Veterinary Client Care Assistant Part-time

**Job Title**:Client Care Assistant

**Location**:Village Vet, Berkhamsted

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

**Hours**:18 Hours per week,Tuesday and Friday. Flexible shift patterns that vary between 08:00am and 8:00pm including 1:4 Saturdays.

An opportunity has arisen to join our fantastic team at Berkhamsted as a Client Care Assistant.

You will be responsible for ensuring both our clients and patients receive a professional five-star service throughout their time with us.

This role is fast-paced, high-pressured but fun, with no two working days the same. We pride ourselves on providing the best standard of care to both our long-standing and new clients, always ensuring we are personal, professional, and empathetic.

Our front-of-house teams are the face and voice of our business therefore, this role is extremely valued within the hospital team.

**Your role and responsibilities**
- Liaising with clients and the clinical team to ensure effective customer service
- Completing various administrative duties for the clinical team and the business
- Promoting our fantastic Pet Healthcare Plan
- Meeting and greeting clients with an effortless smile
- Booking appointments and diary management
- Taking payment for services and products
- Managing cash, stock and client accounts
- Opening and closing the practice.- Various administrative duties such as:

- Pet travel scheme paperwork / AHCs
- Post op calls and Pre-op texts
- Maintaining consult rooms
- Uploading /printing lab results
- Scanning paperwork
- Meds collections texts
- Inputting stock take (every 3 months)
- Some restraining to help vets when limited staff
- May be required to cover shifts at other Hertfordshire practices in St Albans and Potters Bar on occasions. They may also be the opportunity to pick up additional shifts at these locations from time to time.

**Key Skills and Experience**
- Experience in a Reception or customer service role essential
- Experience of the veterinary industry preferable
- IT skills - confident in the use of Word, Excel and Outlook as a minimum
- Excellent telephone and face-to-face communication skills
- The ability to stay focused under pressure and to multitask
- Flexibility to work on a rota basis

**Benefits**
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
- Career progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced sickness pay
- Enhanced equal family leave
- E-car salary sacrifice scheme
- Employer contribution pension scheme
- Wellness program including:

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

**About Us**

We are a well-established, RCVS accredited, small animal primary care practice looking after all companion and exotic animals. We have two full -time vets, three RVNs and a CCA team of four.

Alongside all our primary care services we also have a 24-hour continuous care hospital made up of our highly certified specialists and general practice staff to ensure the highest form of veterinary care for the benefits of pets and clients alike.

Village Vet 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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