Patient Care Assistant

1 month ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom Pets'n'Vets McDonalds Vets North Kelvinside Full time

**Veterinary Patient Care Assistant**

**Salary: £23,795.20 per annum**

**Location**: McDonald Vets, **Scotstoun and Queen Margaret Drive branches**

**Job Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months Maternity cover**

**Hours: 40 Hours per week, 8 Hour Shifts**

**Shifts: 5 days over 7 days. Monday to Saturday 9:00-18:00 / 10:00 - 19:00**

We are currently searching for a friendly and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about animal care to join our Patient Care Assistant team

As a Patient Care Assistant, you will assist with non-clinical duties to support the smooth running of our practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for a professional seeking a temporary role with a fixed-term contract for twelve months to cover maternity leave.

**Your role and responsibilities**
- Maintaining infection control
- Assist with reception duties and front-of-house responsibilities.
- Preparing and maintaining patient accommodation
- Assisting with patient handling and restraint
- Monitoring, recording and providing supportive care to patients under the direction of the Veterinary Surgeon and Registered Veterinary Nurse
- Assisting with diagnostic techniques to include preparation of sample equipment, processing samples and/or packaging for external laboratories once trained
- Maintenance of theatre to include preparation of the environment and equipment and cleaning, packaging and sterilisation of sterile supplies once trained
- Ability to assess a situation and prioritise jobs to support the team

**Essential Skills, **Knowledge** and Experience**
- Must have strong communication and customer service skills.
- A proactive and positive mindset.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Highly motivated to provide excellent service to clients, the practice and referrals.
- Ability to work at a fast pace, under pressure along with lone working and managing own workload.

**Benefits**
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
- Career progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced sickness pay
- Enhanced equal family leave
- 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**

At our heart we are a business made up of animal lovers. We are incredibly passionate about what we do, and believe we are a little different to other veterinary practices. We offer the most up to date facilities and treatment, whilst firmly adhering to the values of traditional Glasgow veterinary care.

All of our practices are RCVS accredited, including our Roundhouse Hospital which has been accredited with the prestigious RCVS Small Animal Hospital Accreditation.

The Pets‘n’Vets Family is a great Glasgow success story; an expanding and progressive network of practices, with a very proud history and strong Glasgow roots.


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