exceed performance standards for work quality and productivity
- Meet or exceed WVRC expectations for attendance and punctuality
What You Bring:
- Certified Veterinary Technicians will be given the highest consideration
- Experienced Veterinary Assistants are welcome to apply
- A strong desire to learn and apply knowledge/skills learned to daily work life
- Ability to communicate effectively both written and oral
- Ability to demonstrate technical procedures as outlined in the technician protocols
- Demonstrate reliability and follow-through with all work-related tasks / projects
- Fluent English skills (speaking & reading) are required for the role; fluency in multiple languages a plus.
Perks & Benefits:
Support for your credentials. Receive CVT/LVT/RVT license reimbursement to help maintain the credentials you’ve worked hard to earn.
A boost toward becoming credentialed. Veterinary Technician Program Sponsorship, a 16-week VTNE Study Group, and VTNE reimbursement help support your path to licensure.
Keep learning, keep growing. Enjoy a continuing education allowance and free VetBloom access with RACE-approved CE.
Training that grows with you. Our Learning & Development Trainers provide extensive training for new and existing team members, helping you build skills and advance your career.
Help with your workday essentials. A uniform allowance helps you stay outfitted for your shifts.
Time to recharge. Paid time off gives you room to rest, reset, and enjoy life outside the hospital.
Great teammates deserve an introduction. Earn employee referral bonuses when you help bring new talent to the team.
Perks for your pets, too. Enjoy employee pet care discounts, NVA Pet Resort discounts, and pet insurance discounts.
Health coverage that fits your life. Access medical, dental, and vision coverage, with HSA and FSA options.
Added protection for life’s unexpected moments. Explore life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity coverage options.
A boost for your future. Build your retirement savings with a 401(k) and employer match.
Support when you need it. Our Employee Assistance Program offers resources to help you navigate life’s challenges.
We believe a positive workplace culture takes intention—which is why we have a dedicated Culture Ambassador on site focused on keeping our team connected, engaged, and appreciated. From organizing team lunches and games to planning activities, celebrations, and other opportunities to connect, our Culture Ambassador helps make sure there are moments to recharge, have fun, and build relationships with the people you work alongside every day!
Why Technicians choose WVRC Ozaukee:
We’ve just moved into a brand-new, 11,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art hospital in Mequon—and we’re excited for what’s ahead. Our new facility includes:
- Specialized wards for ICU, surgery recovery, and isolation
- State-of-the-art equipment and expanded surgery suites
- A dedicated comfort room for euthanasia with a private entrance
- Enhanced team amenities, including a resiliency room and a modern breakroom
Know Someone Amazing?
If this role isn’t the right fit but you know a great CVT, send them our way!
Email Colleena.Maccarelli@ethosvet.com—you could earn a $1,250 referral bonus if they’re hired!
Surrounding Areas:
WVRC Ozaukee is within commuting distance of many veterinary professionals throughout Ozaukee County and the greater Milwaukee area, including:
- Grafton
- Cedarburg
- Mequon
- Thiensville
- Port Washington
- Brown Deer
- Bayside
- Fox Point
- Glendale
- Germantown
- Menomonee Falls
- Richfield
- Whitefish Bay
- Shorewood
- Hartland
- Milwaukee
- Sheboygan
About Ethos Veterinary Health
Ethos Veterinary Health, part of the NVA Group, is where you come to practice world-class medicine, and help shape what veterinary care becomes next. Across our network of 140 specialty and emergency hospitals, science moves forward, standards are elevated, and innovation is put into practice every day. You’ll work alongside respected veterinary leaders in academic-caliber hospitals designed for learning, teaching, and discovery. Here, mentorship is a two-way street. You’ll share your expertise, learn from others, and continue to grow, clinically, professionally, and personally. At Ethos, you inspire hope, deliver exceptional care, and pursue veterinary medicine at its highest
level, together.
Join Us
At Ethos, this isn’t just a job, it’s an opportunity to practice medicine at the highest level and help shape the future of veterinary care!
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ethos is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ethos does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion,
color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, national origin,
veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on
qualifications, competence, merit, and business need.
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