Animal Care Assistant
7 months ago
**Grade UE04: £26,461 - £29,317 per annum (based on a 37.5 hour week)**
**College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies **/ Hospital for Small Animals**
**Contract type: Full time (35 hours + 2.5 hours contractual overtime per week) 8.30 am-5 pm Monday-Friday**
**Open ended (permanent)
**The Opportunity**:
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with a passion for animals and the drive to make a difference. We are a large veterinary and teaching hospital with a great team of vets, nurses and assistants who are all committed to animal health and welfare. This is a demanding role and requires dedication, proactivity, flexibility, a resilient work ethic and a strong belief in delivering the highest standard of patient care.
We have a full 6-8 week training programme where you will shadow our friendly and experienced staff to learn the ropes.
**Your skills and attributes for success**:
- Experience working with animals in a veterinary setting is essential.
- Ability to work alone as well as part of a team is essential.
- Excellent communication skills are essential to this role. Full, clean driving licence is essential.
**HfSA Staff benefits include**:
- Staff discount for pet treatment.
- Amazing onsite perks:
- Two on site canteens.
- Additional shift cover opportunities are available, accruing paid overtime for additional hours worked. Holiday entitlement of 36 days + 4 days public holiday per annum for full time staff (pro rata).
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**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
- A competitive salary of £26,461 - £29,317 per annum (based on a 37.5 hour week)
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our **staff benefits page **(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
**Championing equality, diversity and inclusion**
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work webpages **(opens new browser tab)
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
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