Job Title: Experienced Veterinary Technician
Status: Non Exempt position
Date: June 2026
Immediate Supervisor: Amanda Wake
What we are looking for: We are looking to hire a full-time experienced veterinary technician for our growing practice. This individual must be a passionate life-time learner with excellent communication and customer service skills. Candidates should have a passion to work with animals but not forget people come with them. Ideal candidates will have some customer service experience, demonstrate history of excellent communication skills and working within a collaborative professional team environment. Many job tasks will be unassisted after a comprehensive training program. Certification preferred but not required. At least 1 year experience in veterinary field preferred. If you have a RVT license starting pay rate could be significantly higher than advertised in this add.
Who we are: We are an expanding 3 doctor clinic with a team-oriented approach offering affordable high quality veterinary care to the Branson area. We have just move into a brand new hospital close to 65 and 248 in April of 2023. We created Shepherd of the Hills Veterinary Clinic to have a career we love, time for our families and hobbies and have teammates who we enjoy being around. We are a busy, high-volume clinic. We work hard, play hard and take pride in the meaningful work we do. Our employment environment is structured with clear expectations and a cohesive team-centric approach to providing for our wonderful clients and their pets. Our management places emphasis on accountability for both employees and clients alike.
About our culture: We recognize our employees as our most valuable resource. As a result, we offer a full career track for all our full time veterinary technicians. After 2 years of learning to be a vet assistant we will send you to college to get certified as a licensed Veterinary Technician making you eligible for a higher pay bracket and recognition as an expert in your field. We foster a team-oriented, positive, upbeat, and collaborative atmosphere to allow for each patient, client, and employee to feel comfortable and equally valued within our clinic. We like to cut up, have fun, and listen to music, when appropriate, at the same time we hold ourselves accountable for providing the highest quality of care for each patient. We are seeking a candidate who can match this energy and ambition! We value drama free happy people.
Basic job duties include:
This description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying the position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor; subject to reasonable accommodations.
- Administering certain medications
- Patient care
- Answering phones
- Scheduling appointments
- Assisting doctors in exam rooms
- Assisting doctors in surgery
- Significant amount of cleaning
- Assisting with patient restraint
- Packing surgery equipment for sterilization
- Performing diagnostics such as bloodwork, X-rays, blood smears, fecal slides
- blood draws
Time distribution:
Veterinary technician clinical duties/ pet handling/ appointments 70%
Custodial, retail, organizational duties 10%
Customer Service: 20%
People who enjoy and do well at this job possess the following traits:
- Ability to look objectively at the "big picture" and identify specific steps necessary to the smooth operation of day-to-day operations.
- Ability to differentiate between major and minor issues as they relate to patient care in the clinical setting.
- Ability to handle misdirected negative emotion and behavior.
- Supportive and encouraging attitude towards staff.
- Expresses thoughts and ideas effectively.
- Flexibility with regard to unexpected requests taking priority over planned duties.
- Ability to stay on task with minimum supervision, and accomplish required tasks by designated deadlines.
- Willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done, when needed.
Benefits: IRA Simple retirement match program, employee credit account for personal pet care, Paid time off, Aflac insurance stipend for programs of employees choice, paid training, paid holidays, vision, dental, term life insurance, Educational Assistance Program for RVT degree program after 2 years consecutive employment.
Position Essential Functions:
BUSINESS EXPECTATIONS
Applies State and Local Departmental rules, regulations, and policies
Attends work regularly and is punctual.
Presents a professional appearance and behaves professionally.
Maintains confidentially of records and Departmental information.
Fosters positive working relationships and accepts new responsibilities.
PHYSICAL EFFORT
Normal physical mobility: movement from place to place on the job, considering distance and speed.
Normal physical agility: ability to maneuver body while in place.
Normal physical strength to handle routine office materials, animals and tools.
Normal physical strength to handle 40 lb. objects, considering frequency.
Normal dexterity of hands and fingers.
Normal physical balance: ability to maintain balance and physical control.
Normal coordination, including eye/hand, hand/foot, etc.
Normal endurance.
KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
Completed high school diploma.
Computer literacy.
Experience in an office setting.
Knowledge of client service principles and practices
Keyboard skills
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $23.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Uniform allowance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
