Job Description
Job Description Certified Veterinary Technician – Exotics Enthusiasts Encouraged to Apply
Andover Animal Hospital – Andover, MAPay range: $24-30/hr (DOE)
$2,000 sign-on bonus (use it for snacks, scrubs, or snacks you spill on your scrubs — we won’t 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, we’re a 10-doctor, AAHA-accredited, full-service practice in beautiful Andover, MA. We care for dogs, cats, birds, exotics, and pocket pets — basically, if it fits through the front door (and sometimes even if it doesn’t), we’ll do our best to help it. We take our medicine seriously… but ourselves? Not so much.What you’ll do:You’ll be an essential part of our medical dream team — collaborating with doctors, comforting clients, and using all your technical skills (plus your sense of humor). You’ll 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 — 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 “poop in pocket” surprise
- Emotionally ready to fall in love with a rabbit named Biscuit
Why you’ll love it here: