Pets at Home Limited
Veterinary Care Assistant - Maternity Contract
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Veterinary Care Assistant – Maternity contract
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Veterinary Care Assistant to join us at Croydon Vets for Pets on a fixed term contract.
We’re a thriving practice with a well-established team including 6 Vets, 8 RVNs, 2 SVNs, 1 VCA and 6 Client Care Advisors.
Our spacious surgery is purpose built to industry leading standards and has state of the art equipment including 2 dedicated operating theatres, ultrasound, in house laboratory and digital radiographs. We are continually looking to invest in the best to improve the services that we can offer to our clients.
Our location offers free on-site parking as well as fantastic transport links into central London in just 25 minutes.
We’re looking for a team player who is willing to get stuck in, work hard, and is keen to learn. We'll provide training and support to get you going, and you'll quickly become an integral member of the team.
Your tasks will include:
- Keeping the clinic clean, tidy, and organised
- Feeding and monitoring in-patients
- Running clinical tests
- Managing stock
- Handling a variety of small animals
- Helping set up for operations
- Deep cleaning all areas
- Speaking to clients on the phone and in person
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Good verbal communication skills and basic computer literacy are essential, as well as some previous experience in animal handling.
This role is working full time, 40 hours per week and 1 in 4 Saturdays. This maternity role will be for 12 months.
If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare, exceptional customer service and would like to join our team, then we would love to hear from you.
The attributes required
You are the friendly and welcoming face for the client and their pets when they arrive at the practice.
You are able to provide guidance by keeping yourself fully up-to-speed with the practice services and any additional services available.
You are calm, attentive and always focus on the clients’ needs.
You will bring enthusiasm and drive to your role. Your passion for service is matched with your love of pets.
You can deal with everything that is thrown at you, from comforting a client who has had some bad news about their pet or sharing in the joy of a new puppy’s first visit to the vet.
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Your personality is infectious and along with your fellow colleagues, you create a welcoming and friendly atmosphere in the practice.
In short, you like to be busy, enjoy helping people and their pets and always endeavour to make a difference.
Benefits
In return, we offer such benefits as:
- 50% discount at the Croydon Vets for Pets, and 20% Vet Group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room
- Access to discounts and cashbacks
- In-house career development opportunities
- Pension and holiday allowance
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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