Portland Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Care (PVESC) is building a special place where our team members can thrive, grow and learn as they help us provide exceptional veterinary care and client service. If you want to be part of that kind of place, we want you to join our team and help us continue to grow it.
We are a large and growing emergency and specialty veterinary practice, including the specialties of surgery, internal medicine, oncology, dermatology, neurology, emergency & critical care, and cardiology. There is no limit to what you can learn here, and what level of success you can achieve.
PVESC has a full-time job opening for a Lab Assistant. The perfect candidate will thrive in a quick paced environment, enjoy computers, be precise and detail oriented. Our laboratory team is responsible for handling all aspects of our very busy lab-- using sensitive equipment to analyze samples or substances, preparing samples for shipping, preparing microscope slides and learning how to read them, maintaining diagnostic machines, quality control, troubleshooting machine issues, maintaining lab inventory, and more.
What is exciting about a lab position
Science is fun and fascinating!
Learning new things all the time.
Every day is different.
Good option for those feeling burnt out with their current tasks but want to remain helping animals as a key member of the team.
Our large staff allows us to take a team approach to patient care. Values that guide us in patient care are compassion, kindness, respect, quality, and communication. If you are a technician with exceptional written and oral communication skills and attention to detail, we're looking for you!
Our facility has a new technology CT machine, MRI, digital radiology, three surgical suites, in-house IDEXX lab machines, ultrasound, endoscopy, pulse-wave therapy, laser therapy, advanced monitoring equipment and so much more.
PVESC is committed to valuing you by offering compensation commensurate with experience and an extensive benefits plan, helping you to achieve financial security. We are a team driven workplace where every member gets to contribute their thoughts, ideas and energy to our collective success. We use a collaborative approach to leadership and decision making that allows all of our teams to be involved in creating their best and happiest work life. You will build friendships as part of a compassionate and supportive team and give back to the community through continuing education events and community outreach like Pet Rock in the Park, an annual outdoor pet-friendly event in Portland featuring live bands and much more.
If you want to be part of something special, do meaningful work every day, connect with an amazing high performing team and help us as we empower all of our team members to reach even higher, then we want to hear from you.