Veterinary Client Care Associate

**Location**:
Highlands Road, Shirley, Solihull

Hours:
Full time

Practice:
Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service

**Salary**:
£20,545 per annum

**Come and join the Willows Family**

As one of the leading small animal referral centres in the UK, we have been delivering excellence in pet healthcare for over 30 years. We currently have a vacancy for a **Client Care Associate** to come and join our amazing team. Our aim is to deliver gold standard veterinary care to our patients and with care and dedication to make this a better world for pets.

We would love to hear from you if have an interest in working within the veterinary sector. Enjoy interacting with clients and have a passion to learn and develop within a caring, progressive company.

Working in our state-of-the-art referral centre, you will learn from the best. Willows provides an amazing opportunity for a rewarding career, working with an exceptionally friendly, professional and dedicated team.

**Your role and responsibilities**
- Be highly motivated and well organised with the ability to work on their own initiative
- Have a friendly, welcoming, and professional manner with excellent interpersonal skills both in person and on the phone
- The ability to multitask under pressure whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy and quality of work
- Can support and communicate effectively with clients, vet professionals, and fellow associates
- Be a team player with the ability to establish positive working relationships

**Hours**

This is a full-time role: 1pm - 9pm with a requirement to work 1 in 3 weekends (1pm - 9pm).

This is a rewarding and challenging role. As ONE TEAM we are committed to excellence in the care we provide for our patients and to do this teamwork is key

Client Care or reception experience is not essential, as full training will be provided.

**Benefits**
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
- Enhanced Equal Family leave
- Enhanced sickness policy
- Discounted vet fees for your own pets
- Discount on PetPlan insurance
- Life Assurance
- E-car scheme
- Wellbeing and employee appreciation initiatives ranging from weekly free fruit, eye care vouchers, gym membership discount, Cycle2Work and a staff discount 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.

**About us**

Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service is one of the leading small animal referral centres in the world, having been delivering the highest possible standard of pet healthcare for over 30 years.

Our vision is to provide an unrivalled clinical, patient, client and team experience that is recognised for excellence across the world. Our values centre around the care of our patients, our clients, our referring vets, each other, and the environment to make a Better World for Pets.

Willows is widely known for delivery of CPD, and we strongly encourage all our associates to continually develop their skills and knowledge. We employ over 250 associates working as part of an outstanding multi-disciplinary team led by internationally-renowned Specialists. Our service teams include Orthopaedics, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Internal Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Oncology, Soft Tissue Surgery, Cardiology, Dermatology, Emergency and Critical Care, Anaesthesia and Analgesia, Diagnostic Imaging and Physiotherapy.

In-patient care is a priority and includes 24-hour veterinary and nursing cover, with support from a team of emergency vets and Interns. Our hospital facilities are of the highest quality, including on-site Siemens 64-slice CT, Siemens 1.5T MRI, two in-theatre mobile image intensifiers, two digital radiography rooms, ultrasonography, electro diagnostics, video endoscopy and an extensive range of advanced surgical equipment.

**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 n