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About Us
Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital is a veterinary specialty, emergency and critical care facility in located in Surrey, BC; just on the outskirts of world-class Vancouver, BC.
We are a VECCS Certified Level 1 facility (only 1 of 2 in Canada) and a VetCOT Level II Trauma Center.
Visit our About Us page to get a better idea of what we do – and why we do it.
Making
moments that matter
We are a cohesive team of veterinary professionals who strongly believe in collaboration, communication, respect, and lifelong learning. Every day our team lives our mission: making every moment matter for our clients and our patients, meeting challenges head-on and providing specialty medicine and surgery for the most critical patients.
BBVSH has board-certified specialists in 24-hour emergency, critical care, surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, neurology, oncology, dentistry, diagnostic imaging, and animal rehabilitation.
Check out this hospital tour of our facility.
Meet the Owners
"We're not just looking for somebody to fill a position. We're looking for an individual who shares our values, who is honest, who is ethical and who is striving to be the best they can be personally and who is very motivated to be a part of a team."
Co-owner, Oncologist
"We are very lucky to be an independent, family-owned practice. We're nimble in terms of being of able to change things as needed and respond to people's concerns."
Careers at BBVSH
Our hospital is always growing! Here are just some of the roles our team fulfills every day.
Veterinary Specialist
Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital is always on the lookout for good-fit specialists to join our team of veterinary professionals who strongly believe in collaboration, communication, respect, and lifelong learning. Every day our team lives our mission: making every moment matter for our clients and our patients, meeting challenges head-on and providing specialty medicine and surgery for the most critical patients.
If you are looking for an organization with a team-oriented approach in the beautiful Vancouver area, with easy access to the great outdoors and a big city life, consider joining our dynamic team.
Hear our specialists share why they like working at Boundary Bay:
What makes us different?
Work with specialists and specialized equipment in a non-corporate, supportive environment where we focus on treating every pet like our own.
- Independently owned.
- Certified VECCS Level 1 facility (one of only two in Canada) and Level II Trauma Center.
- Full-time social worker to provide support for clients and staff.
- Exceptional camaraderie – easy consultation within our team of specialists including Surgeons, Internists, Cardiologists, Neurologists, Oncologists, and Canine Rehabilitation team.
- Full complement of hospital-grade diagnostic and therapeutic equipment including: complete in-house lab, Pleur-evac, hi-flow O2, mechanical ventilator, flexible and rigid endoscopy, ligasure, ultrasonography, on-site 64 slice CT and 1.5T MRI, fluoroscopy, laparoscopy, and arthroscopy.
- Custom-built, hospital-grade equipped 26,000+ ft2 facility.
Every moment matters – for you, for our clients and for every animal that comes through our doors.
- Competitive salary and benefits plan.
- Flexible work schedule, generous time off, and continuing education (CE).
Work, live and play in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
- Our main hospital is based in Metro Vancouver, beautiful British Columbia, which is ranked as the healthiest and happiest city in North America.
- Our sister clinic is in Bellingham, Washington, with a busy ER service and a growing group of specialists – another great pacific northwest city just 45 minutes south of our B.C. clinic.
- Choose to live in Canada or the US, and work in either, or both clinics! We’ll also help you with work visa, permanent residence, and citizenship if you are changing countries.
Additional benefits we offer:
- Paid association dues.
- Extended medical and dental plans.
- Uniform allowance.
- Generous staff discounts on services and products.
- Group RRSP plan.
- A social committee to plan events and parties throughout the year.
How do I apply?
Please see your specialty’s job posting board for any job postings at Boundary Bay. However, even if there are no current postings, we are always interested in discussing career opportunities at Boundary Bay; please email us at humanresources@bbvsh.com.
Emergency Veterinarian
Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital is always on the lookout for good-fit emergency vets to join our team of veterinary professionals who strongly believe in collaboration, communication, respect, and lifelong learning. Every day our team lives our mission: making every moment matter for our clients and our patients, meeting challenges head-on and providing specialty medicine and surgery for the most critical patients.
If you are looking for an organization with a team-oriented approach in the beautiful Vancouver area, with easy access to the great outdoors and a big city life, consider joining our team.
What makes us different?
Work with specialists and specialized equipment in a non-corporate, supportive environment where we focus on treating every pet like our own.
- Independently owned.
- Certified VECCS Level 1 facility (one of only two in Canada) and Level II Trauma Center.
