Animal Care Assistant – Part Time

Vets Now; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of emergency pet care as a Part-Time Animal Care Assistant in Liverpool. In this role, you will support clinical teams to ensure a comfortable environment for patients, handling basic procedures and assisting in surgeries. Enjoy benefits like annual leave, CPD allowance, and staff pet discounts while contributing to vital emergency care.

Benefits

7 weeks pro rata annual leave

Paid day off on your birthday

Cash Health Plan

Discounts with many retailers

CPD allowance pro-rata

Paid volunteering days

Death in service benefit

Qualifications

• Assist clinical teams in providing care to in-patients.
• Work under supervision during busy emergency clinic shifts.
• Help with basic procedures and diagnostic tests.

Responsibilities

• Handling patients and assisting with diagnostic tests.
• Setting up and clearing down theatres for surgeries.
• Ensuring in-patients' basic needs are met.

Skills

Animal handling

Patient care

Teamwork

Communication

Job description

Part Time Animal Care Assistant

£12.60ph plus benefits

Company Overview

Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care, serving over 1700 veterinary practices through 60 plus dedicated out-of-hours clinics and two 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. Join our clinic team in Liverpool and contribute to the vital emergency and critical care service we provide.

Role and Responsibilities

As an Animal Care Assistant at Vets Now, you will play a crucial role in assisting our clinical teams with providing a comfortable and stress-free in-patient environment whilst negotiating busy shifts in an emergency clinic. Your responsibilities will include:

• Working under the guidance of Vet Nurses and Vet Surgeons.
• Handling patients for basic procedures and assisting with running diagnostic tests.
• Assisting in setting up and clearing down theatres for surgical procedures.
• Ensuring all in-patients have their basic husbandry needs attended to.

Working pattern

Week 1: Monday, Tuesday and Sunday from 21:00 to 09:00

Week 2: Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 21:00 to 09:00

Week 3: Wednesday and Thursday from 21:00 to 09:00

Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.

Why Vets Now?

• 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
• Your birthday as a paid day off
• Cash Health Plan provided by Simply Health
• Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• £780 CPD allowance pro-rata
• 10 hours paid CPD hours annually pro-rata
• Family-friendly policies including sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes
• UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
• Paid volunteering days
• Death in service of two times annual salary

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.