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Veterinary Technician Job Description at Ethos

The Veterinary Technician career is not an easy one, but it is rewarding, especially at Ethos Veterinary Health.

Entry-Level, Support Staff, & Office Careers

Ethos has a dynamic range of careers available  for our in-hospital, administrative, and home office teams

A Day in the Life: ER Vet Tech

In the ICU, we start our day with rounds. During this briefing, we give a medical history of our current inpatients to a team coming in for a brand new 12-hour haul.

General Pratcice Vet: A Day in the Life of a Veterinarian

Clients often ask what it’s like to be a vet. The general perception based on comments I’ve heard is that we “get to play with puppies and kittens all day!”

Chronicles of a Client Care Specialist

In five years, I have helped comfort many people while they had their last moments with their pets; their family members.

Ethos Exchange: Generational Similarities in a Multigenerational Veterinary Field

Over the next several years, the workplace will include 5 different generations at once. This means it’s important for veterinary practice managers and supervisors to understand how to work with big age differences!

Exotic Vet Technicians: What They Do

Veterinary Technicians are similar to Nurses in human medicine, but with some very significant differences. Let’s review the jobs covered by a veterinary technician.

Ethos Exchange: Career Pathing, Culture, and Employee Turnover in the Veterinary Industry

Welcome back to Ethos Exchange, our veterinary practice management series. Our next topic: how career pathing and culture contribute to employee retention. In any industry, employee turnover is an issue worth close consideration. Any company benefits not only from attracting the best talent, but also keeping those employees working and contributing to the company for

7 Tips to Find the Perfect Veterinary Job

Whether you are a new graduate or looking for a scenery change, finding the right position is important when job searching. No one wants to accept a job only to discover they are unhappy a few months later. Our tips will help you find the veterinary job that is perfect for your needs.

6 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Veterinary Internships

A veterinary internship provides vital hands-on experience, builds your credentials, and helps make valuable contacts in the veterinary field. Keep reading, to learn tips to maximize your veterinary internship experience.

A Step Outside My Comfort Zone

Like many others in this field, I always knew I wanted to work with animals. I wasn’t quite sure in what way I would do it, but I knew somehow, some way, I would find a career path that would allow me to follow my dreams.

ABVP Fellowship Complements Our ER Immerse Program

With the recent launch of NVA Compassion-First’s ER Immerse program, our emergency veterinarians will have even more opportunities to reach their highest professional goals.

As pet ownership surges, we need to strengthen the veterinary profession

The pandemic has further cemented the bond we have with our pets. It also has increased our reliance on quality veterinary care, especially as more Americans have brought pets into their families.

Ethos Vet Life: Caring for our Veterinary Caregivers

At Ethos, we care about our people as much as the pets we care for. The veterinary industry comes with its fair share of mental health challenges on top of everyday stresses about finances, health, relationships…the list goes on! It’s Ethos’ responsibility to set our employees up for success and live healthy lives at work

From a Veterinarian: I Didn’t Match and This is What Happened

I am proof that you can still reach your goals even if it takes a slightly longer, somewhat convoluted path to get there.

Growing The Veterinary Learning Credential Network With Blockchain

As someone who has had an evolving passion for innovation throughout my career, I have often found myself involved with new and interesting ideas and solutions that have tremendous potential to add value to teams or organizations.

Introducing ER Immerse Our New Mentorship Program

ER Immerse is a mentorship program that provides veterinarians a career path in emergency medicine.

My Journey From VA to Vet Tech

If you're looking to break into the veterinary world, a Veterinary Assistant is a good start. Learn about our VA Program here at Ethos.

The Veterinary Draft: Match Day & The Scramble

Every year on a fateful Monday morning in February or March, one of the most important events in the Veterinary Student & Intern experience takes place: Match Day.

Tips From Working Mothers in the Veterinary Field

Motherhood & veterinary medicine: it can be a tough balancing act, as with any career when you're a working mom.

Animal Veterinary Health Technicians

What is a veterinary technician and what does it mean to some of our own? Read some personal accounts and definitions of what being a veterinary technician means.

Life as an Overnight Veterinarian

Overnights are hard. Forcing yourself awake for upwards of sixteen hour shifts is difficult. Missing family dinners, children's bedtimes, and all those wonderful REM sleeps and dreams is challenging.

