Veterinary Care Assistant

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Veterinary Care Assistant to join our Huddersfield practice.

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.

You'll be working alongside vets, vet nurses, and our reception team, carrying out a wide range of tasks. We're looking for a team player who is willing to get stuck in, work hard, and is keen to learn. We'll provide support to get you going, and you'll quickly become an integral member of the team.

Your tasks will include keeping the clinic clean, tidy, and organised; feeding and monitoring in-patients; running clinical tests; managing stock; handling a variety of small animals; helping set up for operations; deep cleaning all areas; speaking to clients on the phone and in person. Good verbal communication skills and basic computer literacy are essential. You will also need to have had previous experience in a veterinary environment.

This is a part time role working 20 – 30 hours per week which will be discussed at interview.

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.

About you

• You are the friendly and welcoming face for the client and their pets when they arrive at the practice.   
• You are able to provide guidance by keeping yourself fully up-to-speed with the practice services and any additional services available. 
• You are calm, attentive and always focus on the clients’ needs.
• You will bring enthusiasm and drive to your role.  Your passion for service is matched with your love of pets.
• You can deal with everything that is thrown at you, from comforting a client who has had some bad news about their pet or sharing in the joy of a new puppy’s first visit to the vet.  
• Your personality is infectious and along with your fellow colleagues, you create a welcoming and friendly atmosphere in the practice. 

In short, you like to be busy, enjoy helping people and their pets and always endeavour to make a difference.

The attributes required

• Previous veterinary surgery employment as a Veterinary Care assistant. 
• Competent in anaesthetic monitoring, including the accurate recording of vitals.
• Confidently execute nurse consultations which would include dental clinics, weight clinics, parasitic clinics, pre operative and post operative health checks.
• Have the professional ability to recover patients after surgery.
• Administer sub cutaneous injections.
• Have the ability and confidence to correctly restrain cats, dogs, rabbits and small animals.
• Assist vets and nurses with taking blood samples and operating in house laboratory equipment.
• Confidently admit and discharge patients before and after surgery.

Benefits

In return, we offer such benefits as 20% discount at the Vet Group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room, access to discounts and cashbacks, in-house career development opportunities, pension and holiday allowance.

To Apply: Please email tracey.lowe@companioncare.co.uk

Location: HD1 6ND

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!