Certified Veterinary Technician Jobs in Florida
Certified Veterinary Technician jobs in Florida draw consistent demand across small animal clinics, emergency and specialty hospitals, and zoological and wildlife facilities, with openings at every level from new graduate through senior technician. Miami, Tampa, and Orlando anchor most of the hiring, where established employers such as Banfield Pet Hospital, BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital, and VCA Animal Hospitals maintain multiple Florida locations. The most in-demand specialties include emergency and critical care, anesthesia, and dentistry. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Top employerBanfield Pet Hospital
Top cityMiami, FL
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Work type100% On-site
Top industryAnimal Care
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Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT)
Bayshore Animal Clinic·Tampa, Florida
Job functions:
Veterinary Technician Certification
11-50 employees
Job Description
Description
Join an established, award-winning veterinary hospital where your clinical skills, professional voice, and growth matter.
Bayshore Animal Clinic is seeking an experienced Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) with at least three years of veterinary experience to join our collaborative general practice team. With more than 25 years serving the community, our AAHA-accredited, Fear Free Certified, Cat Friendly Practice is committed to exceptional medicine, compassionate patient care, and meaningful client relationships.
If you enjoy surgery, anesthesia, dentistry, advanced patient nursing, and helping teammates grow, we'd love to meet you.
A Hospital Where Your Skills Are Put to Work
- Provide hands-on veterinary nursing and patient care during examinations, treatments, and procedures.
- Perform venipuncture, place IV catheters, and assist with in-house laboratory diagnostics.
- Support surgical and dental procedures, including anesthesia monitoring, patient preparation, and recovery.
- Monitor hospitalized patients and maintain accurate medical records.
- Educate clients on medications, treatment plans, discharge instructions, and home care.
- Collaborate with veterinarians and support staff to deliver efficient, high-quality patient care.
- Mentor and support veterinary assistants and technicians while sharing clinical knowledge and best practices.
- Help improve hospital workflows, uphold medical protocols, and maintain a positive team environment.
What We’re Looking For
- Current Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) credential required.
- At least 3 years of veterinary technician experience.
- Strong general practice skills, including surgery, dentistry, anesthesia, and patient nursing.
- Proficiency in venipuncture, IV catheter placement, and laboratory procedures.
- Excellent communication, organization, and client education skills.
- A collaborative, dependable approach and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced veterinary hospital.
- Commitment to patient safety, Fear Free handling, and continued professional development.
Preferred: Experience mentoring or training veterinary team members, advanced anesthesia monitoring, or working in an AAHA-accredited practice.
Physical and Working Environment Requirements
Veterinary medicine is hands-on, physical, and unpredictable. Team members must be able to perform essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation, including:
- Standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and reaching throughout the workday
- Safely lifting, carrying, restraining, and transferring animals of varying sizes
- Performing repetitive tasks, including cleaning, stocking, and maintaining equipment
- Working around animal dander, bodily fluids, veterinary medications, and cleaning products
- Using appropriate PPE and following safety and infection-control protocols
- Maintaining a safe, clean environment for patients, clients, and team members
Why Build Your Career at Bayshore Animal Clinic?
Your growth matters here. At Bayshore Animal Clinic, your skills, experience, and voice matter. Join an established, award-winning veterinary hospital where you can deliver high-quality patient care, collaborate with a supportive team, and continue developing your clinical expertise.
What You Can Expect:
- Clinical Growth and Continuing Education: Opportunities to expand your knowledge, strengthen technical skills, and pursue continuing education and professional development.
- Mentorship and Leadership Opportunities: Share your experience, support developing veterinary professionals, and explore opportunities to grow into greater clinical responsibility and leadership.
- A Network of Veterinary Professionals: Connect with colleagues and resources across IPC hospitals, creating opportunities to learn from other teams, share knowledge, and explore future career paths.
- A Culture That Values Veterinary Technicians: Bring your clinical perspective to patient care, team collaboration, and improvements in hospital workflows.
- Recognized Standards of Care: Practice within an AAHA-accredited, Fear Free Certified, and Cat Friendly Practice that prioritizes patient wellbeing and thoughtful, compassionate care.