- Full-time social worker to provide support for clients and staff.
- Exceptional camaraderie – mentorship and on-going support from Board-certified Criticalists and easy consultation with our specialists including Surgeons, Internists, Cardiologists, Neurologists, Oncologists, and Canine Rehabilitation team.
- Opportunity to perform specialized procedures such as: tracheotomy, thoracocentesis, pericardiocentesis, chest tubes, central lines, CRIs, RECOVER® CPR and more.
- Full complement of hospital-grade diagnostic and therapeutic equipment including: complete in-house lab, Pleur-evac, hi-flow O2, mechanical ventilator, flexible and rigid endoscopy, ligasure, ultrasonography, on-site 64 slice CT and 1.5T MRI, fluoroscopy, laparoscopy, and arthroscopy.
- Custom-built, hospital-grade-equipped 26,000+ ft2 facility.
Every moment matters – for you, for our clients and for every animal that comes through our doors.
- Competitive salary and benefits plan.
- Flexible work schedule, generous time off, and in-house continuing education (CE) opportunities including certification in the RECOVER® CPR initiative, weekly Journal Clubs, and more.
- Onboarding mentorship programs (one month, three months, or six months; depending on level of experience) with our Board-Certified Criticalists.
Work, live and play in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
- Our main hospital is based in Metro Vancouver, beautiful British Columbia, which is ranked as the healthiest and happiest city in North America.
- Our sister clinic is in Bellingham, Washington, with a busy ER service and a growing group of specialists – another great pacific northwest city just 45 minutes south of our B.C. clinic.
- Choose to live in Canada or the US, and work in either, or both clinics! We’ll also help you with work visa, permanent residence and citizenship if you are changing countries.
Additional benefits we offer:
- Paid association dues.
- Extended medical and dental plans.
- Uniform allowance.
- Generous staff discounts on services and products.
- Group RRSP plan.
- A social committee to plan events and parties throughout the year.
How do I apply?
Please visit the VECCS job board for any job postings at Boundary Bay. However, even if there are no current postings, we are always interested in discussing career opportunities at Boundary Bay; please email us at humanresources@bbvsh.com.
Veterinary Technologists – ER/ICU, Anesthesia and Specialty
Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital is always on the lookout for Veterinary Technologists to join our team. Every day our team lives our mission: making every moment matter for our clients and our patients, meeting challenges head-on and providing specialty medicine and surgery for the most critical patients. Our team of veterinary professionals strongly believes in collaboration, communication, respect, and lifelong learning.
Our company culture prioritizes and values veterinary technicians and their essential role in the clinical team. BBVSH is a great place to utilize and grow your skills in a challenging, rewarding, fun, and respectful environment.
Here’s what our RVT’s say about working at BBVSH and living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest!
Job opportunities are available in many departments, including:
ICU/ER Veterinary Technician
Learn or continue to perform specialized skills in our VECSS Level 1 facility and Level II VetCOT Trauma Centre, such as:
- Blood typing and managing blood transfusion.
- Placing arterial lines, jugular catheters and central lines.
- Triaging and stabilizing trauma and emergency patients.
- Keeping patients safe while capturing high-quality diagnostic radiographs, ultrasound, and CT scans.
- Monitoring critical patients on a hospital-grade ventilator.
- Routinely placing urinary catheters, NG feeding tubes, and PEG tubes.
- Keeping patients safe and comfortable during anesthesia recovery.
- Providing high level of nursing care to all patients.
Anesthesia Veterinary Technician
Learn or continue to perform specialized skills in anesthesia such as:
- Placing arterial lines, performing epidurals, and managing blood transfusions.
- Anesthetizing patients with ASA status III and IV.
- Monitoring critical patients on mechanical ventilation.
- Anesthetizing patients for a PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) procedure, pacemaker implantation, or balloon valvuloplasty with the cardiologist.
- Anesthetizing patients for brain surgery or A-A luxation with the neurologist.
- Handling a nerve stimulation machine to place local blocks for a TPLO.
- Keeping patients safe while obtaining high-quality diagnostic imaging from an MRI, CT, or endoscopic procedure.
Specialty Vet Technician
Learn or continue to perform specialized skills with our Board-certified specialists in cardiology, internal medicine, neurology, oncology, radiology, and surgery such as:
- Monitoring anesthesia if needed.
