Animal Care Assistant

1 week ago


Newport, Newport, United Kingdom Vets Now Full time

Weekend Animal Care Assistant

£11.35ph plus benefits

Be part of the UK's leading provider of Emergency Pet Care


Vets Now are the UK's leading provider of emergency pet care, providing a trusted service to more than 1400 veterinary practices - from 58 dedicated out-of-hours clinics and three 24/7 pet emergency hospitals.

You will be joining a dedicated team of Vets, Nurses, Animal Care Assistants, Receptionists in our Newport clinic.

Our dedicated ACAs are invaluable in our ECC clinics
An animal care assistant is invaluable on a busy shift in an emergency clinic.

As an ACA at Vets Now, you will be trained in assisting the clinical teams to provide a comfortable and stress free, in-patient environment.

Under the guidance of our Vet Nurses and Vet Surgeons, you can expect to be handling patients for basic procedures, assisting with running diagnostic tests, and ensuring all pets in our care are as comfortable as they can be.

You could be asked to help set up and clear down a theatre for surgical procedures, as well as making sure all in-patients have their basic husbandry needs attended to.


Working pattern
We are looking for a skilled animal care assistant with a genuine passion for people and animals that can commit to working the following rota pattern every other weekend:
Every other Saturday and Sunday from 16:00 to 02:00

Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.

What we offer in return for your hard work and dedication
Recognising hard work is really important to us.

Our employees are our greatest asset which is why we offer a first-class benefits and rewards package that includes:

  • 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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