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Licensed Veterinary Technician - Overnight

BluePearl

Richmond, VAJob$30–42.5/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$30–42.5/hr
Location
Richmond, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring an experienced Licensed Veterinary Technician for its busy Emergency department. The role involves emergency patient care, anesthesia, triage, diagnostic procedures, medication administration, and catheter and feeding-tube care. The posting offers an hourly pay range of $30.00–$42.50, a sign-on bonus of up to $12,000, and an optional moving allowance for qualified relocating candidates. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Anesthesia MonitoringEmergency TriageDigital RadiographyVital Signs AssessmentCPRMedical MathMedication AdministrationPhlebotomyIntravenous CatheterizationFeeding Tube PlacementCentral Line Catheter CareMentoringEmpathy

Qualifications

Licensed Veterinary TechnicianExperienced Veterinary Technician

Benefits

Relocation Assistance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring an experienced Licensed Veterinary Technician to work in our busy Emergency department .

We are now offering a Sign-On Bonus for up to $12,000!

+ optional moving allowance if a qualified candidate is relocating!

Pay: $30.00 - $42.50 / hour

This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment.

**** Candidates with VTS credentialing are eligible for compensation commensurate with experience***

We also offer competitive shift differential pay for eligible hours worked for nights and weekends.

*Shift differentials are based on a 4-hour minimum.

For example:

  • Mon – Fri: 6pm to 8am = $3.50 Shift Differential

  • Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = $5.00 Shift Differential

  • Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = $3.50 Shift Differential

As a Licensed Emergency Veterinary Technician, you will:

  • Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia in patients and use anesthesia/monitoring equipment.

  • Triage emergency cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperatureheart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure.

  • Perform digital radiography using proper technique including proper positioning of patients.

  • Have a complete understanding of normal ranges of patient vital signs, including but not limited to heartand respiratory rate, temperature, blood pressure and oxygen saturation.

  • Obtain and interpret blood pressure and other vital signs and alert Veterinarian to changes and issues.

  • Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.

  • Properly calculate medical math (including constant rate infusions) and administer medications via appropriate routes and duration.

  • Are proficient at performing phlebotomy and placing intravenous catheters in all peripheral vessels.

  • Place and maintain feeding tubes and central line catheters.

  • Have a passion for mentoring and training other co-workers.

  • Have patience and empathy to address client concerns.

Why BluePearl ?

  • Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.

  • We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their careers.

  • To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.

We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.

  • Parental leave benefits

  • Flexible work schedules

  • 401k and retirement planning

  • Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans

  • We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance , and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or sponsorship transfer. Applicants must possess unrestricted, current authorization to work in the U.S. and not require future sponsorship for an employment-based green card.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,627 open Veterinary Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$30–42.5/hr
  • Virginia median$26–35/hr59 hourly ranges
  • US median$23–33/hr1,315 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $36.25/hr, is 14% above the Virginia median midpoint ($32/hr) — in the top quarter of Veterinary Technician hourly ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 64 open Veterinary Technician jobs in Virginia and 1,627 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Veterinary Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (439 postings).
Education
10 of the 1,627 open Veterinary Technician 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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