Senior Surgical Veterinary Technician

About Clarity

Clarity Veterinary Surgical Center is a new outpatient veterinary surgical and dental practice opening in Denver in July 2026. Our mission is to bring accessible, evidence-based surgical care to communities that need it, and to do it in a way that's grounded in transparency, pragmatic care, and intentional kindness. We're building a practice where data guides our decisions, trust is earned daily, and every team member is invested in outcomes.

About this role

The Senior Surgical Veterinary Technician is the person who ensures clinical consistency across every case. This is first and foremost a hands-on surgical role: you'll carry a full caseload every day, scrubbing in, managing anesthesia, and circulating alongside the team. The difference is that you also hold the bar for day-to-day execution, ensuring every case meets our standards for patient safety, sterile technique, and evidence-based practice.

This is not a management position. You won't spend your days coordinating schedules, managing inventory, or sitting in meetings. Practice leadership will handle operational coordination; your focus stays on clinical excellence and team mentorship. Your primary mandate is threefold: uphold patient safety as non-negotiable, help build a team culture rooted in psychological safety and mutual respect, and ensure every client interaction reflects the care we put into their pet's surgery.

For the right person, there is opportunity to grow into broader leadership responsibilities over time, but only if that growth serves you as much as it serves Clarity.

What you'll do

Clinical (primary. This is your day, every day):

• Induce, monitor, and manage anesthesia for surgical and dental patients, including multi-parameter monitoring; scrub in and circulate for orthopedic, soft tissue, and dental cases
• Conduct pre-operative diagnostics, calculate and prepare drug protocols, CRIs, and fluid plans, and maintain controlled substance records with complete accuracy
• Monitor and manage post-operative patients through recovery, assessing pain levels, vitals, and anesthetic emergence
• Lead client communication at key touchpoints, including pre-surgical drop-off consultations (as trained by the Medical Director), post-operative updates, and discharge education. Set the standard for how the team communicates with pet families: with clarity, empathy, and transparency.
• Serve as the clinical mentor for technicians and veterinary assistants; lead onboarding and skills training for new team members
• Serve as the team's patient safety advocate, owning the surgical safety checklist and ensuring consistent, thorough execution across every case. This responsibility is foundational to everything we do.
• Facilitate post-case team debriefs focused on safety checklist execution, sterile technique, and workflow efficiency
• Maintain exemplary controlled substance records and support DEA compliance
• Maintain equipment in working order: anesthesia machines, monitoring equipment, dental units, autoclaves, and diagnostic analyzers

Quality and equipment stewardship:

• Establish, document, and help enforce surgical suite protocols: instrument processing standards, sterile technique expectations, turnover procedures, and infection control policies
• Monitor equipment maintenance schedules and coordinate service needs for anesthesia machines, autoclaves, imaging equipment, and dental units
• Lead quality improvement discussions with the surgical team; document and escalate near-misses, complications, or protocol deviations

What we're looking for

Required:

• Active Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) credential in Colorado
• Minimum 4 years of clinical experience in veterinary surgery, with at least 2 years in a lead or senior technician role
• Expert-level anesthesia skills across a range of patient sizes, risk profiles, and procedure types
• Proven ability to train, mentor, and hold team members accountable to clinical standards, with kindness and clarity
• Demonstrated commitment to patient safety culture and evidence-based practice
• Strong organizational skills for protocol documentation and equipment stewardship
• Proficient with practice management software, digital medical records, and diagnostic equipment interfaces. Comfortable adopting new technology; Clarity uses integrated systems for scheduling, client communication, and clinical documentation. Ability to train team members on technology workflows and troubleshoot common system issues.

Preferred:

• VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) or VTS (Surgery) specialty certification (compensation commensurate with specialty certification)
• Direct experience supporting TPLO, fracture repair, and advanced orthopedic, soft tissue, and dental procedures
• Experience building clinical protocols and SOPs for a new or growing surgical practice
• Familiarity with lean workflow principles in a clinical setting