About the role
Description
Veterinary Internal Medicine
Join Our Specialty Team!
Pinnacle Veterinary Specialists is seeking a highly motivated and compassionate
Veterinary Internal Medicine
to join our growing specialty and emergency veterinary hospital. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work alongside board-certified specialists while providing exceptional care to complex medical and neurologic patients.
Position Overview
The Internal Medicine Technician plays a vital role in patient assessment, advanced diagnostics, treatment administration, client communication, and ongoing patient care. This position is ideal for an experienced veterinary technician who enjoys critical thinking, patient advocacy, and working with advanced medical cases.
Responsibilities
Assist Internal Medicine specialists with examinations, diagnostics, and treatments
Treat each patient and owner with the highest level of compassion & care
Obtain and process laboratory samples
Monitor hospitalized patients and recognize changes in patient status
Administer medications, IV fluids, blood products, and advanced therapies
Perform and assist with advanced diagnostic procedures including:
Endoscopy
Ultrasound
Provide anesthesia monitoring and recovery support for diagnostic and surgical procedures
Maintain detailed and accurate medical records
Educate and communicate with clients regarding treatment plans, medications, and home care
Collaborate with specialists, emergency clinicians, and support staff to provide exceptional patient care
The positive culture at Pinnacle Veterinary Specialists:
Recognizes and rewards nurses as critical members of our team.
We distributed $60,000 in bonuses to our nursing staff in 2024 and over $ 77,000 in 2025!
Value freedom of autonomy for staff to make on the ground decisions without layers of management.
Work in a smaller, collaborative environment that feels more like a family than just a place to work.
Provide best in class Independence Blue Cross Health PPO insurance with NO deductible and free access to mental health care for $95.00 per pay period.
Our team of emergency and critical care doctors were selected for their medical skills but equally important for being kind and easy to work with.
Pinnacle recognizes the key role that nurses play in the hospital.
They are invaluable members of the team and should be treated as such. At Pinnacle, these words are put into action.
Our hospital is a community of people who find joy in working together and learning from each other. Our young group of leaders have families and
believe in working to live rather than living to work
. We are looking for staff members who are able to see the world and the hospital beyond themselves. They are the people at work who are easy to get along with, smile a lot, and are always willing to help. Our team embraces this view of a hospital community.
Our brand-new facility opened in August 2021 and houses emergency/critical care, internal medicine, neurology, surgery, radiology and cardiology. We have digital radiography, full in house Idexx lab systems, Siemens blood gas analyzer, a GE 16 Slice CT scanner and a mobile MRI unit.
PVS is located at 600 Evergreen Drive in Glen Mills, PA which is a southern suburb of Philadelphia. We are located across from the Costco in Glen Mills and near the Brinton Lake Shopping complex allowing easy access to restaurants and shopping. A Costco membership is an employee benefit including discounted gas at the Costco gas station.
Benefits of working for Pinnacle include:
Generous hourly wage reflective of your skillset and contribution to the hospital
Shift differential for overnights and weekends ($2.50/hour Mon-Thurs, $4.00/hr Fri-Sun)
Flexible scheduling
Paid time off
Pet care discount
Independence Blue Cross medical insurance that includes Penn Medicine telehealth visits, tele-mental health support, and the largest health network in greater Philadelphia
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) program with 2% company match
Scrub allowance
Costco membership (inexpensive gas is right across from our hospital!)
In house CE and continuing education stipend
Tuition reimbursement
Professional development assistance
Employee assistance program
Schedule
Tuesday -Friday ( four 10- hour shifts)
Requirements
Pinnacle Veterinary Technicians Working requirements
Credentialed Veterinary Technician (CVT, LVT, RVT) preferred
New graduates will be considered
Minimum 2 years of veterinary technician experience preferred
Specialty, emergency, critical care, internal medicine, or neurology experience strongly desired
Strong technical and venipuncture skills
Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
Positive attitude and commitment to patient advocacy
Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and electronic) with the team and with customers
Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing hospital equipment necessary daily such as syringes, electric clippers, computers, surgery instruments, monitors, diagnostic equipment, etc.
Ability to stand for prolonged hours, kneel, work on the floor as well as ability to lift up to 50 lbs. on own and able to support up to 80 lbs. with assistance.
If you would like to learn more this position, please reach out to acarr@pinnacle.vet