Veterinary Patient Care Assistant

**Hours**:
Monday - Friday,

42 hours per week.

1 in 6 weekends (Saturday and Sunday) with lieu time back.

**Your role and responsibilities**

We currently seeking an enthusiastic animal lover to be part of our current Patient Care Assistant team, working enthusiastically to help maintain a happy, efficient and effective working environment.

Village Vet Hampstead hospital is in North London and walking distance of Belsize Park, on the northern line. It is situated within a village community, close to local cafes and shops.

The practice is exceptionally well equipped and spread across 4 floors with consulting rooms, operating theatre, hospital wards, with a cat friendly ward, and full diagnostic facilities. We support of a variety of patients making this practice a great place to start your veterinary career.

Our Patient Care Assistants undertake a variety of duties as directed by the Veterinary Surgeons and/or Registered Veterinary Nurses and duties or responsibilities may include:

- Maintaining Infection control
- Preparing and maintaining patient accommodation
- Assisting with patient handling and restraint
- Monitoring, recording and providing supportive care to patients, under the direction of the Veterinary Surgeon and Registered Veterinary Nurse
- Assisting with diagnostic techniques to include preparation of sample equipment, processing samples and/or packaging for external laboratories
- Maintenance of theatre to include preparation of the environment and equipment and

cleaning, packaging and sterilisation of sterile supplies
- Assist with the management of the pharmacy to include unpacking of orders, stock rotation and environmental temperatures
- Assist with reception and client care to include answering the telephone, dealing with enquiries, booking procedures and taking payments
- Participation in a shift pattern with fellow Patient care assistants.
- Previous experience is advantageous but training and support for the role will be provided_

**Benefits**
- VDS fees paid
- £200.00 CPD allowance
- Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
- Career progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Enhanced sickness pay scheme
- Enhanced equal family leave
- 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**

Our Vision:
‘_**To be recognised as an exceptional and trusted provider of primary veterinary care to our patients and clients within the communities that we serve. Every patient, every client, every visit**_.

Village Vet is a progressive, forward-thinking, premium veterinary group with small and medium-sized first opinion practices, and four large 24-hour hospitals based in London, Hertfordshire and Cambridge.

We believe in supporting and investing in our staff, investing in our facilities and ensuring that our clients and their pets receive only the very best, modern first opinion or specialist care.

Our staff are motivated and encouraged to gain additional certifications across all levels of employment and we offer and support career progression within our group.

We have a strong recognisable brand, and we are looking for people who share our vision and our culture. We have over 400 staff members across our 32 sites and are very proud of our achievements and our reputation in the veterinary profession.

**Part of an amazing global family**

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 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.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success, and 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.
- 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 Program which is available for everyone._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £24,133.20 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour