Apprentice Animal Care Assistant - St Giles Animal Centre (Apprenticeship)

GetMyFirstJob Ltd; Newport; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading animal care organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Veterinary Care Assistant to provide daily animal care, assist with veterinary tasks, and support health and hygiene standards. No specific skills required as comprehensive training will be provided on-site. The ideal candidate will be keen to learn and contribute to animal welfare efforts in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent pass in English and maths beneficial but not essential.
• Support in achieving Functional Skills English and maths qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day care of animals including feeding, grooming, and administering medication.
• Assist with health checks and report concerns to the team.
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene standards on site.

Job description

Day to day care of animals on site including dogs, cats, small animals.

Cleaning of accommodation, grooming, feeding, exercise, and administering medication if required.

Ensuring animal welfare needs are met on a daily basis and providing appropriate enrichment for their specific needs.

• Exercising dogs via walking and use of outside exercise areas
• Maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene on site
• Carrying out health checks on animals and reporting any concerns and feedback to the team
• Assisting with Behaviour Plans by observing behavioural changes and recording and reporting to the Senior animal handler
• Assisting with carrying out on-going assessments for animals at the Centre under the direction of the senior animal handler and management team

Working alongside Volunteers and Work Experience students, keeping animal records accurate in files and systems, and working to Centre protocols to maintain high standards of presentation throughout the centre.

Being responsible for their own health and safety and undertaking any other duties required by the Management team.

Veterinary Care Assistant tasks

• Assisting the receptionist with taking payments, phone calls, and general enquiries
• Appointment bookings, operation bookings, and repeat prescription requests
• General cleaning duties including daily upkeep and deep cleans
• Organising Vaccination reminders and posting duties including frequent use of the franking machine
• Basic garden upkeep including care of flowers and indoor plants
• Weekly/monthly stock takes and orders with the main wholesalers
• Re-stocking of consult room and prep room
• Packaging and preparing laboratory samples and laboratory forms
• Updating the practice notice board with laboratory sample information and other key information from the day
• Cleaning and packing of surgical kits ready for sterilisation
• Preparing vaccination cards and paperwork in preparation for puppies/kittens and litters before the appointment
• Preparing theatre for surgery in the morning and clearing down theatre after surgery

Training

All training will be provided on site during your paid working hours. Your day to day mentoring will be with your employer, and a combination of online and in person monthly sessions will be held with your Haddon Training Trainer Coach.

Requirements

A GCSE or equivalent pass in English and maths is beneficial but not essential. If you do not have passes, we will support you in achieving your Functional Skills English and maths qualifications alongside your apprenticeship.

No specific skills required, as all training will be provided.