Veterinary Technician Lead, AUC – North East
Commerce City, CO
Full Time
Emergency- Lead
Experienced
Veterinary Technician Lead
Are you an experienced Registered Veterinary Technician with a passion for mentorship and leadership? Join our dynamic team at Animal Urgent Care (AUC) -North East, located in Commerce City, CO as a Veterinary Technician Lead and help deliver remarkable care to pets while guiding and supporting a talented group of Veterinary Technicians.
Position Overview:
As the Veterinary Technician Lead, you will play a critical role in overseeing our team of Veterinary Technicians. You will lead by example, facilitating effective communication, coaching, and professional development within your team. Additionally, you will remain hands-on, delivering high-quality patient care while driving continuous improvement initiatives. This role is 75% technical and 25% administrative.
Position Overview:
As the Veterinary Technician Lead, you will play a critical role in overseeing our team of Veterinary Technicians. You will lead by example, facilitating effective communication, coaching, and professional development within your team. Additionally, you will remain hands-on, delivering high-quality patient care while driving continuous improvement initiatives. This role is 75% technical and 25% administrative.
- Mentor and coach your team to foster strong performance, high productivity, and the consistent delivery of exceptional medical care.
- Maintain expert-level proficiency in veterinary technician skills, working alongside your team to provide hands-on, high-quality patient care.
- Build and strengthen collaborative relationships with hospital leadership, facilitating clear and efficient communication of policies, standards, and performance goals.
- Lead process improvement initiatives to drive service excellence and streamline operational efficiency.
- Actively support team members in anticipating and addressing client and patient needs, especially during challenging or escalated situations, ensuring a positive experience for all.
- Coordinate Veterinary Technician and Assistant meetings as well as training schedules, in partnership with hospital leadership, to ensure continuous team development.
- Provide constructive performance feedback and assist in creating improvement plans, schedules, and recruitment strategies to help Veterinary Technicians reach their full potential.
Compensation:
- $32-$37 hourly, based on experience
Anticipated Schedule:
- Full Time (40 hours per week)
- Shifts/ Hours: Varied
- Days/Weekends/Overnights
- Shifts/ Hours: Varied
About You:
- You are a confident and highly skilled Registered Veterinary Technician with proven supervisory experience, dedicated to delivering exceptional client service and top-notch patient care. (Previous Technician Lead experience is strongly preferred.)
- Outstanding interpersonal skills allow you to communicate clearly and effectively across all levels, from clients to doctors and hospital staff.
- You recognize the value of fostering a positive, respectful, and uplifting hospital culture and work to ensure its continued success.
- Your exceptional time management and organizational skills, paired with a keen attention to detail, enable you to juggle multiple priorities seamlessly.
- You demonstrate unwavering integrity, confidentiality, and high ethical standards in everything you do.
- With strong problem-solving and analytical thinking abilities, you contribute to improving hospital operations and ensuring smooth workflows.
- You are dedicated to continuous growth, not only for yourself but for your team, through ongoing education and skill development.
- We are committed to finding the RIGHT fit—someone who shares our values of compassion, dependability, and the drive to make a real difference in the lives of pets and their families.
- You're not afraid to roll up your sleeves and get to work! A proactive team player, you're ready to dive in, take initiative, and help ensure the smooth operation of the hospital, tackling daily tasks with enthusiasm.
About Us:
Animal Urgent Care (AUC) North East is a brand new 9,000 square foot 24/7 ER facility with surgical capabilities, ultrasound, X-rays, and hospitalization. We ensure the communities we serve have access to excellent, affordable emergency veterinary services. We strive to keep compassion, cost-consciousness, and excellent service at the forefront of each and every case we see. We are proud of our team and hospital, having decades of emergency and critical care experience and our staff regularly exceed continuing education standards. We are proudly certified by the American Animal Hospital Association.
Why choose AUC North East?
Animal Urgent Care is actively seeking new team members for our hospital located at 120th and Chambers in the Brighton/Commerce City area. We’re proud of our outstanding reputation within the veterinary communities of Arvada and Denver. Working in emergency veterinary care comes with all the usual benefits—competitive pay, ample time to recharge, access to top-tier medical equipment, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day.
Our mission is to build and maintain a happy, healthy, and growth-oriented team that supports one another through the challenges of ER veterinary medicine. We’re looking for new teammates for our Northeast hospital, welcoming candidates with varying levels of experience, provided they have the soft skills to align with our values.
Animal Urgent Care (AUC) North East is a brand new 9,000 square foot 24/7 ER facility with surgical capabilities, ultrasound, X-rays, and hospitalization. We ensure the communities we serve have access to excellent, affordable emergency veterinary services. We strive to keep compassion, cost-consciousness, and excellent service at the forefront of each and every case we see. We are proud of our team and hospital, having decades of emergency and critical care experience and our staff regularly exceed continuing education standards. We are proudly certified by the American Animal Hospital Association.
Why choose AUC North East?
Animal Urgent Care is actively seeking new team members for our hospital located at 120th and Chambers in the Brighton/Commerce City area. We’re proud of our outstanding reputation within the veterinary communities of Arvada and Denver. Working in emergency veterinary care comes with all the usual benefits—competitive pay, ample time to recharge, access to top-tier medical equipment, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day.
Our mission is to build and maintain a happy, healthy, and growth-oriented team that supports one another through the challenges of ER veterinary medicine. We’re looking for new teammates for our Northeast hospital, welcoming candidates with varying levels of experience, provided they have the soft skills to align with our values.
Join Our Team!
If you’re ready to be a hero for pets in need and work in a rewarding, fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!
Discover more about our clinic and the incredible work we do by visiting our website at https://aucbrighton.com
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