We Are Looking for a Veterinary Care Assistant

2 weeks ago


Sevenoaks, Kent, United Kingdom Pennard Vets Full time
Have you always wanted a career with animals? Are you keen to learn and a team player?


We might just have the position for you We are looking for a full time Animal Care Assistant to join our out of hours team at Pennard Vets Sevenoaks.

This role is vital to the practice and will involve hands on care with our patients; it is also a steppingstone to further career progression.


The role includes:

  • Assisting the Vets and Nurses
  • Caring for hospital patients
  • Restraining animals for examinations
  • Animal Husbandry such as feeding, cleaning kennels, preparing kennels etc
  • Cleaning duties (everyone chips in)
  • Client communication regarding patients and assistance at Reception


Pennard Vets is an independent and employee-owned small animal vet practice in Kent with 7 branches and our own out of hours service based at Sevenoaks.

We believe every pet deserves the right care, in the right way, at the right time and in a sustainable way.


We try to do things because we feel they are the right thing to do both for our pets and the environment.

We have a set of core values which we all aim to live by every day - Compassion, Client Focus, Continuous Improvement and Clarity.

We have some amazing employee benefits too Such as:

  • Death in Service (life assurance scheme)
  • Employee Assistance Programme (access to counselling and bereavement support)
  • Flu vouchers
  • Eye vouchers
  • Further training and development
  • Employee Pet Health Club scheme
  • Stakeholder pension

Salary:
£10.42 per hour

Rota:

  • Every other Saturday and Sunday 1.30pm9pm (including 30min unpaid break)
  • Equalling 14hrs every other week
  • Option to pick up additional weekend / weekday shifts
  • Bank holiday shifts as per rota basis (includes 7am3pm and 3pm10pm)

Job Type:
Part-time

Part-time hours: 7 per week

Salary:
£10.43 per hour

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee discount
  • Sick pay
  • Wellness programme

Schedule:

  • Weekends only

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Sevenoaks: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
One location

Reference ID:
ACAOOH7OS
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