Preceptorships and Externships in ER – A Great Learning Opportunity for Young Veterinarians

If you want to learn more about ER-based preceptorship or externship, continue reading for Madison’s first-hand experience.

A Novel Approach to Diagnosing Sepsis

Ethos Discovery and MicroGen Vet are working together to perform next generation sequencing (NGS) on blood samples from dogs with sepsis to better define the spectrum of bacteria that cause the condition.

A Veterinary ER Shift: All the Animals Who Need Us

Are you ever curious what goes on behind closed doors at our veterinary hospitals? My name is Nan, and I’m here to share my day with you so you can get a peek behind the scenes!

Veterinary Accounting: Where Every Moment Counts

I work at the corporate office of Ethos. So, to be completely upfront, this isn’t a story of quick thinking or adrenaline rushes. In fact, this isn’t even really a singular story, but I think it should be shared.

Celebrating Ethos Veterinary Technicians

Every veterinary technician has heard, “I would love to have your job. You get to wear scrubs and play with puppies all day.” However, this does not accurately represent the challenging job duties of these devoted individuals.

Celebrating Pride Month at Ethos

Happy Pride Month! This month, and year-round, we want to extend our love and support to the LGBTQ+ community. We also want to take this time to express our thanks to our own Ethos LGBTQ+ team members at every corner of our organization!

Clinical Studies for Pets

Just like humans, our pets can participate in clinical studies with the help of Ethos Discovery! Clinical studies are generally aimed at improving how we diagnose and treat diseases/conditions in patients.

Diagnosis, Treatment and Future Study Direction in Dogs with Intestinal Dysbiosis

A patient with intestinal dysbiosis can have decreased appetite, diarrhea, vomiting, or a variety of other clinical signs.

Unveiling Lean Six Sigma in Richmond Veterinary Practice

For this installment of the Ethos Exchange we lead a discussion among our leadership about "Lean Six Sigma" and how it might help our industry thrive.

Ethos Exchange: Getting Gritty in Veterinary Medicine

Without grit, you simply won’t make it in veterinary medicine. In veterinary practice & organization management, we need to look inward on how to inspire and nurture this grit; it starts from the top with the leaders.

Ethos Exchange: How Per Diem Jobs are Changing the Veterinary Industry

As Ethos and many other veterinary hospitals begin hiring more per diem employees, we must figure out: how does per diem work fit into our industry? Is it sustainable on a larger scale? How does it affect our full-time employees?

Ethos Exchange: Innovating Your Veterinary Hospital With Your Community

While veterinary medicine may be an animal business, there’s always a human being at the other end of the leash. Have you ever considered what pet owners can bring back to your practice?

Ethos Exchange: Should Veterinary Hospitals Care About Social Responsibility?

Whether you’re a local animal clinic or a national organization of veterinary hospitals, as profit-driven businesses we do have the responsibility to decide and act on which causes we believe in, and what we’ll do about them. Right?

Ethos Exchange: Technological Innovation and Employee Autonomy in Veterinary Medicine

In a science-based job field such as veterinary medicine, the way we interact with technology plays a huge role in day-to-day operations and affects both employee well-being and patient success.

Green Champions at Ethos: Veterinary Teams Making a Difference

With Earth day coming up, we want to highlight some of our Ethos team members that go the extra mile in their daily lives to be eco-friendly!

Hospital Hierarchy of Needs: Veterinary Medicine Edition

Our new blog series to help other veterinary practices learn new tools and better ways to manage their hospitals and teams.

Level 1 Emergency and Critical Care Facility and Provisional Trauma Center

Mass Vet is a recognized American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care provisional trauma center. Our Criticalists and emergency clinicians are prepared to expertly manage all types of traumatic injuries in our state-of-the-art facilities. Our Criticalists lead our trauma center team and provide valuable oversight and direct management of all of our trauma patients.

Mass Vet is the First Level I Emergency/Critical Care Facility in Massachusetts

We are proud to announce that Mass Vet is the first, and only veterinary hospital in Massachusetts to be certified as a Level I veterinary emergency and critical care facility by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS)!

My Fear-less Journey With The Fear Free Initiative

Being a new face at a growing practice can be tremendously intimidating and the fears of the unknown are a reality all too familiar for me.

Our Commitment to Sustainability

Ethos is dedicated to leading the veterinary industry in promoting sustainability, and we continue to discover ways to be kinder to our planet.