Veterinary Patient Care Assistant

4 days ago


Hitchin, United Kingdom Davies Veterinary Specialists Hitchin Full time

Davies Veterinary Specialists have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and dedicated patient care assistant to join their team. In this role you will have the opporutunity to work with a supportive team and to deliver truly outstanding care. We are looking for a driven, determined and someone who loves hands-on nursing.

You’ll have the opportunity to nurse at the highest level, developing your skills and working on an interesting and varied caseload with a team of veterinary specialists who are second to none. Every day is different from the last, with unique challenges offering a constant opportunity to learn and progress.

The role of a Patient Care Assistant is to support the nursing and wider practice team in achieving the highest standards of care, the role is a vital part of the patient experience. The Patient Care Assistant role will involve working in a variety of areas within the practice to support the team. It will be necessary to accept instruction from a variety of people including Management, Veterinary Surgeons and Registered Veterinary Nurses.

There is opportunity to progress within this role you will be supported to build upon your existing skills through a comprehensive induction and by completing the Linnaeus Patient Care Assistant course.

This is a full-time permanent role working 40h per week.

**Benefits**
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
- Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD programmes
- Career progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Enhanced sickness pay
- Enhanced equal family leave
- Wellness program including:

- Employee assistance programme
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Cycle to work scheme
- Recruitment referral reward scheme

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.

Davies Veterinary Specialists is part of Linnaeus and Mars Veterinary Health, the largest family-owned veterinary company in the world. Being privately owned, we can truly be driven by our purpose, to create a better world, and think long-term as opposed to being focused solely on short-term profits.

At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. Our Associates are over 6000 strong and empowered to speak up, step up and deliver quality services. You’ll have access to a huge network of specialists, worldwide development opportunities and an easily accessible, comprehensive wellbeing package that prioritises your physical and mental health, allowing you to focus on what you do best - care for pets.

We are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse, we care about you and want you to be authentic, with everything you need to perform at your best. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to achieve our purpose.

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