Career Opportunities

Come join our growing team at Cascade Veterinary Referral Center in Tigard, OR as we expand our support to the community with an Urgent Care team! This position requires at least 2 years of experience as a practicing veterinarian. You will work together with our specialty veterinarians and continue to grow in your career, along with our hospital.

About Cascade Veterinary Referral Center:

Cascade Veterinary Referral Center is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to providing exceptional veterinary care. Our team of skilled professionals is committed to delivering the highest standard of medical, surgical, and emergency services to our patients. We pride ourselves in fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment where both staff and clients feel valued and respected.

At Cascade Veterinary Referral Center, you would be joining medical director, Dr. Stephanie Wan, DACVIM (SAIM) and Dr. John Wagner, Practice Limited to Small Animal Surgery. Dr. Wan has vast experience as an Internist, and has been with Cascade since 2013. Dr. Wagner performs orthopedic, neurologic, as well as soft tissue surgery, and has a special interest in rehabilitation and regenerative therapies. 

What can Cascade offer you?

• Competitive salary range of $130,000 - $150,000, commensurate with experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package including CE allowance, PTO, retirement plan options, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Opportunities to work alongside skilled and experienced Veterinary Specialists
• A large team of support staff that are well trained and passionate about their work
• Relocation Assistance

Living in Tigard, Oregon:

Tigard is a vibrant and growing community located just southwest of Portland. Known for its welcoming atmosphere and excellent quality of life, Tigard offers a blend of urban amenities and natural beauty. The area boasts numerous parks, trails, and recreational opportunities, making it an ideal place for outdoor enthusiasts. Tigard is also home to a variety of dining, shopping, and cultural attractions, providing something for everyone. With its strong sense of community and proximity to Portland’s diverse offerings, Tigard is a wonderful place to live and work.

How to Apply:

If this sounds like a team you want to be a part of, please email your resume to Emily Lunsford at elunsford@petvetcarecenters.com or apply at https://www.petvetcareers.com/.

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Position Overview: The Customer Service Representative/Receptionist contributes to the success of a high-performing organization committed to delivering superior care and exceptional service. Performs a range of administrative and customer service tasks, providing valuable support to the hospital.

Essential Functions:

• Provides excellent customer service in-person, over the phone, and during high-stress situations.
• Manages lobby flow, addresses concerns, calms distressed owners, and schedules appointments.
• Handles basic medical emergencies for pets and owners, ensuring safety and well-being.
• Assists with medication pickups, inquiries, and provides information about services and products.
• Inputs and manages data in practice management software, including billing and accounts.
• Assists with retail sales, weighing pets, processing faxes, and maintaining records.
• Reconciles cash drawer and performs end-of-day duties for accurate financial transactions.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED required, or equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and/or experience
• Knowledge of clerical procedures and ability to organize files and records
• Excellent customer service skills, providing courteous and prompt assistance
• Accurate cash handling and cashiering abilities
• Strong multitasking skills with attention to detail
• Flexibility in scheduling, including weekends and holidays
• Ability to work at a keyboard or workstation for extended periods and perform physical tasks such as standing, walking, climbing, and lifting animals up to 50 pounds

Cascade Veterinary Referral Center is excited to welcome an Emergency Veterinarian to their team of highly skilled Doctors and support staff!

We are seeking someone to help us provide compassionate care for pets in the southwest Portland community. Our goal is to treat our veterinary patients with high-quality, evidence-based medicine. We are a smaller specialty hospital with a boutique family feel. We put our primary focus on the well-being of our patients and our staff. We have new, supportive, energetic leadership with our Hospital Manager, Regional Manager, and our new Medical Director. They are working collaboratively together to improve our support staff’s training and schedule so that we can better meet the needs of our doctors, patients, and clients!!