- Comprehensive Benefits for Eligible Full-Time Team Members: Medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid time off and holidays; 401(k) with company match; life and disability coverage; employee assistance resources; and pet care discounts.
- Support for Your Future: Build on your experience, develop new strengths, and pursue a career path that aligns with your professional goals within Bayshore and the broader IPC network.
- Student Loan Assistance Through IPC’s Head Start Program: Eligible recent veterinary technician graduates may qualify for up to $4,000 per year in student loan assistance for three years, helping make the transition from school to a rewarding veterinary career more manageable. This program is designed to support eligible full-time hires within three years of graduation.
Your experience makes a difference. If you’re ready to contribute your expertise, help elevate patient care, and continue growing as a veterinary professional, we’d love to meet you.
About Bayshore Animal Clinic
Bayshore Animal Clinic is an AAHA-accredited practice that has served the south Tampa community since 1984. We are also Fear Free Certified Professionals and Cat Friendly Program Practitioners. We are honored to have been chosen as the best veterinarian in Tampa and St Petersburg for 6 consecutive years. We are dedicated to continuing to provide the best care.
Our hospital includes a state-of-the-art surgical suite and advanced surgical equipment that enable us to perform a wide range of surgical procedures including elective surgery, orthopedic surgery, soft tissue surgery, and corrective ophthalmic surgery. Our dentistry suite has two modern dental units to provide ultrasonic scaling, digital radiographs, and drilling for extractions when needed. Our on-site x-ray and ultrasound equipment enable us to take radiographs of our patients while our clients wait. We offer both abdominal and cardiac ultrasound services and partner with an internal medicine specialist when needed.
Our hospital includes a state-of-the-art surgical suite and advanced surgical equipment that enable us to perform a wide range of surgical procedures including elective surgery, orthopedic surgery, soft tissue surgery, and corrective ophthalmic surgery. Our dentistry suite has two modern dental units to provide ultrasonic scaling, digital radiographs, and drilling for extractions when needed. Our on-site x-ray and ultrasound equipment enable us to take radiographs of our patients while our clients wait. We offer both abdominal and cardiac ultrasound services and partner with an internal medicine specialist when needed.
We take every step to give pets the best possible care and the first step is our wonderful staff. Are you ready to join a practice that works hard to provide the best, most-progressive care in a beautiful beachside location with consideration for your work-life balance? Then we are ready to talk to you!
Bayshore Animal Clinic is a proud partner of Innovetive Petcare. Where we believe that you are the future of veterinary medicine. Cultivate, innovate, develop, and collaborate. Excellent pet care comes from exceptional teams.
Bayshore Animal Clinic is a proud partner of Innovetive Petcare. Where we believe that you are the future of veterinary medicine. Cultivate, innovate, develop, and collaborate. Excellent pet care comes from exceptional teams.
Equal Opportunity Employer Policy
Bayshore Animal Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We are proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or any other non-merit factor. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Bayshore Animal Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We are proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or any other non-merit factor. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Bayshore Animal Clinic
Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT)
Tampa, Florida
Added 4d ago11-50 employees
Job functions:
Veterinary Technician Certification
Job Description
Description
Join an established, award-winning veterinary hospital where your clinical skills, professional voice, and growth matter.
Bayshore Animal Clinic is seeking an experienced Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) with at least three years of veterinary experience to join our collaborative general practice team. With more than 25 years serving the community, our AAHA-accredited, Fear Free Certified, Cat Friendly Practice is committed to exceptional medicine, compassionate patient care, and meaningful client relationships.
If you enjoy surgery, anesthesia, dentistry, advanced patient nursing, and helping teammates grow, we'd love to meet you.
A Hospital Where Your Skills Are Put to Work
- Provide hands-on veterinary nursing and patient care during examinations, treatments, and procedures.
- Perform venipuncture, place IV catheters, and assist with in-house laboratory diagnostics.
- Support surgical and dental procedures, including anesthesia monitoring, patient preparation, and recovery.
- Monitor hospitalized patients and maintain accurate medical records.
- Educate clients on medications, treatment plans, discharge instructions, and home care.
- Collaborate with veterinarians and support staff to deliver efficient, high-quality patient care.
