Vets for Pets
Veterinary Care Assistant
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We are looking for a part-time Veterinary Care Assistant (VCA) to join our friendly and supportive team in a busy veterinary practice.
To succeed in this role, you will need to be:
- Caring, compassionate and genuinely passionate about animals
- Dynamic, well-organized, hard-working and willing to get stuck in
- Able to remain calm under pressure and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment
- Confident in verbal and written communication and able to deal with clients in a professional and empathetic manner
- Confident in using computers and answering telephones
- A good team player with a positive attitude and able to work independently and manage your own workload
What you will be doing:
- Providing hands-on care and support for patients
- Supporting with caring, compassionate patient handling and restraint
- Assisting and supporting the nurses and vets and wider practice team
- Ensuring a hygienic environment through infection control measures and regular cleaning protocols
- Maintaining theatres and prep areas through surgical kit cleaning, sterilization, and preparing equipment and surgical packs
- Assisting reception by telephone answering and face-to-face client interactions
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What we are offering:
- £12.71/hour
- Part-time hours over different shifts between the hours of 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday
- 1 in 4 Saturdays 9am until 3pm
- Working in a great, fast-paced environment where experience is not necessary as training will be given
- A Contributory pension scheme
- 20% staff discount at Pets at Home, The Groom Room, and VetsforPets
- Access to exclusive high-street discounts and cashback rewards
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If you think you’ve got the right attitude and love animals, we’d love to hear from you. Please email Hayley.lane@vets4pets.com
Location: WN6 7TD
We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect, and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!
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