Veterinary Assistant or Technician
Horse & Hound Veterinary Services
Thomaston, MEJob$16/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Horse & Hound Veterinary Services seeks a motivated veterinary assistant or technician. The role supports veterinary care for cats, dogs, reptiles, and wildlife, including examinations, procedures, medication, hospitalization care, and client communications. The posting requires previous animal experience and describes an ideal candidate as knowledgeable about animal behavior, skilled in animal handling, and deeply interested in anatomy and physiology.
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Full job description
This job was posted by https://joblink.maine.gov : For more information, please see: https://joblink.maine.gov/jobs/1379522 Horse & Hound Veterinary Services is in search of a motivated person for the position of veterinary assistant or technician. Previous animal experience required. Ideal candidate should have animal behavior knowledge; animal handling skills; and a deep interest in anatomy and physiology. Duties include: assisting veterinarian with animal examinations; blood draws; medication administration; surgical procedures; hospitalization care; dispensing medications; and client communications via phone and in person. Our office provides care for cats, dogs, reptiles and wildlife. Work hours: Monday through Thursday 8 am - 5 pm. Minimum pay $16 per hour but hourly wage will increase with level of experience and skillset provided by candidate. Position available immediately. Location: Thomaston, Maine. For more information or to submit your curriculum vitae, please contact us @ (207) 557-5669 during office hours.
How this job compares
Set against the 949 open Veterinary Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$16/hr
- US median$18–22/hr840 hourly ranges
This rate, $16/hr, is 20% below the US median midpoint ($20/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Veterinary Assistant hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 949 open Veterinary Assistant jobs across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Banfield Pet Hospital504 open
- VCA Animal Hospitals146 open
- Ethos Veterinary Health100 open
- Experience
- Veterinary Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (273 postings).
- Education
- 2 of the 949 open Veterinary Assistant jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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