Animal Care Technician

Full-Time |Dover, New Hampshire

Love Animals? Ready to Build Your Career in Veterinary Medicine?

What if you could spend your days working hands-on with animals, developing new skills, and building a rewarding career in veterinary medicine?

At Broadview Animal Hospital, we’re looking for a compassionate, dependable, and motivated Animal Care Technician to join our established Dover team!

We’re seeking individuals who bring previous professional experience working with animals, whether in a veterinary hospital, animal shelter, rescue organization, boarding facility, doggy daycare, grooming salon, or another professional animal care environment.

Veterinary hospital experience is not required, but previous professional animal care experience is strongly preferred.

Bring your animal care experience, compassion, and strong work ethic. We’ll help you build on those skills and grow your career in veterinary medicine!

More Than a Job with Animals. An Opportunity to Build a Career!

Our Animal Care Technicians are an essential part of the veterinary team, helping ensure our patients receive exceptional care while supporting the veterinarians, credentialed technicians, and other medical professionals who care for them.

This is a hands-on, active position where no two days are quite the same.

You’ll spend your days caring for patients, assisting our medical team, developing new skills, and making a meaningful difference for animals and the people who love them.

If you have experience caring for animals, love staying busy, enjoy working as part of a team, and take pride in making a difference, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

Get to Know Broadview!

For more than 40 years, Broadview Animal Hospital has proudly served pets and their families throughout New Hampshire’s Seacoast and Southern Maine.

We’re privately owned, veterinarian-led, and AAHA accredited, and we’re proud to remain independent as we continue to grow.

With the opening of our brand-new Portsmouth hospital, Broadview is expanding from three hospitals to four, creating even more opportunities for our team members to learn, develop, and advance their careers.

Our philosophy is simple: Quality Care with Compassion.

That commitment extends beyond our patients and clients to the people who make Broadview special: our team members.

We believe in providing exceptional veterinary medicine, investing in our people, and creating an environment where teamwork, respect, kindness, and professional growth are part of our everyday culture.

What You’ll Do

As an Animal Care Technician, you’ll work closely with our veterinary team to provide compassionate patient care and help keep our hospital running safely and efficiently.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Providing daily care for hospitalized patients, including feeding, walking, cleaning, and monitoring their comfort
• Safely handling and restraining animals during examinations, treatments, and procedures
• Assisting veterinarians and veterinary technicians with patient care
• Preparing and filling prescriptions under appropriate veterinary supervision
• Cleaning, sanitizing, and maintaining kennels, treatment areas, and hospital spaces
• Restocking medical supplies and keeping treatment areas organized
• Monitoring patients and communicating changes or concerns to the medical team
• Preparing patients and treatment areas for procedures
• Supporting the daily flow of appointments, treatments, and hospital operations
• Building upon your existing animal care experience while developing additional veterinary technical skills through hands-on training and mentorship

Have experience with animal restraint, nail trims, blood draws, vaccines, prescription filling, or routine veterinary treatments? That’s a plus!

We understand that not every animal care environment provides opportunities to develop veterinary-specific skills. Our team is happy to provide training and mentorship to help experienced animal care professionals expand their knowledge and abilities.

Why You’ll Love Working at Broadview

A Team That Has Your Back

Join an established Dover team of experienced veterinarians, credentialed technicians, and support staff who believe in collaboration, sharing knowledge, and helping one another succeed.

Hands-On Learning Every Day

Build upon your existing animal care experience while developing practical skills in animal handling, patient care, and veterinary medicine.

A Place Where You Can Grow

Whether your goal is to become a skilled Animal Care Technician, advance into a Room Technician position, or explore other opportunities in veterinary medicine, we believe in helping motivated team members reach their potential.

Privately Owned and Locally Led

We’re not a corporate veterinary group. Our leadership team is approachable, involved, and genuinely invested in the people who make our hospitals successful.

Medicine You Can Be Proud Of

Our AAHA-accredited hospitals are committed to progressive, high-quality veterinary medicine, compassionate patient care, and continued improvement.

A Culture Built on Compassion

We believe how we treat one another is just as important as how we care for our patients. Kindness, respect, teamwork, accountability, and a positive attitude matter here.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who has experience working with animals in a professional setting, genuinely enjoys animal care, thrives in an active environment, and brings a strong work ethic and team-oriented attitude to work each day.

You’ll fit right in if you:

• Have previous professional experience caring for, handling, or working directly with animals
• Are compassionate, patient, and comfortable working with animals of different sizes and temperaments
• Are dependable, hardworking, and take pride in doing your job well
• Enjoy staying busy and working in a physically active environment
• Are comfortable multitasking and adapting to changing priorities
• Communicate effectively and work well with others
• Have strong attention to detail and understand the importance of following instructions
• Take initiative and are willing to jump in wherever help is needed
• Are eager to expand your knowledge, ask questions, and welcome feedback
• Understand that caring for animals also involves cleaning, organization, and maintaining a safe environment
• Want to become part of a team where your contributions truly matter

Qualifications

To be considered, applicants must have:

• Be at least 18 years of age
• A high school diploma or GED
• A minimum of two years of consistent work history
• The ability to remain on your feet and physically active throughout the workday
• The ability to lift up to 40 pounds
• A genuine interest in animal care and a willingness to learn

Previous professional animal care experience is strongly preferred, including experience in:

• Veterinary hospitals or clinics
• Animal shelters or rescue organizations
• Doggy daycare or boarding facilities
• Grooming salons
• Pet stores with direct animal care responsibilities
• Other professional animal care environments

No veterinary hospital experience? Your professional animal care background may still be a great fit!

We recognize that valuable experience working with animals comes from many different settings. While veterinary-specific skills can be developed through training and mentorship, we’re especially interested in candidates who already have a foundation in professional animal care and are excited to take the next step in their careers.

Benefits That Support You, Too!

We believe our team members deserve to feel appreciated and supported, both inside and outside the hospital.

Eligible employees enjoy:

• Competitive compensation based on experience
• Weekend shift differential
• Medical insurance with a monthly health reimbursement allowance
• Dental and vision insurance
• Paid time off, sick/personal time, and paid holidays
• 401(k) with employer contributions
• Continuing education and professional development opportunities
• Generous employee pet care discounts
• Uniform allowance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible scheduling with minimal weekend commitments
• Hands-on training and opportunities for career advancement
• A supportive, collaborative workplace
• And more!

Ready to Take the Next Step in Your Animal Care Career?

Your experience working with animals could be the foundation for an exciting career in veterinary medicine!

At Broadview, we value individuals who bring practical animal care experience, compassion, a strong work ethic, and a genuine desire to continue learning.

If you’re ready to build upon your experience, develop new veterinary skills, and become part of a team that believes in investing in its people, we’d love to hear from you!

Apply today and come grow with Broadview Animal Hospital!

Broadview Animal Hospital is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive, and supportive workplace for all team members.