Virginia Association of Licensed Veterinary Technicians

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Ashland, VA

Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT) – Equine Medicine

New Year. New Opportunity.

Woodside Equine Clinic is growing and seeking a Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT) to join our team. This position is open due to continued practice growth and offers a unique opportunity to work closely with our surgeons and medical team in both the clinic and on farm calls.

Position Responsibilities:

Assist surgeons with appointments and procedures in the clinic and in the field
Help care for and monitor hospitalized patients
Provide anesthesia for elective and emergency cases
Collaborate with veterinarians, technicians, assistants, and interns

Qualifications:

Licensed Veterinary Technician (or eligible for licensure in Virginia)
No prior equine veterinary experience required
Experience and comfort working around horses preferred
Strong teamwork, communication, and organizational skills

This is an excellent opportunity for an LVT interested in expanding into equine medicine within a supportive, team-oriented practice.

📩 To Apply: Please submit your resume to Sara Brazier, LVT at sbrazier@woodsideequineclinic.com

Posted: 01/05/2026

Leesburg, VA

Licensed Veterinary Technician – Catoctin Veterinary Clinic (Leesburg, VA)
112 Dry Mill Rd SW, Leesburg, VA 20175

Catoctin Veterinary Clinic, a well-established small animal practice serving Loudoun County since 1978, is seeking a Licensed Veterinary Technician to join our growing team. Our hospital has a strong foundation with long-tenured staff, a supportive culture, and a dedicated medical team that truly collaborates.

We are looking for an LVT with experience, or strong interest, in surgery, anesthesia, and dentistry. Our daily caseload includes soft tissue surgeries and dentals, and LVTs are fully utilized in patient care, client education, diagnostics, and surgical support. New graduates will be considered for the right fit.

What we offer:

$28–$35/hr, based on experience
$2,500 sign-on bonus
Flexible scheduling: 4x10s or 5x8s
No weekends
Full benefits, Starbucks Fridays, scrub allowance & pet care discounts
CE opportunities, mentorship, and long-term growth potential

Join a team where everyone truly cares about each other, our clients, and our patients. Apply today to become part of the Catoctin Veterinary Clinic family.

Click here to apply now! Or connect with Daniela.kenmure@nva.com for more information.

Posted: 12/02/2025

Loudoun, VA

Virginia’s Community Colleges System Portal | 9 Month-Teaching Faculty (Veterinary Technology)

General Description: The primary responsibility of a faculty member in the Virginia Community College System shall be to provide quality instruction for the students. The major emphasis shall be on good teaching by working with students in classrooms, laboratories, individual conferences, and related activities—to help the student develop their interests and abilities to their fullest capacity to become a better person, a better worker, and a better citizen.

Duties and Tasks:

The primary purpose of the academic division is to provide a diverse student population with high quality instruction in a variety of developmental, transfer, occupational and technical curricula.
This is a full-time teaching position in the AVMA accredited Veterinary Technology Program with courses offered both on campus and online to traditional and nontraditional students. Teach a variety of lecture and lab-based courses covering multiple species such as lab animal, small animal, exotics, food/livestock, equine and zoo animals.
Responsibilities include service on program, campus and/or college-wide committees, curriculum review and development, course revision and design, and student academic advising.

KSAs:

Proficiency with anesthesia, dental radiography, advanced nursing techniques, and emergency and critical care procedures.
Excellent interpersonal, analytical, oral/written communication skills.
Ability to use instructional technology and work with live animals.

Required Qualifications:

Current veterinary technician license in the Commonwealth of Virginia. If current licensure is with another state or is not active, then you must be able obtain or renew licensure with the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Current rabies vaccination is required.
A minimum of three years of full-time veterinary clinical experience, including surgery and dentistry. Part-time experience will be converted to its full-time equivalency.

Additional Considerations:

Veterinary Technician Specialist.
Prior experience teaching in higher education which may include classroom, hybrid, and online classes.
Experience with, or commitment to, supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive working and learning environment.
Experience in pharmacology, surgery, promoting advanced nursing techniques, animal dentistry, exotics, large animal medicine, lab animal/zoo medicine, and laboratory procedures.
Fear Free Certified.

Potential salaries may range from $63,000 to $80,000 per nine months based on relevant professional and academic credentials and previous professional and/or teaching experience in accordance with Virginia Community College System (VCCS) guidelines.

Learn more about this position and apply here!

Posted: 02/25/2026

Loudoun, VA

Loudoun County Animal Services (LCAS) is hiring for the role of a Veterinary Technician.

LCAS is looking for a compassionate, collaborative, and motivated individual to work alongside our two shelter veterinarians, clinic coordinator and to work along our 3 current veterinary technicians, providing preventive and comprehensive medical and behavioral care to approximately 2,300 animals each year, including exotics and the occasional livestock.
Licensed veterinary technician is strongly preferred. This is a full-time position.

What we offer:

Salary range $54,380.33 - $92,446.56 annually, based on experience
Full benefits, CE opportunities, and long-term growth potential

Please click here to apply.

The job posting closes on 3/9/26 so please act fast.

Posted: 2/25/2026

Manakin-Sabot, VA

Veterinary Referral and Critical Care, a PRIVATELY owned emergency and specialty hospital, is looking for Exceptional LVTS to provide Exceptional patient care. VRCC has been owned by 3 individuals who still practice today.

Are you a believer in exceptional veterinary medicine and providing excellent patient care? If you said yes to both, then we would love to talk to you.

Veterinary Referral and Critical Care is looking for dedicated Licensed Veterinary Technicians in our ICU department. At least two years of experience in emergency medicine is preferred. The candidate would have a four-day work week.

