EXPERIENCED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN / RVT
Are you looking for another veterinary job to replace the sh*tty veterinary job you already have?
Then keep scrolling, because this is not that.
Greensboro Mobile Veterinary Housecalls is a full-service veterinary hospital inside a 26-foot LaBoit mobile unit. For those unfamiliar with LaBoit, it is essentially a tiny hospital on wheels.
We have a surgical suite, digital radiography, ultrasound, dentistry equipment, and nearly everything else we need—including an in-floor scale. There is no persuading a frightened dog to climb onto a dog-eating metal rectangle, only to slide off and tremble while everyone pretends the weight was accurate.
We have what we need in the truck. We simply take the hospital to the patient.
We practice medicine in living rooms, driveways, backyards, bedrooms, and occasionally wherever the cat has decided the appointment will occur.
Our current assistant returns to school in two weeks. I need to hire soon, but I will not hire the wrong person simply to fill the passenger seat.
Who I need
I am looking for an experienced veterinary technician—preferably an RVT—who:
Has strong hands-on technical skills
Notices what needs to happen next and begins doing it
Brings useful observations, ideas, and professional judgment to work
Communicates directly and takes responsibility for mistakes
Brings genuine empathy to hospice and euthanasia appointments
Can help move deceased pets carefully and respectfully, including large dogs
Can function inside a mobile hospital with approximately two feet of personal space
I want someone who grabs the computer and begins learning it—not someone who still cannot log in three months later.
If I am inside discussing a complicated case, do not return to the truck and sit on TikTok while complaining about how long I am taking. Draw up medications. Restock. Make the follow-up list. Clean something. There is always meaningful work available to someone paying attention.
I want a partner in the truck, not a passenger.
How we practice
Patient care and quality of care come first.
We work in front of our clients. There is no mysterious ‘back’ where the animal disappears. We do not overpower frightened animals merely to complete an examination. We slow down, change our approach, use food, reposition, become creative, or use appropriate sedation.
If we cannot proceed without traumatizing the patient, we reach for the keys and leave.
We also do not practice stopwatch medicine. We stay until we understand the problem, address what we can, and give the client a clear plan. Sometimes medicine does not give an eff what the scheduling software predicted.
Bring your brain to work
Sometimes I will ask, “What do you think?”
This does not mean I have forgotten that I am the veterinarian. It means you were not born yesterday, you may have encountered something similar before, and your experience matters.
Tell me what you noticed, what you have seen work, what has failed, and whether you see a better approach. When you need to be taught, I will teach you. When you know something I do not, I expect you to teach me.
I have a rigid moral compass. We do not cut corners, hide mistakes, mistreat people, or choose what is convenient over what is right for the patient.
If you make a mistake, tell me. We will fix it and move forward. If you lie about it, this is not the place for you.
End-of-life care matters deeply here
Three of the best RVTs I have ever hired decided they wanted this job immediately after accompanying me to an in-home euthanasia. Each left with tears in her eyes, touched my hand or elbow, and said:
“That is the way this should be done.”
That means I did my job correctly.
An in-home euthanasia is equally precious and heartbreaking. The patient is surrounded by everything they love, and everyone who loves them is there. It must be handled with empathy, dignity, respect, and extraordinary attention to detail.
You do not need to remain dry-eyed. If it brings you to tears, cry, dammit. Just try not to out-sob the client.
I am specially trained and certified in end-of-life care and am self-sufficient throughout the appointment. I need you to respect the silence, remain present, and help afterward with the careful, dignified movement of the patient.
The blanket is folded a particular way. The stretcher is prepared properly. Used pads and supplies disappear discreetly. That is not about control. Small details prevent unnecessary images and disruptions from becoming part of the family’s final memory.
Your story about when your dog died may be meaningful, but this is not the time for it. Silence creates space for the family’s story.
ChatGPT originally wrote that you must “remain composed and compassionate” during these appointments. I told her I did not know where she got that, but she needed to put it back.
Crying is permitted; making the client comfort you is not.
I may touch the client’s elbow and say, “You are breaking my heart with how much you love your dog. It is precious to me, and I am honored to be here.”
That is my line. Get your own.
You will be respected here
Veterinary medicine can burn out excellent technicians. I know what the industry does to people, which is one reason I built this practice differently.
If a client becomes hostile toward you, hand me the phone. I will use my Doctor Voice and handle it. We do not tolerate abuse to retain revenue.
If something is wrong between us, spit it out. I cannot work with tension humming in the background. We will clear the air, identify the facts, and resolve the actual problem.
You matter here, and problems involving you matter enough to address directly.
If you are burned out but still care about patients, still want to think, and still believe this work can be meaningful, this may be where you find that again.
Schedule
We typically work Monday through Thursday, approximately 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The schedule is flexible to a point. I am a parent and understand children, appointments, and real life. However, I will not rush an end-of-life appointment or abandon a complicated patient to guarantee departure at exactly 5:00 every day.
If you occasionally need to leave at a particular time, communicate with us. We can adjust appropriate appointments or help you get back to your car.
We can work around real life. We cannot work around a permanent, inflexible deadline with no backup plan.
Compensation and benefits
Hourly compensation is based on experience and demonstrated performance.
The initial evaluation rate may begin below market scale, but it will increase rapidly once I see what you can do. Permanent compensation will be established within 7–30 days.
By the end of that period, there will be either a significant hourly increase or a handshake and a professional parting of ways.
I have never paid a capable RVT less than $22 per hour, and I have paid substantially more. An exceptional, hard-working RVT should expect to earn more than $20 per hour within the first week.
A credential matters, but it does not tell me how someone actually works. I have hired at a high rate based on a résumé and later discovered that the performance was worth approximately $12 per hour. I will not repeat that mistake.
Show me your skills, initiative, reliability, and judgment. I will pay accordingly—and quickly.
Additional benefits include:
Monthly team performance bonuses when the practice reaches its established goal
$20 when a client voluntarily mentions you by name in a public review
After six months, routine veterinary care for your pets that I can reasonably provide in-house at no charge
Occasional lunches, manicures, trampoline parks, or other employee-appreciation nonsense
The pet-care benefit excludes outside laboratory expenses, referral care, and services we cannot provide ourselves.
The interview process
Your first interview will be with Tracey, who runs the front of the practice—sometimes with her toes in the sand—and has substantially better hiring boundaries than I do.
Successful candidates may be invited for an unpaid, observational ride-along. I will buy lunch. You will see how we practice, meet our clients, experience the truck, and determine whether either of us can tolerate working two feet from the other.
No one should accept this job—or be offered it—without seeing the reality first.
How to apply
Call or text Tracey at 336-855-5110. Send your résumé and answer the following:
What is your veterinary experience?
Which technical skills do you perform confidently?
Why does mobile veterinary practice interest you?
What do you want from your next workplace that you are not receiving now?
Why are you responding to this particular ad? Did something I said genuinely resonate with you, or are you simply filled with enough morbid curiosity to kill a cat? Please explain.
Please do not write only that you are “passionate about animals.” We are all passionate about animals. Tell us something that helps us understand how you think, how you work, and why you might belong on this truck.
Greensboro Mobile Veterinary Housecalls is an independently owned, woman-owned practice with no corporate influence. We are looking for someone who wants to do excellent work with people they respect—and who expects that respect in return.
If that sounds like you, please contact Tracey so we can begin interviewing ASAPington.
Pay: $17.00 - $19.50 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