Compensation & Benefit Highlights

• $175,000-$200,000 base salary PLUS production based bonus plan
• High signing/retention bonus
• Relocation assistance provided
• Highly competitive benefits package, including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA options), 401K with employer contribution, PTO, large CE allowance with additional PTO, reimbursement for DEA & state licensure and membership fees including VECCS, AVMA, and OVMA.
• Part Time position option 

Our state-of-the-art facility features an open, naturally lit reception and treatment area and 3 separate surgery suites. We are equipped with an on-site 16 slice spiral CT, rigid and flexible endoscopes, arthroscopy, state of the art ultrasound with a dedicated u/s suite, and digital radiography. There is nearby availability for MRI and we work closely with the local oncologists for oncological and radiation referrals. Take a virtual tour of the facility at youtu.be/CzMaDrm5L-E and visit our website at www.cascadevrc.com.

We are passionate about our careers but appreciate that there is more to life than work! In addition to Portland’s cultural amenities and surrounding wine country, food, music, beer, coffee and independent film making, Oregon is an outdoor enthusiast's dream, with the Pacific Coast, Cascade Mountains and High Desert all within a short drive.

If this sounds like a team you want to be a part of, please email your resume to Emily Lunsford at elunsford@petvetcarecenters.com or apply at https://www.petvetcareers.com/.

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Looking to be part of a state-of-the-art specialty and emergency hospital?! Look no more!! CASCADE VETERINARY REFERRAL CENTER is looking for YOU to join our brand new  Emergency team. 

Please review information below for qualifications and email us your resume!!

Position Overview:

The Veterinary Technician supports hospital operations by providing dedicated quality veterinary care and exceptional service to our patients and clients. Responsibilities include providing patient care by determining animal requirements, conducting examinations and diagnostic procedures, assisting during surgery and operations, providing nursing care, assisting with feeding and caring for patients, maintaining medical supplies and equipment, overseeing triage and discharging patients, and maintaining patient medical records.

Essential Position Functions:

• Determine animal requirements by conducting examinations and interviews, reviewing care plans and records, completing laboratory tests and studies, and diagnostic imaging.
• Care for patients by taking vital signs, collecting samples, administering medications, drugs, and vaccines, and bandaging and wrapping wounds.
• Support patient examinations and operations by assembling required supplies and instruments, securing and bringing patients to examination rooms, and restraining patients; aids as directed by the veterinarian.
• Provide excellent pet care by applying full knowledge of anatomy, physiology, disease processes, pharmacology, specialized equipment usage, and specialized drug administration.
• Obtain and verify medications.
• Ensure that patients have food and water, clean patients' rooms, cages, and equipment; observe patients for clinical signs of disease.
• As directed, fill prescriptions and administer medications, including proper documentation, logging, and security of controlled drugs.
• Maintain a safe, secure, healthy, and humane environment by sterilizing and wrapping instruments, sanitizing and disinfecting holding and operating areas, storing sterile supplies, verifying shelf life, following standards and procedures, and in compliance with applicable legal regulations.
• Maintain medical records by documenting patients’ conditions, reactions, and changes; update the database in an accurate and timely manner.
• Communicate with the pet owner about the status of the patient, as directed by the veterinarian.
• Maintain equipment by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining equipment supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
• Maintain inventory, place orders for needed supplies, verify, and maintain receipts.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional journals.
• Release pets to their owners as directed; ensure that every animal released is clean and properly groomed before their release.
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager or practice.

Additional Position Functions:

Assignment to the specialty medical areas listed below may require the following additional job functions:

Emergency

• Assist veterinarians with a variety of emergency procedures and critical care situations.
• Monitor vitals, place catheters and take x-rays.
• Clean wounds and apply casts or bandages.
• Give injections and take blood samples.
• May have to be on call in the intensive care unit.

Imaging

• Assist veterinarians with a variety of diagnostic imaging modalities, including digital radiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, etc.

Integrative

• Maintain logs of pet diagnoses, treatments, and follow-up results so veterinarians can track responses to integrative care.

Radiology

• Assist veterinarians with providing high-quality diagnostic imaging services to in-patient, out-patient, surgical, and emergency pets.

Surgery

• Provide extensive surgical assistance by preparing pets, scrubbing, shaving, acting as a surgical nurse, and operating specific surgical equipment and supplies.

