Veterinary Care Assistant

Vets for Pets; Newton Abbot; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Veterinary Care Assistant to join our award-winning, family-owned Newton Abbot practice.

You will assist all colleagues with non-clinical duties to support smooth running of the practice and provide the best standard of patient care.

Duties will include:

1. Cleaning theatre, instruments, kennels - the clinical areas of the practice
2. Answering phone calls
3. Holding patients for the clinical team
4. Packaging lab samples

Working closely with our registered veterinary Nurses. Full training will be provided.

Our practice is bright, spacious, air-conditioned and purpose built to industry leading standards and has state of the art equipment including digital X-ray and in-house laboratory facilities.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to progress into a student nurse role in the future.

This is a Part Time role working every Saturday 9am -6pm. Holiday cover for weekdays will be available.

If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare, exceptional customer service and would like to join our team, then we would love to hear from you.

Please send applications to Nicola Carrick RVN Practice Manager [e-mail].

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 30th April
Benefits

In return, we offer such benefits as:

1. 20% discount at the Vet Group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room
2. Access to discounts and cashbacks
3. In-house career development opportunities
4. Pension
5. Holiday allowance

We want our colleagues to be as diverse as our clients. Our teams are inclusive and celebrate difference so if you meet our role requirements, we’d love to hear from you.

Location: TQ12 3AN

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!