Animal Care Assistant

6 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**Animal Care Assistant - Nights**

**UE04 £24,533 to £27,181 per annum, pro rata**

**Royal Dick Veterinary Studies**

**An additional 30% is added to salary for working unsociable hours**

**Contract Type - Fixed Term - 14 month, part time maternity cover**

**Shifts are 8pm-8am working on a rolling 4 on and 8 off pattern**

**Part Time - Averaging 28 Hours Per Week**

**Rolling staff accrue paid overtime for covering periods of annual leave in their pods
**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 out of hours role and requires dedication, proactivity, flexibility, a resilient work ethic and a strong belief in delivering the highest standard of patient care.

You will work in our out of hours team, covering 4 night shifts on, and then having 8 nights off. You will be expected to help cover for the other night ACAs holidays and other periods of absence, accruing paid overtime for any additional hours worked. The shifts are 12 hours long; with one hour of paid lunch.

You will be required to work a share of the public holidays over the Christmas period, should your shifts fall on those dates.

Even though this is a night-based position, we offer a full 6-8 week training programme where you will shadow our friendly and experienced staff to learn the ropes. Initial training shifts will routinely be based Monday-Friday working 8.30am-5pm, all additional hours worked above salaried hours will be paid as overtime.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Experience working with animals in a veterinary setting is essential.
- Ability to proactively work alone as well as part of a team is essential. Excellent communication skills are essential to this role.

**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 £24,533 to £27,181
- 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)

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