- Working with clients on patient care and education.
- Developing skills and knowledge specific to the different departments such as chemotherapy administration in oncology, specialized blood tests and endoscopy for internal medicine, monitoring traumatic brain injury in neurology, etc.
- Helping prepare cytology and histology samples.
- Using and developing laboratory skills with in our in –house lab.
Work, live and play in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
- Our main hospital is based in Metro Vancouver, beautiful British Columbia, which is ranked as the healthiest and happiest city in North America.
- Our sister clinic is in Bellingham, Washington, with a busy ER service and a growing group of specialists – another great pacific northwest city just 45 minutes south of our B.C. clinic.
- Choose to live in Canada or the US, and work in either, or both clinics! We’ll also help you with work visa, permanent residence and citizenship if you are changing countries.
Every moment matters – for you, for our clients and for every animal that comes through our doors.
- Competitive hourly wage and benefits plan.
- Flexible work schedule and in-house continuing education (CE) opportunities including certification in the RECOVER® CPR initiative, weekly Journal Clubs, and more.
- Onboarding training programs.
Additional benefits we offer:
- Paid association dues.
- Extended medical and dental plans.
- Uniform allowance.
- Generous staff discounts on services and products.
- Group RRSP plan.
- A social committee to plan events and parties throughout the year.
How do I apply?
Please visit Indeed for any job postings at Boundary Bay. However, even if there are no current postings, we are always interested in discussing career opportunities at Boundary Bay; please email us at humanresources@bbvsh.com.
Veterinary Assistant
Are you looking for a fulfilling job opportunity where you learn the foundations of animal care and can grow into providing specialized care for patients?
Do you enjoy learning about different diseases and medical conditions in specialty medicine and surgery, assisting with veterinary diagnostics, and how best to look after patients?
Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital is always on the lookout for Veterinary Assistants to join our team. Every day our team lives our mission: making every moment matter for our clients and our patients, meeting challenges head-on and providing specialty medicine and surgery for the most critical patients. Our team of veterinary professionals strongly believes in collaboration, communication, respect, and lifelong learning.
Our company culture prioritizes and values veterinary assistants and their essential role in the clinical team. BBVSH is a great place to utilize and grow your skills in a challenging, rewarding, fun, and respectful environment.
Hear what our Vet Assistants have to say about working at Boundary Bay:
Our VECSS Level 1 facility and Level II VetCOT Trauma Centre provides a wide variety of opportunities:
- Develop skills in surgical prep, sterilization, and post-operative care.
- Learn and grow your knowledge in nutrition.
- Learn about and care for patients with complex disease processes.
- Learn how to triage patients based on the 3 levels of triage.
- Work as a team with technicians, Client Service Representatives, and doctors across multiple departments including 24-hour emergency, critical care, surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, neurology, oncology, diagnostic imaging, and animal rehabilitation.
- Be hands on with your patients.
- Perform minimal office work.
Work, live and play in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
- Our main hospital is based in Metro Vancouver, beautiful British Columbia, which is ranked as the healthiest and happiest city in North America.
- Our sister clinic is in Bellingham, Washington, with a busy ER service and a growing group of specialists – another great pacific northwest city just 45 minutes south of our B.C. clinic.
- Choose to live in Canada or the US, and work in either, or both clinics! We’ll also help you with work visa, permanent residence and citizenship if you are changing countries.
Every moment matters – for you, for our clients and for every animal that comes through our doors.
- Competitive salary and benefits plan.
- Flexible work schedule and in-house continuing education (CE) opportunities including certification in the RECOVER® CPR initiative, weekly Journal Clubs, and more.
- Onboarding training programs.
Additional benefits we offer:
- Extended medical and dental plans.
- Uniform allowance.
- Generous staff discounts on services and products.
- Group RRSP plan.
- A social committee to plan events and parties throughout the year.
How do I apply?
Please visit Indeed for any job postings at Boundary Bay. However, even if there are no current postings, we are always interested in discussing career opportunities at Boundary Bay; please email us at humanresources@bbvsh.com.
Customer Service Representative
Do you enjoy communicating with and educating clients?
Do want to work in an environment where you get to interact with pet patients and see their journey though their stay?
Would you enjoy being the go-to person between owner, pet, and doctor?
Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital is always on the lookout for Veterinary Assistants to join our team. Every day our team lives our mission: making every moment matter for our clients and our patients, meeting challenges head-on and providing specialty medicine and surgery for the most critical patients. Our team of veterinary professionals strongly believes in collaboration, communication, respect, and lifelong learning.
BBVSH is a great place to provide excellent customer service in a challenging, rewarding, fun, and respectful environment.
At BBVSH you can:
- Apply your customer service knowledge to clients who come to our hospital, often in distress.
- Be an ‘octopus ninja’ and use your eight arms to answer phones, create estimates, log client communications, interact with our doctors and make sure the coffee station is operational.
- Build lasting relationships with owners.
- Learn and grow your knowledge about different types of diseases and medical procedures.
- Develop your skills in assessing medical records.
- Be part of a 24-hour emergency veterinary hospital.
Additional benefits we offer:
- Extended medical and dental plans.
- Uniform allowance.
- Generous staff discounts on services and products.
- Group RRSP plan.
- A social committee to plan events and parties throughout the year.
How do I apply?
Please visit Indeed for any job postings at Boundary Bay. However, even if there are no current postings, we are always interested in discussing career opportunities at Boundary Bay; please email us at humanresources@bbvsh.com.
Veterinary Technician Internships at BBVSH
New and recent veterinary technician graduates receive direct one-to-one mentorship and real-word clinical experience to help them advance their skills and knowledge, and build confidence in a supervised, supported environment.
If you’re looking for the next step after school that will help you build a rewarding career, gain experience, improve your skills and work alongside like-minded individuals, then come join us!
We accept applicants year-round to our program.
Veterinary Technician Internship (VTI) Program
We’re looking for highly motivated, newly graduated veterinary technician/technologist students to join our one-year, paid internship program at Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital.
Our internship will provide you with first-hand clinical experience that will allow you to apply and expand your knowledge and give you a competitive edge in your growing career. Gain real-world clinical experience under the direct supervision and one-to-one mentorship of our experienced RVTs and VTSs at our VECCS & VetCOT certified 26,000 sq. ft. hospital in Surrey.
Our training program will break down cases and patient care into manageable learning components so that you can gain experience and build confidence, and be successful in a fast-paced, challenging hospital like ours.
Advance your knowledge and skills in the dynamic world of multi-disciplinary veterinary specialty & emergency medicine in a supported environment throughout the internship, alongside our collaborative team of ER doctors and board-certified specialists.
If you’re looking for the next step after school that will help you build a rewarding career, gain experience, improve your skills and work alongside like-minded individuals, then come join us!
Our Mission – to Steward the CARE journey:
C – Client Centred
A – Animals First
R – Respect for All
E – Empathy/ Excellence
How our program works
Our internship program is designed to help newly graduated RVTs transition from their education program to the real world by placing them into cases that are at their level of learning and where they can grow their skill sets in a supportive environment. Cases are broken down into manageable learning components and interns advance to the next level of complexity only when they are ready and confident in their ability to take on more responsibility with less supervision.
We’re looking for people who:
- Are highly motivated, self-starters.
- Maintain a positive attitude, even in a challenging and fast-paced environment.
- Love to learn and are fearless about trying new things.
- Are as attentive to medical details as they are to staff culture and the dynamics of working as a team.
What you will get from this experience:
Through this program, you will learn the skills and knowledge needed to work with patients with an advanced disease process, critically think through nursing care, and work with the veterinarian to problem-solve patient injuries and illnesses.
Here are just some of the opportunities you will have through this program:
- Direct supervision and one-to-one mentorship and support from our experienced RVTs and VTSs throughout the program.
- Knowledge and hands-on experience at a pace that fosters success, including skills in:
- Basic / advanced nursing.
- Anesthesia / analgesia.
- Diagnostic imaging training.
- Time management.
- Behavioural skills (e.g., pain management).
- Experiential learning working as part of a team with our board-certified specialists and ER doctors.
- Rotation through departments such as:
- Anesthesia (includes surgery, IM, neurology, dentistry)
- Oncology
- Cardiology
- Emergency triage
- Intensive Care Unit
- Intermediate Care Unit
- Diagnostic imaging
Structured learning through:
- Direct supervision and one-to-one mentorship
- Monthly goals/check-ins
- In-house Continuing Education (CE)
- Journal Club
Eligibility
- Graduate of an accredited Veterinary Technology Program (includes current year graduates).
- Mandatory: VTNE eligible OR passed the VTNE.
