Full-Time Position: 

Austin Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center (AVES) is seeking skilled veterinary technicians to join our emergency and critical care (ECC) department. The applicant would help care for both emergent and critical patients evaluated via the ECC department and will also help support patients hospitalized via other specialty services including Surgery, Oncology, Neurology, Internal Medicine, ​Cardiology, and Dentistry & Oral Surgery.

The qualified candidate should be enthusiastic, eager to learn, and have excellent multi-tasking abilities. The candidate will work closely with veterinarians and other patient care personnel that provide excellent client service and the highest standard of patient care. The applicant should have exemplary communication skills with both colleagues and clients. The applicant’s skill set should include (but not be limited to) intravenous catheter placement, venipuncture, anesthesia monitoring, drug dose calculation, managing patients with infectious diseases, and managing critical hospitalized patients.

The applicant must have at least 2 years of veterinary patient handling experienced, preferably with a veterinary specialty hospital or veterinary emergency hospital. This position may include weekends, holidays, and/or nights.

Benefits include: Health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability, scrub allowance, CE allowance, paid holidays, paid vacation, sick leave and 401K plan (including company matching.) Salary is competitive and directly related to experience.

Relief or Part-Time Positions: 

Are you interested in working part-time or on a relief basis with our emergency and critical care department? Are you interested in expanding your skill set and your knowledge base? If so, then AVES is the place for you. AVES is looking for both relief and part-time veterinary technicians to help support our emergency and critical care department. To learn more about this opportunity, please contact us.