Veterinary Patient Care Assistant

3 months ago


Bury, United Kingdom CVS UK Ltd Full time

**We have a fantastic opportunity for a Veterinary Patient Care Assistant to join our team here at Pennine Vets at our two practices in Harwood and Tottington**

This is a full time position, working 37.5 hours per week covering Monday-Friday with a mix of early and late shifts with 1:4 Saturdays. **This position will involve working between both our sites so the ability to travel is essential.**

The Patient Care Assistant role is one of the foundations of an outstanding veterinary practice, as a PCA you would be involved in supporting our team of qualified RVNs and Vets to provide outstanding care to our patients, working alongside a lovely team of people. This role will involve animal handling, assisting vets and nurses in restraining animals for treatment, cleaning, walking and feeding patients, general cleaning and maintenance duties, answering phone calls, reception cover, greeting clients and providing the highest standards of animal and customer care.

**Main duties**:

- Nursing care to patients
- Assisting vets and nurses in restraining animals for treatment
- Cleaning, walking, and feeding of patients
- Preparation of emergency and operating facilities
- General cleaning and maintenance duties
- Running internal lab samples
- Answering emergency calls
- Serve clients and take payments
- To provide a friendly, efficient and effective service to clients.

The salary for this position will be in line with National Minimum Wage +3% cost of living increase.

We know that benefits are key, and that your personal benefits priorities will differ from others. Holidays, pensions, discounts, paternal leave, fee payments or share save schemes might be your priority. If you'd like to learn more, do feel free to contact the recruiter managing this campaign and ask them to talk you through our offerings. Or, if easier, you can find a list at on our careers site CVS Employee Benefits
- what we can offer you. (cvsukltd.co.uk)



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