Veterinary Technician - Exotics
Part-timeLakewood, WAPart-time$26–37/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring a part-time Veterinary Technician for its Avian & Exotics Team in Tacoma. The role provides nursing care and supports patient monitoring and fluid therapy for exotics, avian, and pocket pets. The technician also handles some post-operative client communication and works independently while contributing to team goals. Two or more years of veterinary hospital experience is preferred.
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Full job description
BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring a Part-Time Veterinary Technician to join our Avian & Exotics Team in Tacoma, WA on a part-time basis!
Schedule is Fridays during day shift hours .
Pay : $26 - $37 / hour
This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through Kahuna leveling system.
If you are a Licensed Veterinary Technician...
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Are you committed and passionate about enriching lives through remarkable care for pets?
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Do you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rewarding work environment?
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Are you a team player who enjoys working together on a team to provide quality care for pets?
If you answered "yes" to these questions, then we want to hear from you.
A BluePearl Avian & Exotics Technician is responsible for some post-operative client communication and must be able to work independently while contributing to a larger team goal. Prefer to have a minimum of two or more years of experience in a veterinary hospital.
As an Avian & Exotics Veterinary Technician, you will:
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Provide nursing care to stable patients according to hospital standards of care and core values.
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Utilize their ability to place peripheral intravenous catheter in cephalic vein.
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Performs physical exam; accurately counts heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort.
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Understands normal vital parameters for a variety of exotics, avian, and pocket pets and alerts doctor when abnormal.
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Able to set up intravenous fluids.
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Administers subcutaneous fluids.
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Can operate all brands of intravenous fluid pumps and can troubleshoot errors.
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Able to disconnect and connect patient from intravenous fluids aseptically.
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Ability to monitor patient response to fluid therapy including signs of overload.
Why BluePearl?
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Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
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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 career.
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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.
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We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:
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Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
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Parental leave benefits
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Flexible work schedules
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401k and retirement planning
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Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans
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Health and well-being resources to assist with stress management, mental health awareness, compassion fatigue, burnout, communication, and conflict management skills
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.
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,627 open Veterinary Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$26–37/hr
- Washington median$27–38/hr46 hourly ranges
- US median$23–33/hr1,315 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $31.50/hr, is 5% below the Washington median midpoint ($33/hr) — in the middle half of Veterinary Technician hourly ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 50 open Veterinary Technician jobs in Washington and 1,627 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington
- Ethos Veterinary Health16 open
- BluePearl (this employer)14 open
- Banfield Pet Hospital9 open
- 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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