Animal Care Assistant

3 months ago

Surrey, United Kingdom LINNAEUS VETERINARY LIMITED Full time

**Location**:
51 Hale Road, Farnham, Surrey

Hours:
Full time

Practice:
Cathcart and Winn Veterinary Clinic & Hospital Farnham

**Salary**:
£22,000 per annum

**Animal Care Assistant**

**Salary: £22,000 per annum**

**Location: Cathcart & Winn Veterinary, Surrey**

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

**Hours: 40 hours per week. There will be a requirement to work r**otating shifts between the hours of 8am-7pm, five days a week. There will be a requirement to work some Saturday's 8:30am-4:30pm.**

This exciting role aims to be the start of a long and fulfilling role within the veterinary sector, with many opportunities for career progression.

The role of an Animal Care Assistant is to support the nursing and wider practice team in achieving the highest standards of care, working enthusiastically within the team you will help maintain a happy, efficient and effective working environment.

The Animal Care Assistant role will involve working in a variety of areas within the practice covering client and patient care. Approximately 20% of the role will involve working with the front of house team, ensuring compassionate communication to our clients and continuity of care for their pets.

**Your role and responsibilities**
- Giving oral medication under supervision
- Completing paperwork to ensure accurate monitoring of all in-patient care
- Feeding in-patients, noting specific dietary needs
- Exercising in-patients
- Bathing and grooming in-patients if required
- Deep Cleaning kennels, the hospital and other practice areas
- Operating the laundry equipment
- Checking stock levels and ordering supplies as necessary
- Supporting the Clinical and Reception team
- Answering calls and assisting owners
- General housekeeping
- Operating lab equipment to run tests
- Supporting nurse team in Dispensary
- Maintaining infection control
- Patient-friendly handling
- Providing supportive care to patients, under the direction of the Veterinary Surgeon or Registered Veterinary Nurse

**Benefits**
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
- Extensive Internal CPD
- Potential 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
- Wellness program including:

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

**About us**

Cathcart & Winn is the longest established veterinary practice in Farnham & Aldershot. It was originally opened in the 1950's as part of the Fennell Veterinary Group and is now a proud member of the Linnaeus family.

We have a veterinary team on the premises 24 hours a day, guaranteed levels of emergency and routine care, maximum surgical sterility, staff training programmes and a lot more

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.

**Part of an amazing global family**

Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best - caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make **A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS**.

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best - caring for pets.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.

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