- Mentor and support veterinary assistants and technicians while sharing clinical knowledge and best practices.
- Help improve hospital workflows, uphold medical protocols, and maintain a positive team environment.
What We’re Looking For
- Current Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) credential required.
- At least 3 years of veterinary technician experience.
- Strong general practice skills, including surgery, dentistry, anesthesia, and patient nursing.
- Proficiency in venipuncture, IV catheter placement, and laboratory procedures.
- Excellent communication, organization, and client education skills.
- A collaborative, dependable approach and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced veterinary hospital.
- Commitment to patient safety, Fear Free handling, and continued professional development.
Preferred: Experience mentoring or training veterinary team members, advanced anesthesia monitoring, or working in an AAHA-accredited practice.
Physical and Working Environment Requirements
Veterinary medicine is hands-on, physical, and unpredictable. Team members must be able to perform essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation, including:
- Standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and reaching throughout the workday
- Safely lifting, carrying, restraining, and transferring animals of varying sizes
- Performing repetitive tasks, including cleaning, stocking, and maintaining equipment
- Working around animal dander, bodily fluids, veterinary medications, and cleaning products
- Using appropriate PPE and following safety and infection-control protocols
- Maintaining a safe, clean environment for patients, clients, and team members
Why Build Your Career at Bayshore Animal Clinic?
Your growth matters here. At Bayshore Animal Clinic, your skills, experience, and voice matter. Join an established, award-winning veterinary hospital where you can deliver high-quality patient care, collaborate with a supportive team, and continue developing your clinical expertise.
What You Can Expect:
- Clinical Growth and Continuing Education: Opportunities to expand your knowledge, strengthen technical skills, and pursue continuing education and professional development.
- Mentorship and Leadership Opportunities: Share your experience, support developing veterinary professionals, and explore opportunities to grow into greater clinical responsibility and leadership.
- A Network of Veterinary Professionals: Connect with colleagues and resources across IPC hospitals, creating opportunities to learn from other teams, share knowledge, and explore future career paths.
- A Culture That Values Veterinary Technicians: Bring your clinical perspective to patient care, team collaboration, and improvements in hospital workflows.
- Recognized Standards of Care: Practice within an AAHA-accredited, Fear Free Certified, and Cat Friendly Practice that prioritizes patient wellbeing and thoughtful, compassionate care.
- Comprehensive Benefits for Eligible Full-Time Team Members: Medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid time off and holidays; 401(k) with company match; life and disability coverage; employee assistance resources; and pet care discounts.
- Support for Your Future: Build on your experience, develop new strengths, and pursue a career path that aligns with your professional goals within Bayshore and the broader IPC network.
- Student Loan Assistance Through IPC’s Head Start Program: Eligible recent veterinary technician graduates may qualify for up to $4,000 per year in student loan assistance for three years, helping make the transition from school to a rewarding veterinary career more manageable. This program is designed to support eligible full-time hires within three years of graduation.
Your experience makes a difference. If you’re ready to contribute your expertise, help elevate patient care, and continue growing as a veterinary professional, we’d love to meet you.
About Bayshore Animal Clinic
Bayshore Animal Clinic is an AAHA-accredited practice that has served the south Tampa community since 1984. We are also Fear Free Certified Professionals and Cat Friendly Program Practitioners. We are honored to have been chosen as the best veterinarian in Tampa and St Petersburg for 6 consecutive years. We are dedicated to continuing to provide the best care.
Our hospital includes a state-of-the-art surgical suite and advanced surgical equipment that enable us to perform a wide range of surgical procedures including elective surgery, orthopedic surgery, soft tissue surgery, and corrective ophthalmic surgery. Our dentistry suite has two modern dental units to provide ultrasonic scaling, digital radiographs, and drilling for extractions when needed. Our on-site x-ray and ultrasound equipment enable us to take radiographs of our patients while our clients wait. We offer both abdominal and cardiac ultrasound services and partner with an internal medicine specialist when needed.
