Experienced Animal Care Assistant

Vets for Pets; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

20% discounts at Vet Group/Pets atHome

Cashback discounts

In-house career development

Pension and holiday allowance

Job summary

Vets for Pets in Glasgow/Bishopbriggs area is seeking an Animal Care Assistant. The role is part-time (30 hours per week) with one in three Saturdays. Previous experience as an Animal Care Assistant is essential. You will assist all colleagues to support the smooth running of the practice and provide excellent patient and client care, including some reception duties.

Benefits include staff discounts, in-house development opportunities and pension/holiday provisions. Salary is £12.71 per hour.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as an Animal Care Assistant is essential.
• You will be the friendly and welcoming face for clients and their pets.
• You will support Vets and Nurses with patients’ needs during consults and hospitalisation.
• You are calm, attentive and focused on patients and clients’ needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist all colleagues to support the smooth running of the practice and provide the best standard of patient and customer care.
• Assist Vets and Nurses with patients’ needs during consults and hospitalisation.
• Include working some reception shifts.

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and experienced Animal Care Assistant to join our Bishopbriggs Vets for Pets practice.

Our practice is bright, spacious, air-conditioned and purpose built to industry leading standards and has state of the art equipment including digital X-ray and in-house laboratory facilities.

You will assist all colleagues with duties to support smooth running of the practice and provide the best standard of patient and customer care. This role will include working some reception shifts.

This is a Part Time role working 30 hours per week. There is also 1 in 3 Saturday shift.

Previous experience as an Animal Care Assistant is essential.

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 will support our Vets and Nurses with patients’ needs during consults and hospitalisation.
• 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 patients and 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.
• 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.

In return, we offer such benefits as

• 20% discount at the Vet Group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room
• access to discounts and cashbacks
• in-house career development opportunities
• pension and holiday allowance

The salary for this role is £12.71 per hour.

We want our colleagues to be as diverse as our clients. Our teams are inclusive and celebrate difference so if you meet our role requirements, we’d love to hear from you.

Location: G64 2TS

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!