- Registered BCVTA member (or other provincial association).
Duration & Deadline
This is a full-year program. Applications can be submitted at any time during the year. Start dates/timelines will be considered on an individual basis, with flexibility regarding vacation conflicts.
- 12-month structured program.
- Applications are accepted year-round.
Remuneration
$25.50 / hour (with potential for increased wage upon program completion).
How to Apply
Apply via this online application form.
If you have any questions, please reach out to humanresources@bbvsh.com .
In their Own Words
Vet Techs
Surgery Service Manager
The biggest thing I enjoy about BBVSH is the fostering of learning.
Registered Veterinary Technologist
It's a great place to grow for VAs or techs coming out of school. You can start in the ICU where you can learn the basics and then you can move on to different specialties or get the excitement of the ER where you see so many interesting cases.
Registered Veterinary Technologist
Experienced technicians can specialize [at BBVSH], they could work in many different departments and there's many different shifts to suit different lifestyles. New grads: It's a really good way to see what's possible for you and to figure out what you're good at.
In their Own Words
Veterinary Assistants
Veterinary Assistant
"I think it's a fantastic environment for VAs and techs mostly because we learn something new absolutely every single day"
Veterinary Assistant
"Boundary Bay has provided me with a lot of opportunities to expand my knowledge that I would not have learned in general practice; learning about CT scans, MRIs, different types of chemotherapy. I've also dabbled in the emergency critical care side of things has been very eye opening with respect to all the things we can do for pets."
Veterinary Assistant
"I've done everything from neurology to physiotherapy to intensive care to critical care to surgery to liaison work all within two years. If you want to put in the time and the work, the limits are endless for what you can learn here."
Veterinary Assistant
"I just love the people. I love my career. They say 'If you love your job, you're not working a day in your life'."
In their Own Words
ER Team
Criticalist
"To the emergency veterinarians out there looking for a place to land, I can't recommend a spot more than here."
Emergency Veterinarian
"It's a private practice and family owned. I really like the fact that [BBVSH] is not corporately owned."
Criticalist
"I think a big benefit of practicing ER here is the overwhelming amount of support you have. You have the advantage of always having a Criticalist on staff who will take the critical cases or help you work through them or help with the diagnostic or treatment plan."
Emergency Veterinarian
"I think just being in a specialty hospital with so many departments as well as interacting with so many specialists has definitely helped me improve myself and serve my clients and patients better."
Emergency Veterinarian
"In the growth process here as an ER doctor, one of the things that has been the most pivotal for me has been directly working with our Criticalists."
Emergency Veterinarian
"The work-life balance is really great. As an emergency veterinarian I think, from a non-work standpoint, the management team really strives to make our work schedule something that enables us to have the life we want outside of work but also when we're at work, we're practicing the best medicine we can."
Emergency Veterinarian
"Working for Geoff and Sarah has been one of the best experiences in my working career. It makes a huge difference to work in an independently-owned veterinary practice where it is so obvious how much our hospital owners care about this place and every single person that works in it."
Emergency Veterinarian
"For other veterinarians that are interested in career opportunities, I would highly recommend Boundary Bay. It provides a really good balance where we get to see very interesting cases, we get to use our skills, we get to learn and we get to do it in a very positive and fun environment."
Emergency Veterinarian
"The quality of life in British Columbia is bar none. I moved here because I wanted to get better at surfing, get better at sailing, get better at skiing and we can do all those things in one spot here. Not to mention having Vancouver nearby with all the cultural experiences. It's a pretty magical place."
In their Own Words
Veterinary Specialists
Criticalist
"Ethically, [owners Geoff & Sarah] have the highest standards. Medically, they encourage you to do the absolute best medicine that's possible for that patient."
Oncologist
"One of the most valuable things about working here is just that ability to work down the hall and look my bosses in the eye and say 'hey, here's an issue and let's work on a solution together.' It's something I couldn't get in corporate medicine."
Cardiologist
"I think Boundary Bay is uniquely set up to be able to provide really outstanding career opportunities. For me, it was really important for me to have the autonomy for my own service to be able to run things like I want to but also to have receptive management that I can talk to about things. I can literally call them on the phone or text them and I get the answer right away whereas that has not been my experience with more corporately owned medicine."
Dr. Geoffrey Hutchinson, DVM, MS, DACVS
Co-owner, Surgeon