Join Our Team
Are you looking for an employer who will support you as a collaborative team member and value certification, education, and experience ? Do you want to challenge yourself to excel in an educational environment where the vital role of veterinary nurses and technicians as essential team members is highly regarded? Would you like to help build the future of Veterinary Medicine?
By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be involved in compassionate patient care, outstanding teaching, significant community involvement, exemplary client service, and groundbreaking scientific discovery that advances both animal and human health and well-being.
If this sounds rewarding to you, then check out our job opportunities here at a major Big Ten university campus in dynamic West Lafayette, Indiana! Our culture is marked by enthusiasm about community development, smart communication, technological advances, scientific research, and global responsibility. If you have a strong desire to learn, as well as teach; are looking for amazing benefits; and appreciate a diverse and welcoming population and workforce, then apply today!
Our Commitment
Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is committed to advancing diversity in all areas of faculty effort, including scholarship, instruction, and engagement. Job applicants should address at least one of these areas in a separate Diversity and Inclusion Statement, indicating their past experiences, current interests or activities, and/or future goals to promote a climate that values diversity and inclusion. A national leader in the graduation of Black doctorates in veterinary medicine over the past five years, Purdue has a track record of supporting diversity that dates back well over a century and is rooted in our land-grant mission. In 2021, Purdue University has embarked upon a comprehensive 5-year, $75 million plan to further increase the diversity of the faculty, staff, and student body.
Current Job Openings
Nurses, Technicians, and Technologists
- Animal Care Technician (Evenings)
- Animal Care Technician (Evenings)
- Animal Care Technician Team Lead (Evenings)
- Post-Doc Research (Assoc, BMS Collaboration)
- Veterinary Assistant (Anesthesia)
- Veterinary Assistant (Emergency and Critical Care)
- Veterinary Assistant (Intermediate Care)
- Veterinary Assistant (Large Animal Ambulatory Versa)
- Veterinary Assistant (Large Animal)
- Veterinary Assistant (Small Animal Primary Care)
- Veterinary Technician (Small Animal Medicine)
- Veterinary Technician/Nurse (Diagnostic Imaging)
- Veterinary Technician/Nurse (Emergency and Critical Care)
- Veterinary Technician/Nurse (Intermediate Care)
- Veterinary Technician/Nurse (Large Animal Medicine)
- Veterinary Technician/Nurse (Large Animal Surgery)
- Veterinary Technician/Nurse (Large Animal Treatment)
- Veterinary Technician/Nurse (Small Animal Surgery OR)
- Veterinary Technician/Nurse (Small and Large Animal Anesthesia)
- Veterinary Technician/Nurse (Small and Large Animal Versa Tech)
- Veterinary Technician/Nurse Supervisor (Large Animal)
DVM / Faculty
- Clinician (Large Animal Medicine)
- Clinician (Large Animal Surgery)
- Lecturer (DVM Program)
- Professor (Anesthesiology, Tenure Track)
- Professor (Antimicrobial/Farm Animal Medicine, Tenure Track)
- Professor (Chemistry/Biological Sciences/Comparative Pathobiology)
- Professor (Comparative Pathobiology)
- Professor (Comparative Pathobiology/Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Tenure Track)
- Professor (Human Animal Bond)
- Professor (Large Animal Medicine, Tenure Track)
- Professor (Neurology, Tenure Track)
- Professor (Small Animal Internal Medicine, Tenure Track)
- Professor (Small Animal Primary Care)
- Professor (Veterinary Pathology, Tenure Track)
- Visiting Professor (Large Animal Surgery)
- Visiting Professor (Neurology)
- Visiting Professor (Small Animal Surgery)
- William Iverson Professor of Toxicological Pathology (Tenure Track)
Staff
- Administrative Assistant (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Senior)
- Administrative Clerk
- Administrative Clerk (Assoc)
- Administrative Clerk (Emergency and Critical Care)
- Administrative Clerk (Senior)
- Central Supply Supervisor
- Clinical Pathology Laboratory Technologist (Medical Laboratory Technician)
- Instruction Specialist
- Program Director PVM (Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
- Therapist, Lead
Students & Postdocs
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Opportunity for Promotion
We encourage and support all staff who want to grow and develop professionally. Expand your skills by working with world-recognized veterinary specialists.
Competitive salary and benefits
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Continuing Education
We offer continuing education programs, both in person and online, for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in a variety of formats including workshops, lectures, conferences and symposiums. We even offer learning opportunities for the animal owning public and scientists in the veterinary field. Learn more about continuing education programs at the Office of Lifelong Learning website.
Student Employment & Volunteering Opportunities
Student employment opportunities at the Purdue University Veterinary Hospital are for currently enrolled Purdue University students.
We accept student employees in all our Hospitals.
Opportunities may include:
- Animal Caretaker Duties
- Hospital Custodial Duties
- Clerical Duties
- Surgical Instrument Decontamination Processing
- Inventory/Stocking
Student Employment Process
To be considered for employment at the Purdue University Veterinary Hospital, please complete the Student Employment Application and submit to the hospital administration office at VTHadministration@purdue.edu.
Once your application has been received, it will be forwarded to the supervisor in the area of your interest. The supervisor will contact you regarding any employment opportunities in their area.
Questions?
Email VTHrecruiting@purdue.edu to join our team!
Volunteering Opportunities
Purdue students that are enrolled in the Pre-Veterinary Program or Veterinary Nursing Program are eligible. Learn more about our volunteering opportunities.

Purdue University is an EOE/AA employer. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. A background check will be required for employment in this position.