Competencies:

• Care and Compassion: Displays a desire to build rapport, provide personal assistance, and emotional support.
• Team Orientation: Works cooperatively with the team to address tasks and accomplish goals.
• Dependability: Demonstrates responsibility in completing tasks and accomplishing goals.
• Initiative: Proactively looks for the opportunity to address and follow through on work activities.
• Flexibility and Multi-Tasking: Adapts quickly to changing demands and manages multiple priorities effectively.
• Communication: Uses effective and appropriate methods of interacting with others.
• Customer Services: Displays a desire to provide outstanding service and exceed customer expectations.
• Organization and Attention to Detail: Monitors and reviews information thoroughly and maintains an organized system for all documents.
• Adherence to Rules and Instructions: Consistently follows standard procedures.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Two or more years of experience with veterinary appointments, surgeries, and nursing care for hospitalized and critical patients.
• Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT), Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT), Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT), or the Licensed Veterinary Medical Technician (LVMT) preferred or as required by State.
• May consider an equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and/or experience.

Position Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Knowledge of the preparation, monitoring, and recovery of pets receiving surgery, as well as basic pet nursing.
• Ability to demonstrate and follow correct procedures in catheter placement, phlebotomy, emergency medicine, and digital radiology.
• Understand and limit the potential exposure to bites, scratches, and potential injuries.
• Able to restrain patients according to standard procedures.
• Fill prescriptions and monitor sedation procedures as directed by the veterinarian.
• Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors.
• Display confidence and reassurance when dealing with pets experiencing severe stress, illness, or pain.
• Communicate and approach job duties in a professional and mature manner.
• Must be flexible with scheduling and able to work some weekends and holidays.
• This is a strenuous job that requires a lot of lifting, cleaning, and constant motion.
• Depending on the functional area of assignment, tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation and/or extended periods of time standing and/or walking.
• May include some climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Some tasks involve the periodic performance of moderately physically demanding work, usually involving lifting or carrying moderately heavy animals (up to 50 pounds).
• Answer phones and perform other duties as needed by the hospital.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Manager or practice.

Additional Information:

The list of essential functions and additional functions, as outlined in this job description, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this position. The omission of any job function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a required assignment for the position.

Position Overview:

The Veterinary Technician supports hospital operations by providing dedicated quality veterinary care and exceptional service to our patients and clients. Responsibilities include providing patient care by determining animal requirements, conducting examinations and diagnostic procedures, assisting during surgery and operations, providing nursing care, assisting with feeding and caring for patients, maintaining medical supplies and equipment, overseeing triage and discharging patients, and maintaining patient medical records.

Essential Position Functions:

• Determine animal requirements by conducting examinations and interviews, reviewing care plans and records, completing laboratory tests and studies, and diagnostic imaging.
• Care for patients by taking vital signs, collecting samples, administering medications, drugs, and vaccines, and bandaging and wrapping wounds.
• Support patient examinations and operations by assembling required supplies and instruments, securing and bringing patients to examination rooms, and restraining patients; aids as directed by the veterinarian.
• Provide excellent pet care by applying full knowledge of anatomy, physiology, disease processes, pharmacology, specialized equipment usage, and specialized drug administration.
• Obtain and verify medications.
• Ensure that patients have food and water, clean patients' rooms, cages, and equipment; observe patients for clinical signs of disease.
• As directed, fill prescriptions and administer medications, including proper documentation, logging, and security of controlled drugs.
• Maintain a safe, secure, healthy, and humane environment by sterilizing and wrapping instruments, sanitizing and disinfecting holding and operating areas, storing sterile supplies, verifying shelf life, following standards and procedures, and in compliance with applicable legal regulations.
• Maintain medical records by documenting patients’ conditions, reactions, and changes; update the database in an accurate and timely manner.
• Comfortable with client communication.
• Maintain equipment by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining equipment supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
• Maintain inventory, place orders for needed supplies, verify, and maintain receipts.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional journals.
• Release pets to their owners as directed; ensure that every animal released is clean and properly groomed before their release.
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager or practice.

Internal Medicine

• Research general wellness and preventative medicine for patients.
• Anesthesia monitoring and induction experience required.
• Endoscopy handling and maintenance- hospital has brand new SORZ endoscopy equipment.

