Employment Information
- Post ID: 626116356
- Posted Date: Sep 17, 2025
- Close Date: Oct 29, 2025 (open for 41 days)
- Company: King Hopkins Pet Hospital
- Category: Healthcare & Social Workers
- Business Location:Whitby, Ontario, Canada
- Total Views: 357
- Listing Age: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 2 hours ago
- Job URL: https://tribaljobs.ca/jobs/626116356/ontario/whitby/veterinary-technician/
Job Details
- Experience: Not required
- Opening Positions: 1
- Remuneration: $36.60 to $40.60 per hour (To be negotiated) / 40 hours per week
- Commencement Date: As soon as possible
- Education: College certificate or diploma more than 2 years
- How to apply: email to [email protected]
Job Description
Tasks
- Collect samples and perform other laboratory tests
- Handle, restrain and care for animals undergoing treatment and surgery
- Prevent and treat lameness by hoof trimming
- Produce diagnostic radiographs
- Assist veterinarian before, during and after surgery
- Prepare and administer medications and vaccines under direction of veterinarian
- Administer treatments as prescribed by veterinarian
- Identify livestock
- Counsel clients on animal health care
- Conduct and assist in laboratory research
- May perform a variety of office management and clerical duties
- Perform routine animal dental procedures and assist veterinarians with animal dentistry
- Provide nursing care and rehabilitation therapy for animals
- Provide wound and bandage care
Experience and specialization
Area of specialization
- Emergency care
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Handling heavy loads
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Fast-paced environment
- Walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Benefits
Health benefits
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Parking available