Patient Care Assistant

7 months ago


Solihull, United Kingdom Linnaeus Full time

**Role**:Patient Care Assistant

**Salary**: £10.58 per hour

**Location**:608 Veterinary Practice, all branches.

**Job Type**:Permanent, Full-time

**Hours**:37.5 hours per week, 1 weekend in 4**.**
Shifts will vary between the hours of 9am - 7pm.

**Your role and responsibilities**

608 Vets are looking for a Patient Care Assistant (PCA) to join our fantastic team.

PCAs work in all areas of practice and it will be necessary to accept instruction from a variety of people.

You will be responsible for preparing theatre for surgeries, cleaning and maintaining the quality of our instruments, assist with patient care and husbandry, running in-house lab tests, packaging biological samples and assisting with the smooth running of the practice.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with a passion for animals and a great way to pursue a career to become a Registered Veterinary Nurse in the future.

Duties will also include, but are not limited to:

- Cleaning, disinfection and preparation of patient accommodation.
- Actively maintain the hospital and follow infection control procedures. This will include sterilising and deep cleaning among other duties.
- Assist with reception and client care, including answering the telephone, dealing with enquiries, booking procedures and taking payments.
- Assist Veterinary Surgeons, Veterinary Nurses, and support staff where and when required.
- Work and communicate effectively with colleagues and clients. Demonstrate the ability to be reliable, adaptable, understanding and empathetic

**Benefits**
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays (pro-rated) and Birthday Leave
- Career progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced sickness pay
- Enhanced equal family leave
- E-car salary sacrifice scheme
- Employer contribution pension scheme
- Recruitment referral reward scheme
- In house training is given as well as CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
- Wellness program including:

- Employee assistance program
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Cycle to work scheme

**About us**

608 Vets are a group of three RCVS-accredited, small animal practices that have been established for over 90 years.

We have a highly experienced and dedicated team of Surgeons, Nurses and support staff across all branches, providing a gold-standard level of care to every patient.

We're proud to say we're involved with several local charities include Dog's Trust and the Blue Cross.

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.


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