Certified Veterinary Technician โ Exotics Enthusiasts Encouraged to Apply
Andover Animal Hospital โ Andover, MA
Pay range: $24-30/hr (DOE)
$2,000 sign-on bonus (use it for snacks, scrubs, or snacks you spill on your scrubs โ we wonโt judge)
If your dream workday involves a bearded dragon named Sir Hiss-a-Lot, a parrot with strong opinions, and a guinea pig who demands lap time before diagnostics, then welcome home.
At Andover Animal Hospital, weโre a 10-doctor, AAHA-accredited, full-service practice in beautiful Andover, MA. We care for dogs, cats, birds, exotics, and pocket pets โ basically, if it fits through the front door (and sometimes even if it doesnโt), weโll do our best to help it. We take our medicine seriouslyโฆ but ourselves? Not so much.
What youโll do:
Youโll be an essential part of our medical dream team โ collaborating with doctors, comforting clients, and using all your technical skills (plus your sense of humor). Youโll handle things like:
Diagnostic sample collection
IV catheter placement (bonus points if you can do it while calming a nervous ferret)
Venipuncture
Radiology (including the flighty, slithery, and occasionally dramatic)
Anesthesia and pain management
Dental radiographs and cleanings
General wizardry with exotic species
Who you are:
A Certified Veterinary Technician (or have equivalent experience and some serious skills)
Experienced (2+ years preferred) and always up for learning new tricks
Unflappable โ even when the iguana decides to scale the microscope
Compassionate, communicative, and the kind of teammate who brings calm to chaos
Able to laugh off the occasional โpoop in pocketโ surprise
Emotionally ready to fall in love with a rabbit named Biscuit
Why youโll love it here: