Lead Veterinary Patient Care Assistant

7 days ago


Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists (AMVS) Hampshire Full time

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Assist with patient handling and restraint.
  • Ensuring that all handling and restraint is carried out in a 'patient friendly' approach to ensure no unnecessary stress or discomfort to the patient.
  • Involvement with handling medications and preparing these for dispensing.
  • Prepare and maintain patient accommodation considering the condition and welfare of the patient, environmental enrichment and additional supporting aids as necessary.
  • Cleaning and disinfection of patient accommodation and all necessary areas of the practice.
  • Inpatient care to include exercising, feeding, and grooming of hospitalized patients.
  • Assisting with laboratory diagnostic techniques to include preparation and maintenance of equipment, processing samples and packaging for external laboratories.
  • Assisting with diagnostic imaging to include maintenance and preparation of equipment and patient preparation and positioning.
  • Cleaning, packaging and sterilization of sterile supplies.
  • Maintenance of theatre to include preparation of the environment and equipment and cleaning.
  • Assist the Veterinary Surgeons, Registered and Student Veterinary Nurses, Reception staff and any other team member who requires support, where and when required.
  • Attend and contribute to practice meetings and events.
  • We encourage and support career development including training to be a Veterinary Nurse.

Benefits

  • 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
  • Career progression opportunities
  • Staff discount schemes
  • Enhanced sickness pay
  • Enhanced equal family leave
  • Ecar salary sacrifice scheme
  • Employer contribution pension scheme
  • Wellness program including:
  • Employee assistance program
  • Eyecare voucher scheme
  • Free annual Flu jab
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Recruitment referral reward scheme.

About us


Since 2006, we've been one of the country's leading veterinary specialist referral hospitals with vets and their teams caring for small animals every day.


Our dedicated vets, nurses and patient care assistants, supported by the administrative teams, are committed to providing the highest quality surgical and medical care for pets.

Many of our clinicians are nationally or internationally recognised specialists in their field and bring unique experiences to care for pets.


We accept referrals for Orthopaedic Surgery, Soft Tissue Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine, Dentistry, Cardiology, Anaesthesia, Dermatology, Diagnostic Imaging, Oncology, Physiotherapy as well as Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) and a Pain Clinic.

We have comprehensive and established clinical and non-clinical programmes for training, development and CPD.


You can find us in Hampshire, just south of Winchester, close to the M3 and national and international transport links.

We are in a serene countryside setting with state-of-the-art facilities and are available to look after pets 24 hours a day, seven days a week.


Our vision is to be the south of England's multidisciplinary veterinary referral hospital of choice, where referring vets, clients and their pets receive the best possible care.


Our mission is to create an inspiring, inclusive, professional environment where the team are empowered to work together to consistently deliver exceptional care and service.



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