This position is eligible for quarterly bonuses under Rarebreed’s profit-sharing program!

Maine Veterinary Medical Center is looking for a Veterinary Technician to join their team! The right candidate will have 2 years of experience in a veterinary hospital, strong clinical skills, a detail-oriented mindset, excellent communication skills, and a desire to build a stronger team. If this sounds like you, let’s talk!

Key Responsibilities:

• Compassionately, calmly and gently handle patients in our care
• Speaking to clients in a friendly, helpful manner to answer questions, acquire histories, etc.
• Assisting in surgeries and advanced imaging procedures
• Anesthetic induction, monitoring, maintenance and recovery for anesthetic procedures
• Utilizing practice management software to maintain client and patient records
• Providing safe restraint for patients during examinations and procedures
• Interpreting and following through on treatment sheet orders
• Implementing appropriate animal husbandry skills to decrease disease spread, injury and stress to patients
• Venipuncture, IV catheter placement etc
• Recognizing normal physical examination parameters on canine and feline patients
• Noticing and documenting changes in patient attitude, abnormal behavior and changes in condition
• Calculating medication and fluid doses for administration to hospitalized patients
• Carrying out or setting up procedures that do not require veterinarian assistance
• Assisting with other areas of service during downtime or as directed by supervisor
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Ability to handle stressful or emergent situations in a calm and supportive manner

Requirements:

• Two years’ experience in a veterinary hospital
• Veterinary Technician License in Maine or active license from another state that qualifies you to be eligible for licensing in Maine
• Proficient in anesthetic induction, monitoring, maintenance, and recovery
• Self-motivated and team-oriented
• Friendly and compassionate
• Professional and organized
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• The ability to work 1-2 weekends/month

About us:

Maine Veterinary Medical Center (MVMC) is a VECCS level one certified Rarebreed practice, located in Scarborough, Maine. MVMC’s 20,000 sq ft, state of the art facility, with manicured landscaping, a generous fenced in yard and walking trails won the 2010 Hospital Design People's Choice Award and has been featured in many hospital design advertisements. MVMC has full in-house lab capabilities, a fluoroscopy suite for interventional procedures, a helical 16 slice CT, MRI, digital radiography, in-house telemetric monitoring, ultrasound, advanced surgical procedures, and endoscopy. MVMC employs 3 neurologists, 4 internists, 3 surgeons, 2 oncologists, 5 criticalists, an ophthalmologist, a radiologist, a rehabilitation veterinarian and a great team of emergency clinicians to offer advanced services to our client base.

Scarborough is located on the coast just outside of Portland. Scarborough offers lovely sandy beaches and the rocky coastline made famous by a local artist, Winslow Homer. Scarborough Public Schools is a top-rated, public school district. Portland: the largest city in the state of Maine is just a few miles away. Portland was ranked # 5 on CNBC’s list of hottest job markets in the US in 2020 and is the only US destination listed as a must-visit in 2020 By Conde Nast! It was also ranked in the top 25 Best Places to Live by US News and World Report and ranked on Money Magazine’s list of 100 best places to live in 2019. As for the food scene, Portland was named the 2018 restaurant city of the year by Bon Appetit magazine! With an abundance of local businesses, restaurants, art galleries, parks, theaters and a strong boating and fishing community, Portland offers a unique opportunity to experience the quintessential Maine coast, as well as an urban sophistication. Live and work in Vacationland!

A common purpose with an uncommon passion—this is Rarebreed Veterinary Partners. We are a purpose-driven team placing talent first by supporting professionals to thrive in our industry and empowering hospital teams to provide exceptional care for pets and their owners. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to create exceptional work experiences for all our employees. Afterall, work should be your happy place! We focus on providing the best culture, tools, and support to our hospitals to allow the staff to focus on what they love most, caring for our animals.

We don’t want to offer you a job, we want to offer you a career! Supporting our employees' career goals is one of the many ways we're committed to employee happiness. This is why we have partnered with Penn Foster – to offer our employees access to career-focused programs through the Penn Foster Veterinary Academy Program at a Rarebreed discounted rate!

What else do we have to offer?

At Rarebreed, we provide employees in the veterinary profession the best work experience by creating and fostering a great culture where you can thrive. We value you and offer a one-of-a-kind, flexible total compensation package that consists of the following:

• Competitive base compensation plus bonus incentive
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage (or opt-out incentive)
• Company-paid 3% 401(k) contribution
• Generous paid time off to ensure work/life integration
• Employee Referral Award Program
• Company-paid life insurance, short term, and long-term disability
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Access to Employee Assistance Programs
• Continuing education time off and reimbursement
• Pet Care discounts for your family pets at our clinics
• Free monthly wellness meetings focusing on stress & anxiety reduction and mindfulness
• Free online group exercise classes, such as yoga and HIIT (High Energy Interval Training), twice a week, taught by certified trainers
• Free quarterly financial wellness classes to provide guidance in areas such as student loan debt, budgeting, improving credit scores, mortgages, and refinancing.
• MVMC offers additional perks such as hydrotherapy massage and a social lounge

Employment will require successful completion of references and background check.

Rarebreed Veterinary Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.

Learn more about our career opportunities at: https://rarebreedvet.com/careers/