Veterinary Nursing Trainer - The Woodlands, TX

About the role

As a Nursing Trainer at VEG, you help others grow by leading with curiosity, coaching with compassion, and obsessing over development. You build skills, confidence, momentum, and careers in emergency medicine through 1:1 floor work, peer‑led sessions, and educational tool development, tailoring training to every learning style and celebrating milestones.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to identify individual and team training needs
• Assess assistants and credentialed technicians through direct observation and real‑time immersion
• Drive advancement through VEG's Cultivate program
• Implement VEG training programs and serve as the go‑to training lead at your hospital
• Split your time between on‑the‑floor mentoring and strategic development
• Provide tailored, hands‑on training for all learning styles and skill levels with patience and understanding
• Organize peer training opportunities and build a strong mentoring culture
• Collaborate with nursing managers and professional networks to broaden impact
• Develop and refine training content (presentations, videos, simulations, assessments)
• Ensure all training aligns with VEG's culture, mission, and emergency standards of care
• Continually evaluate and improve leveling programs for assistants and technicians

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate's degree or higher in veterinary technology from an AVMA accredited program strongly preferred
• Credentialed as a veterinary technician (CVT, RVT, LVT, LVMT) in the state the VEG practice is located; VTS in ECC, internal medicine, or anesthesia/analgesia a plus and may lead to extra compensation considerations
• High level of knowledge and skill in emergency medicine
• Previous training experience preferred
• Relentless passion for teaching and uplifting others
• Ownership mindset around your team's growth and development
• Strong communicator and collaborator across teams
• Excitement about VEG's culture and mission, with a desire to lead by example
• Willingness to travel to other VEG hospitals in your region to help with new veterinarian onboarding as needed
• Must be willing to work in a noisy environment with strong or unpleasant odors
• Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays on a rotating or as‑needed basis based on hospital needs
• Ability to work well in a fast‑paced environment with people from all backgrounds and different personality types

Skills

• Empathetic, people‑centric approach
• Humility: acknowledging mistakes, sharing credit, lifting up team accomplishments
• Strong sense of ownership over work, taking responsibility for outcomes
• Curious by nature; asks insightful questions and continuously seeks learning opportunities

Benefits