Veterinary Technician Job at Animal Care Centers of NYC

Animal Care Centers of NYC Brooklyn, NY 11208

$27 - $30 an hour
Licensed Veterinary Technician

Salary Range:$27.0000 To 30.0000 Hourly

Must be Licensed- If you are not licensed we encourage you to apply to our Veterinary Assistant position.

This position will begin at our Brooklyn Animal Care Center and will be moved in 2023 (with the entire Brooklyn team) to our brand new care center at 1906 Flushing Avenue, Ridgewood Queens – just 15 miles from the Brooklyn location. This is a historic opportunity to work at NYC’s first state of the art animal care centers and the first of its kind in the borough of Queens . The space is modern, filled with natural light and has nearly 4 times the space for staff and animals as the Brooklyn care center. During your tenure at the Queens care center, the Brooklyn center will be completely renovated and expanded and you will have the flexibility to consider a position at the new Brooklyn care center once the construction is completed there. To visualize the new facility in Queens, and all the other exciting facility improvements at ACC please visit www.nycacc.org

Summary
Assist in the provision of medical and surgical care of animals in the shelter. Manages treatment plan of hospitalized patients, performs diagnostics (x-ray, in-house laboratory) and obtains sampling (blood, swabbing), administers medications via all routes, and leads the surgery team. Must be a self-starter with the ability to think critically in order to be a stakeholder in the patients’ treatment plans. Works well independently but as part of a team to ensure timely, quality medical care for all animals in the shelter. This position is based within the medical department at a specific ACC location but flexibility to work at other locations may occasionally be required.

Top 3 reasons our LVT's like working at ACC:

    • Our mission of helping homeless animals who otherwise would not have the care they need and deserve. We get to care for animals that have no one, and with our services we help get them someone.
    • Coworkers are the best! It’s a great environment to work in despite how busy it can get.
    • Interesting and multiplex cases that are rare to see anywhere else, and the array of different types of animals that walk through the door. We see cases and animals that you never wake up and think you’re going to experience.

Salary and Benefits-
$27-$30/hour based on experience and qualifications.

ACC values work/life balance and offers a generous paid-time-off (PTO) package that includes vacation time, birthdays off, personal days and sick pay. We also value physical and mental health by offering a great open access Cigna medical, dental and vision insurance at a low premium to our employees as well as 401K and Pension, Life Insurance. We also have on-the-job training for 2-4 weeks, periodic all staff trainings to include safety, DEI, cross training, and other growth opportunities.

Because ACC is a nonprofit, employees may be eligible for loan forgiveness, cancellation, and/or consolidation under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF). Created under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, PSLF allows borrowers who work full time for nonprofits and government agencies to have their outstanding debt forgiven tax-free on Federal Direct Loans, after making 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan.

Please see the attached Job Description and Benefits Flyer for more details.




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