Apprentice Veterinary Care Assistant

Job Description

Are you looking for a new opportunity to develop for your skills in animal welfare? If so, we have a brilliant opportunity to gain a Level 2 apprenticeship in Animal Care and Welfare at our Rotherham Parkgate Vets for Pets 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 will assist all colleagues with non-clinical duties to support smooth running of the practice and provide the best standard of patient care. You will also be required to support the receptionist team when required.

This is a full or part time role working 30 to 40 hours per week including Saturdays on a rota basis.

Apprenticeship eligibility requirements:
To be eligible to apply for the apprenticeship you need to meet the following criteria:

• Must have lived in the UK and/or EU for 3 years prior to apprenticeship start date
• Not be undertaking another apprenticeship at the same time
• Not be in full time education. 
• Pass your initial probation period.

The attributes required

• 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. 

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.

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: S60 1TG

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!