Animal Care Assistant

Smart Vetinary Clinic LTD; Wales; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A veterinary clinic in the UK is seeking a part-time Animal Care Assistant for their clinics in Cardiff and Swansea. The role requires excellent animal handling skills, customer service ability, and good IT skills. The successful candidate will manage client bookings, assist in clinical practices, and handle in-patient care. Flexibility and own transport are necessary for this position.

Qualifications

• Honest, reliable, literate, and numerate.
• Good IT skills and excellent telephone manner are essential.
• Previous experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Make client appointments and take payments.
• Assist veterinary surgeons/animal physiotherapists in clinical practice.
• Care for in-patients and perform cleaning/general housekeeping.
• Be the first point of contact for clients.

Skills

Experience in animal handling

Customer service skills

IT skills

Experience in Veterinary or similar setting

Job description

Overview

Part time Animal Care Assistant Role, Swansea and Cardiff. Competitive rates.

Enthusiastic, well presented and self-motivated individual to join our friendly team, working in our Cardiff and Swansea clinic as required.

The successful applicant will be honest, reliable, literate, numerate and have good IT skills along with good animal handling skills. Previous experience in a similar role would be an advantage.

You will be the first point of contact both face-to-face and over the telephone with our clients, so an excellent telephone manner and customer service skills are essential.

Duties will include making client appointments, taking payments, cleaning and general housekeeping. The role will also include assisting veterinary surgeons/animal physiotherapists in clinical practice. You will also be involved with patients during consultations with their owners and looking after in-patients. You will be involved in a range of administration duties when required. You must be flexible and have access to your own transport as this position involves working in either of our clinics as required.

Key skills

• Experience in animal handling
• Experience in Veterinary or similar setting
• Customer service skills, both face-to-face and over the telephone
• IT skills

Duties

• Administration duties: making client appointments/taking payments
• Assisting in clinical practice
• In house care of patients
• Cleaning/general housekeeping