Patient Care Assistant

4 weeks ago


Dewsbury, United Kingdom Calder Vets Dewsbury Full time

**Job Title**:Animal Patient Care Assistant

**Salary**:£23,795 per annum

**Location**:Calder Vets, Dewsbury

**Job Type**: Permanent, Full time

**Hours**:40 hours per week

**Are you passionate about animal care? Do you dream of a fulfilling career in the veterinary industry?**
**Join our team as a Patient Care Assistant and play a vital role in maintaining a happy, efficient and effective working environment

The Patient Care Assistant role will involve working in a variety of areas within the practice to support the team.

**Roles and Responsibilities**
- Work alongside veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses to provide vital care to patients
- Record and update information on patient records
- Clean, prepare and maintain patient accommodation
- Exercise, feed, and groom patients
- Calculate nutritional requirements for patients and maintain the patency of feeding tubes and administer tube feeds - checking that a feeding tube is patent and in position - administering a tube feed whilst observing a patient for any related complications
- Handle and restrain patients for treatment
- Assist with preparing patients for procedures - clipping - removing food and water where required
- Administer topical and oral medication and administer subcutaneous injections
- Prepare theatre - cleaning and damp dusting - cleaning, packaging, and sterilising instruments - preparing materials, instruments, and equipment

**Required Experience**
- Previous experience in working and/or caring for animals
- Basic understanding of animal welfare and handling
- Previous experience in working within a veterinary practice (Desirable)
- L2 animal-related qualification or equivalent (Desirable)
- IT skills - confident in the use of Word, Excel and Outlook as a minimum.

**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
- E-car salary sacrifice scheme
- 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**

Established for over 60 years, we are a multi-site primary care and referrals group based in Yorkshire.

Accredited with multiple RCVS certifications, this allows us to give the highest quality care, whilst providing a full range of services including a 24-hour emergency care service.

All our vets and nurses at Calder aim to look after and care for our patients as if they were one of their own.



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