Our hospital includes a state-of-the-art surgical suite and advanced surgical equipment that enable us to perform a wide range of surgical procedures including elective surgery, orthopedic surgery, soft tissue surgery, and corrective ophthalmic surgery. Our dentistry suite has two modern dental units to provide ultrasonic scaling, digital radiographs, and drilling for extractions when needed. Our on-site x-ray and ultrasound equipment enable us to take radiographs of our patients while our clients wait. We offer both abdominal and cardiac ultrasound services and partner with an internal medicine specialist when needed.
We take every step to give pets the best possible care and the first step is our wonderful staff. Are you ready to join a practice that works hard to provide the best, most-progressive care in a beautiful beachside location with consideration for your work-life balance? Then we are ready to talk to you!
Bayshore Animal Clinic is a proud partner of Innovetive Petcare. Where we believe that you are the future of veterinary medicine. Cultivate, innovate, develop, and collaborate. Excellent pet care comes from exceptional teams.
Bayshore Animal Clinic is a proud partner of Innovetive Petcare. Where we believe that you are the future of veterinary medicine. Cultivate, innovate, develop, and collaborate. Excellent pet care comes from exceptional teams.
Equal Opportunity Employer Policy
Bayshore Animal Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We are proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or any other non-merit factor. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Bayshore Animal Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We are proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or any other non-merit factor. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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A snapshot from current Florida openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Banfield Pet Hospital15
- Mission Pet Health11
- Petco6
- VCA Animal Hospitals6
- Lakefield Veterinary2
Top Industries Hiring
- Animal Care & Pet Services
What Florida Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in certified veterinary technician jobs across Florida.
- Active Florida Veterinary Technician licensure issued by the Florida Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Credentialed Veterinary Technician designation from the National Board Exam or equivalent pathway
- Associate or bachelor's degree from an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology program
- Proficiency in anesthesia monitoring, venipuncture, and patient restraint techniques
- Experience with practice management software such as Avimark, Cornerstone, or EzyVet
- Strong client communication skills for patient histories and discharge instructions
Certified Veterinary Technician Jobs in Florida: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a certified veterinary technician in Florida?
Florida requires veterinary technicians to hold a license issued by the Florida Board of Veterinary Medicine, which is part of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Candidates must graduate from an American Veterinary Medical Association-accredited veterinary technology program, pass the Veterinary Technician National Examination, and apply for licensure through the Board. Once licensed, technicians must complete continuing education hours to renew every two years.
How much do certified veterinary technicians make in Florida?
Certified veterinary technicians in Florida earn a median of about $46,380 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $36,600 for the lowest 10% to over $57,870 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire certified veterinary technicians in Florida?
Employers hiring certified veterinary technicians in Florida right now include Banfield Pet Hospital, Mission Pet Health, and Petco, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Florida's density of emergency specialty hospitals, corporate clinic groups, and research institutions keeps demand for credentialed technicians steady throughout the year.
Which Florida cities have the most certified veterinary technician jobs?
Miami, Tampa, and Wesley Chapel have the most certified veterinary technician openings in Florida. Miami's large and diverse pet-owning population supports a high volume of general practice and emergency clinics, while Tampa and Orlando each host major specialty and referral hospital networks that require experienced technicians across multiple shifts and departments.
Are there remote certified veterinary technician jobs in Florida?
Yes, but they're rare. Hands-on patient care is the core of the role, so the vast majority of positions require on-site presence. About 0% of certified veterinary technician openings tied to Florida are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, and those positions typically involve veterinary telehealth triage, client education coordination, or practice management consulting rather than direct patient care.
How can I get hired as a certified veterinary technician in Florida with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying for a veterinary assistant or kennel technician role at a Florida corporate clinic group such as Banfield or VCA, which run structured new-employee training programs that build toward technician licensure. BluePearl's Florida specialty hospitals occasionally post new-graduate technician positions in departments like internal medicine and oncology. Completing a clinical externship at a Florida AVMA-accredited program, then converting that externship site into your first employer, is a well-established route for candidates finishing school without prior paid experience.
Where can I find and apply to certified veterinary technician jobs in Florida?
You can find and apply to certified veterinary technician jobs in Florida on Migrate Mate, which lists current Florida openings from clinics, specialty hospitals, and veterinary groups across the state. Search the listings, find roles that match your credentials and preferred location, and apply directly.
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