About the Role
Practice Emergency Medicine. Use Your Skills. Grow With Dogwood.
Dogwood Veterinary Specialty and Emergency is growing, and we're looking for an experienced Emergency Veterinary Technician to join our Marietta Emergency Services team.
If you thrive in a fast-paced hospital, enjoy the variety of emergency medicine, and want to work alongside experienced clinicians while putting your technical skills to work, this is an opportunity to grow with a team that values veterinary technicians.
Day Shift | 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Work a 12-hour daytime schedule caring for emergency patients from arrival through triage, stabilization, treatment, hospitalization, discharge, or transfer.
You'll work alongside five Board-Certified Criticalists, experienced Emergency Veterinarians, and specialty clinicians while gaining exposure to a diverse and challenging emergency caseload.
What You'll Do
As an Emergency Veterinary Technician, you'll provide efficient, compassionate, and technically advanced care from patient arrival through stabilization, treatment, hospitalization, discharge, or transfer.
Emergency Nursing
- Perform emergency triage and patient assessment
- Stabilize and monitor patients with trauma, respiratory distress, toxicity, seizures, pain, urinary obstruction, GI emergencies, and other urgent conditions
- Place IV catheters and collect blood and diagnostic samples
- Administer medications, fluid therapy, and CRIs
- Monitor hospitalized emergency patients
- Assist with RECOVER CPR and emergency resuscitation
- Recognize changes in patient condition and communicate concerns promptly
Diagnostics and Procedures
- Perform and process in-house laboratory diagnostics
- Assist with digital radiography, ultrasound, and emergency diagnostics
- Prepare patients for emergency procedures
- Assist with wound care, bandaging, catheter placement, and other treatments
- Maintain accurate electronic medical records
Anesthesia and Surgical Support
- Assist with emergency procedures and surgeries
- Monitor anesthesia using ECG, pulse oximetry, capnography, blood pressure, and temperature
- Support perioperative care, pain management, and patient recovery
Teamwork and Client Care
- Partner with Emergency Veterinarians, Criticalists, specialty clinicians, and fellow technicians
- Maintain efficient patient flow during busy periods
- Communicate patient updates clearly and effectively
- Support clients compassionately during stressful situations
- Maintain a clean, organized, and efficient treatment environment
What We're Looking For
Required
- 3–5 years of Emergency, ICU, Urgent Care, or Specialty Veterinary experience
- Strong emergency triage and patient assessment skills
- Proficiency with drug calculations, CRIs, anesthesia, and emergency nursing
- Experience with IV catheter placement, blood collection, diagnostics, and hospitalized patient care
- Calm, organized, and decisive in high-acuity situations
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Passion for Emergency and Specialty Veterinary Medicine
Preferred
- Licensed, Registered, or Certified Veterinary Technician
- RECOVER CPR certification
- Advanced anesthesia experience
- Emergency or Specialty CE
- Interest in pursuing VTS certification
Early-career technicians: We encourage you to watch for future opportunities that better align with your current experience level.
Physical and Work Environment
This is an active Emergency and Specialty Veterinary Hospital. Candidates should be comfortable with:
- Lifting, carrying, and restraining animals up to 50 lbs.; assistance/equipment available for heavier patients
- Standing, walking, bending, kneeling, reaching, and moving throughout the hospital for extended periods
- Handling fractious, fearful, injured, and medically fragile animals
- Cleaning, disinfecting, stocking, and maintaining treatment areas
- Exposure to animal hair, dander, saliva, urine, feces, blood, bodily fluids, and medical waste
- Working around veterinary cleaning products, disinfectants, medications, and other hospital chemicals
- Following infection-control procedures and wearing appropriate PPE
- Remaining alert and responsive in a fast-paced, high-acuity Emergency environment
Exposure to animals, allergens, bodily fluids, medical waste, and veterinary cleaning products is a routine part of working in Emergency and Specialty Medicine.
Grow Your Career at Dogwood
At Dogwood, exceptional medicine starts with exceptional veterinary professionals.
Our technicians are skilled medical professionals and essential members of the patient care team. You'll have opportunities to:
- Practice alongside five Board-Certified Criticalists
- Gain exposure to diverse Emergency and Specialty cases
- Strengthen your Emergency Veterinary Nursing skills
- Receive mentorship from experienced clinicians
- Access annual Continuing Education support + 2 paid CE days
- Pursue advanced certifications and VTS pathways
- Develop leadership skills and build a long-term career in Emergency and Specialty Medicine
Full-Time Benefits
Full-time team members may enjoy:
- Competitive compensation based on experience, technical skill, and licensure
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Life Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Employee Pet Care Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental Health and Wellness Resources
- Rocket Lawyer legal services
- HeadStart Student Loan Support Program
- Career advancement opportunities across the Innovetive Petcare network
See What Makes Dogwood Different
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🏥 Tour Our Marietta Hospital
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Why Dogwood?
Experienced clinicians. Advanced medicine. A team that values technicians.
At Dogwood, you won't simply support emergency cases—you'll be part of a collaborative team providing high-quality Emergency and Specialty Medicine while continuing to develop your clinical skills.
If you're an experienced Emergency Veterinary Technician, ER Vet Tech, Emergency Veterinary Nurse, LVT, RVT, or CVT ready for your next opportunity, we want to hear from you.
Join Dogwood Veterinary Specialty and Emergency in Marietta and help raise the standard for Emergency Medicine in Georgia.
Practice Emergency Medicine. Use Your Skills. Grow With Dogwood.