Veterinary Care Assistant

**About us** Remuneration**

National Minimum Wage

**The role** The Opportunity**

Begin your career caring for animals as an integral part of the practice team, working with our Veterinary Surgeons, qualified Nurses, and Student Nurses to provide exceptional care to our patients.

You will be helping us to provide a gold standard service to our patients and clients.

**Role accountabilities** Role Accountabilities**
- Assisting Veterinary Surgeons, qualified and Student Nurses with all aspects of their work.
- Following cleaning protocols to maintain cleanliness of the clinical environment
- Preparing and maintaining medical equipment
- Administering simple medical treatments under instruction and supervision
- Setting up for surgery, X-rays and medical procedures
- Walking, feeding, and monitoring animals
- Cleaning, maintaining, and ensuring sterility of the clinical environment
- Taking payments
- Processing of insurance documents
- Reception duties

**Your skills and experience** Your Skills and Experience**
- Confident communicator, both verbally and in writing
- Friendly and personable attitude, with an empathetic approach
- Passionate about the care and welfare of animals
- Computer literate
- Full valid driving licence

A good standard of education, typically this would be:

- We can accept alternative qualifications for Science e.g. Veterinary Care Assistant Certificate, Animal Nursing Assistant Award, National Diploma in Animal Care, or Animal Management (supported by Maths and English qualifications).

**Branch** About Us**

With over 450 practices throughout the UK, we are a community of passionate veterinary professionals committed to providing truly exceptional care. We’re set on building something extraordinary, creating a forward-thinking and innovative place to work.

We’re always looking for people who aspire to stand out in their field and who share our vision and values.

If this is you, we would love to hear from you

Job Reference: FR04969