VRCC offers great benefits. Along with competitive pay, we also offer medical, vision, and dental insurance, short-term disability, life insurance, a generous pet discount, 401K, accidental death insurance, accident insurance, whole life insurance and paid time off.

Wage range: $30.00-$39.00 per hour, depending on experience and shift.

If you want to be part of a team that prides themselves on providing high quality medicine, we want to hear from you. Please email your resume to Lorrie Stiles, Hospital Administrator at lstilesvrcc@gmail.com.

Posted: 03/05/2026

Radford, VA

Waynesboro, VA

Licensed Veterinary Technician – New River Veterinary Emergency Services
306 E. Main St., Radford, VA 24141

NRVES entirely renovated a cherished building facing Radford University and designed an ER-specific layout, focused on flow and efficiency. NRVES is brand new, with fresh ambition and energy; while our owner, management, and some support staff are well-seasoned, with years of emergency experience.

Our greatest aspiration is to employ an entire staff of veterinary professionals who feel heard and supported. NRVES began with a dream - to have a hospital that practices new and advanced medicine, that allows for autonomy; a place that prioritizes patient care, actively asks for and implements employee feedback, and openly discusses mental health; a job where management works on the floor alongside support staff, where we go home proud of ourselves at the end of the day.

What we offer:
$25–$35/hr, based on experience
Weekends - Flexible scheduling: 3x12s
Full benefits, scrub allowance & pet care discounts
CE opportunities, mentorship, and long-term growth potential

Join a team where everyone truly cares about each other, our clients, and our patients. Apply today to become part of NRVES Family.

📩 To Apply: Click here and submit your resume to domingues@nrves.com.

Posted: 01/29/2026

The Wildlife Center of Virginia is an internationally acclaimed teaching and research hospital for wildlife and conservation medicine, located in Waynesboro, Virginia, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. The Center’s mission is to “teach the world to care about and care for wildlife and the environment.” Since its founding in 1982, the Center has cared for more than 100,000 wild animals, representing 200 species of native birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. The current annual caseload averages about 4500 patients.

The Wildlife Center has a professional staff of about 37 individuals who work together in the veterinary, outreach, operations, and advancement departments. While each of these departments carries out different functions, all staff work closely together as a team to support one another and the Center’s overall mission.

Position Description
The Wildlife Center of Virginia (WCV) is excited to offer a 13-month veterinary technician internship with an ideal start date of April 2026. Three licensed veterinary technicians and four veterinarians will supervise the successful candidate. The intern will also work with four wildlife rehabilitators and numerous students and volunteers. The intern will be involved in all aspects of wildlife medicine, including hematology, parasitology, cytology, radiography, anesthesia, medical treatments (restraint, medicating, IV catheter placement, venipuncture, wound care, bandaging, etc.), necropsy, husbandry, nutrition, rehabilitation, record maintenance, telephone consultations, and presentations at rounds. This internship will place a special emphasis on veterinary diagnostics, and a significant amount of time will be spent performing manual CBC’s, cytology, fecal examinations, and wildlife parasitology. The intern will also help train senior veterinary and technician students performing externships at the Center.

Duties and Responsibilities (training provided)

Perform diagnostic procedures (radiographs, blood work, and fecal exams) to evaluate patient health
Induce and monitor anesthesia on a variety of species
Work as part of a team to complete daily patient treatments
Provide technical support to other hospital staff as needed, including patient admissions and maintenance and completion of daily patient records
Assist with training students (veterinary and veterinary technician) and volunteers
Assist with hospital maintenance, including autoclaving, cleaning, and inventory control
Assist with other duties, such as rehabilitation tasks, feeding orphaned animals, etc.
Perform On-Call duties
Present at a state or national conference or submit a manuscript for publication

Required Qualifications

Commitment to wildlife, conservation, and the environment
Professional appearance and demeanor
To be considered for this position, the intern must be eligible for licensure in Virginia in Veterinary Technology. This means they must either be:

Currently licensed as a veterinary technician or
In the final semester of an American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) approved veterinary technology program and able to provide a passing score on the Veterinary Technician National Exam (VTNE) within three months of the internship start date

Valid driver’s license
Ability to lift/carry equipment and animals up to 50 pounds
Rabies pre-exposure vaccine series and/or titer within the last 2 years are required before starting

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Hardworking and efficient with good organizational skills
Even-tempered, ability to remain calm in stressful situations
Experience working with animals is required, experience with wildlife is preferred
Demonstrated ability to handle diverse, competing tasks independently, efficiently and flexible
Attention to detail
Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Compensation and Benefits

An hourly rate of $15.45 per hour, with additional compensation for overtime and on-call.
Three days off per week (working on Saturday, Sunday, and some holidays will be required)
80 hours of vacation time per year
40 hours of personal time per year
48 hours of sick time per year
50% health insurance coverage through a group plan
State veterinary license fees covered

Application Requirements:

Interested applicants must submit the following by March 20th, 2026 through the Center’s website: http://www.wildlifecenter.org/hiring

CV or Resume
Letter of intent
Three reference letters

For further inquiries, please contact:

Jess Ransier, LVT,CWR
Hospital Manager
Wildlife Center of Virginia
PO Box 1557, Waynesboro, VA 22980
jdyer@wildlifecenter.org

No phone calls, please. Center phone lines are best kept open for wildlife emergencies.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia (WCV) is an equal opportunity employer. WCV will not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical condition), disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, citizenship, or any other class protected by applicable law. We reserve the right to alter, change, modify, and/or terminate this job posting at any time without notice, or obligation, to any party.

Posted: 02/24/2026

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