Description

Veterinary Technician - Equine Surgery

Full-time: Monday-Friday, rotating Saturday mornings, and on-call required

Elgin Veterinary Hospital

Elgin, TX

About You

You’re a dependable, team-oriented technician who takes pride in delivering high-quality care for equine surgical patients. From pre-op preparation to anesthesia monitoring and recovery, you bring strong attention to detail, a commitment to sterility and patient safety, and clear, respectful communication with clients and teammates.

The success of your patients’ care matters to you, and your success matters to us.

Your Experience & Skills

• Experience: Minimum 1 year experience working with a surgeon or equivalent experience is required.

• Animal Handling: Experienced in properly managing and looking after horses is required
• Anesthesia Expertise: Advanced skills in all aspects of anesthesia protocols, induction, and monitoring; GKX experience is not required but would be a bonus
• Surgical Knowledge: In-depth understanding of operating room protocols
• Emergency Response: Ability to remain calm and focused in high-pressure situations
• Work Flexibility: Willingness to work additional hours as needed
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills for client and team interactions

Elgin Veterinary Hospital is looking for a Equine Surgery Vet Tech to join us as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.

At Elgin Veterinary Hospital, you’ll feel the warmth and culture of a small hospital. As a hospital deeply rooted in the local community, you will experience the best of both worlds: a genuine local culture with the benefits of Thrive's national resources.

About The Hospital

Elgin Veterinary Hospital is a Bovine and Equine emergency referral and primary care facility that offers the best in medical and surgical treatments.

You’re Willing And Able To

• Veterinary Support: Assist veterinarians in delivering high-quality care, advocating for animals, and educating clients.
• Patient Flow & Medical Records: Maintainaccurate medical charts and ensure efficient patient flow.
• Diagnostics & Procedures: Performblood draws, radiographs, physical evaluations, and catheter placements.
• Surgical Assistance: Induce, maintain, and recover anesthesia, following surgical suite protocols, and scrub in to assist with surgery as needed.
• Patient Admission & Discharge: Greet clients, help unload and stall horses, and ensure patients go home with appropriate discharge and medication.
• Treatment & Facility Care: Ensure clean, sterile environments, safe restraining techniques, sterilize packs and instruments, restock supplies, and properly dispose of medical supplies.
• Client Communication: Explain long-term care plans and provide compassionate support for clients.
• Daily Hospital Operations: Support supervisors and teammates with assigned daily, weekly, and monthly tasks while maintaining a clean practice.
• Client Care: Strong relationship-building skills with patients and pet owners
• Teamwork & Independence: Works well both collaboratively and autonomously
• Positive Mindset: Maintains a professional and resilient attitude under pressure

Physical and Schedule Requirements:

• Physical Requirements: Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and safely assist in the movement, positioning, and restraint of equine patients (typically 1,000+ lbs) using proper equipment, team support, and established safety protocols, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to stoop, bend, and stand for extended periods of time as required by the role, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Work Environment: Ability to perform essential job functions outdoors in varying weather conditions (including heat, cold, rain, and icy conditions), with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Schedule Requirements: Monday-Friday day shift. Must be available for alternating Saturday morning shifts and on-call rotations, including nights and weekends.

You’ll Grow with Us

Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

• Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
• Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
• A program designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital

And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.

Benefits - our care in action

Thrive offers a suite of benefits to support team members’ emotional, physical, professional, and financial wellbeing. In addition to our health and life insurance, and short- and long- term disability plans, we offer eligible team members:

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with employer match
• Mental health resources, including easy access to therapy through Lyra Health
• Paid parental leave
• Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet
• Subsidized backup childcare and elder care
• Expert advice, support and network discounts for fertility and family planning
• FREE CE courses
• Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
• Student loan support tools and assistance

*Some benefits shown are only for full-time team members who work 30 hours or more per week. Certain Benefits may be subject to waiting periods or length of service requirements.

About Thrive

Thrive Pet Healthcare creates the future of pet well-being through medical excellence, innovative technology, and a connected community of teams and partners. Today, its network of 360+ primary, emergency, and specialty hospitals across the U.S. cares for pets of all ages and health needs, while portfolio companies provide tools and technology that help veterinary teams work smarter and deliver better care. Thrive invests in its people-through mentorship, leadership programs, continuing education, and well-being initiatives-so teams can grow and feel supported. For pet owners, convenient solutions such as a mobile app, Thrive Plus membership, HereFurYou Helpline, online booking, and flexible financial options make accessing quality care simpler- giving families the peace of mind their pets deserve. Learn more at thrivepetcare.com.

We welcome you to join our story and join where #WeThriveTogether.