Animal Care Assistant

2 weeks ago


Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Vets Now Full time

Animal Care Assistant - Evenings and Weekends

£12ph plus benefits

Join the Team at Vets Now - Providing Exceptional Emergency Pet Care


Vets Now is the UK's leading provider of emergency pet care, serving over 1700 veterinary practices through 60 plus dedicated out-of-hours clinics and two 24/7 pet emergency hospitals.

Join our clinic team in Dundee and contribute to the vital emergency and critical care service we provide.

Key Responsibilities
As an Animal Care Assistant at Vets Now, you will play a crucial role in assisting our clinical teams with providing a comfortable and stress-free in-patient environment whilst negotiating busy shifts in an emergency clinic

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Working under the guidance of Vet Nurses and Vet Surgeons.
  • Handling patients for basic procedures and assisting with running diagnostic tests.
  • Assisting in setting up and clearing down theatres for surgical procedures.
  • Ensuring all inpatients have their basic husbandry needs attended to.

Rota Pattern

You will work alternate weeks:

Week 1:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 18:30 to 23:30 and Saturday from 15:00 to 22:00

Week 2:
Off

Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.

What we offer

  • 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
  • Your birthday as a paid day off
  • Cash Health Plan provided by Simply Health
  • Vets Now For You reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100's of retailers
- £780 CPD allowance pro-rata

  • 10 hours paid CPD hours annually prorata
  • Familyfriendly policies including sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes
  • UK Standard Pension contributions 5% Employee/3% Employer
  • Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
  • Paid volunteering days
  • Death in service of two times annual salary


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