Competencies:

• Care and Compassion: Displays a desire to build rapport, provide personal assistance, and emotional support.
• Team Orientation: Works cooperatively with the team to address tasks and accomplish goals.
• Dependability: Demonstrates responsibility in completing tasks and accomplishing goals.
• Initiative: Proactively looks for the opportunity to address and follow through on work activities.
• Flexibility and Multi-Tasking: Adapts quickly to changing demands and manages multiple priorities effectively.
• Communication: Uses effective and appropriate methods of interacting with others.
• Customer Services: Displays a desire to provide outstanding service and exceed customer expectations.
• Organization and Attention to Detail: Monitors and reviews information thoroughly and maintains an organized system for all documents.
• Adherence to Rules and Instructions: Consistently follows standard procedures.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Two or more years of experience with veterinary appointments, surgeries, and nursing care for hospitalized and critical patients.
• Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT), Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT), Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT), or the Licensed Veterinary Medical Technician (LVMT) 
• May consider an equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and/or experience.
• Cornerstone and Instinct experience a plus

Position Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Knowledge of the preparation, monitoring, and recovery of pets receiving surgery, as well as basic pet nursing.
• Ability to demonstrate and follow correct procedures in catheter placement, phlebotomy, emergency medicine, and digital radiology.
• Understand and limit the potential exposure to bites, scratches, and potential injuries.
• Able to restrain patients according to standard procedures.
• Fill prescriptions and monitor sedation procedures as directed by the veterinarian.
• Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors.
• Display confidence and reassurance when dealing with pets experiencing severe stress, illness, or pain.
• Communicate and approach job duties in a professional and mature manner.
• Must be flexible with scheduling and able to work some weekends and holidays.
• This is a strenuous job that requires a lot of lifting, cleaning, and constant motion.
• Depending on the functional area of assignment, tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation and/or extended periods of time standing and/or walking.
• May include some climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Some tasks involve the periodic performance of moderately physically demanding work, usually involving lifting or carrying moderately heavy animals (up to 50 pounds).
• Answer phones and perform other duties as needed by the hospital.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Manager or practice.

Schedule:

• Tuesday-Friday 8am-6pm

Additional Information:

The list of essential functions and additional functions, as outlined in this job description, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this position. The omission of any job function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a required assignment for the position.

Cascade Veterinary Referral Center in Tigard, OR is excited to add a second Board-Certified or Residency-Trained Surgeon to their team. You will be working alongside our experienced specialty Veterinarians, helping us to deliver top-tier care while advancing your skills and professional journey.

Why Join Cascade?

At Cascade Veterinary Referral Center, we:

• Operate in a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to high-quality medical, surgical, and emergency care. We are equipped with an on-site 16 slice spiral CT, rigid and flexible endoscopes, arthroscopy, state-of-the-art ultrasound with a dedicated u/s suite, and digital radiography. There is nearby availability for MRI and we work closely with the local oncologists for oncological and radiation referrals.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, growth, and support for our staff and clients.
• Offer opportunities to learn and grow alongside our specialists, including:
• Dr. Stephanie Wan, DACVIM (SAIM), an experienced internist with a decade of service at Cascade.
• Dr. John Wagner, whose expertise spans orthopedic, neurologic, and soft tissue surgery, with a focus on rehabilitation and regenerative therapies.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary: High salary and production-based bonus plan options.
• Comprehensive benefits:
• CE allowance, and PTO for CE
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Retirement plans
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Professional membership/license fee reimbursement
• Relocation assistance to help you settle in.
• A well-trained, passionate support team to assist you every step of the way.

Living in Tigard, OR:

Nestled just southwest of Portland, Tigard offers a mix of urban conveniences and natural beauty. Whether you enjoy outdoor adventures in local parks and trails, exploring cultural attractions, or savoring diverse dining and shopping experiences, Tigard has something for everyone. Its welcoming community and proximity to Portland make it a fantastic place to live and work.

Ready to Join Us?

If this opportunity excites you, let’s connect!
Apply now: https://www.petvetcareers.com
Or send your resume to Emily Lunsford at elunsford@petvetcarecenters.com.

Become part of a team that’s redefining veterinary care in Tigard, OR. We can’t wait to meet you!

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