Multi-Disciplinary Veterinary Care Assistant

VC Evidensia UK; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Multi-Disciplinary Veterinary Care Assistant in a purpose-built veterinary hospital. This role offers the chance to provide exceptional care to animals while working in a supportive environment. You'll assist with various tasks, from patient care to maintaining surgical standards, ensuring the highest level of service. The position includes full-time hours with a structured rota, along with additional perks like enhanced family policies and a cycle-to-work scheme. If you are passionate about animal welfare and thrive in a collaborative setting, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Additional annual leave for birthday

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Cycle to work scheme

Employee wellbeing initiatives

Learning and development opportunities

Discounted staff pet care

Pawsome Benefits - discounts with retailers

Qualifications

• Experience in animal care or handling is essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Assist with walking, feeding, and cleaning of patients.
• Order supplies and maintain surgical theatres.
• Support nurses and clinicians in daily tasks.

Skills

Animal Care Experience

Interpersonal Skills

Time Management

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Adaptability

Professionalism

Resilience

Education

Animal Care Qualifications

Job description

Multi-Disciplinary Veterinary Care Assistant

Join our dedicated and passionate team as a Multi-Disciplinary Veterinary Care Assistant, where you'll play a vital role in delivering the highest level of care to our patients. In this vital role, you’ll assist with a variety of tasks in both our High Dependency Unit and surgery/ward settings, ensuring that our hospital delivers the best possible care to patients and provides the highest level of service to clients.

Key Responsibilities

As a VCA, your daily duties will include:

• Walking patients, feeding, kennel cleaning and laundry.
• Ordering supplies, cleaning and preparing surgical theatres and sterilising instruments
• Completing patient treatment sheets, admitting patients onto the system, recording weights, and updating the ward board.
• Maintain a high-level of infection prevention control throughout our hospital.
• Supporting our nurses and clinicians each day.

A hospital designed for excellence

Located just outside High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, Hamilton Specialist Referrals (HSR) is a purpose-built, 24-hour veterinary hospital equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to deliver advanced treatments for cats and dogs, along with exceptional rehabilitation and physiotherapy services.

Even as a large team, we are dedicated to fostering a friendly and supportive culture that emphasizes growth, clinical excellence, and gold-standard patient care.

What Skills You'll Need

We are looking for a candidate with experience in animal care or handling, ideally complemented by relevant Animal Care qualifications. This role requires strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work independently and collaboratively, as well as excellent time management and attention to detail. Effective written and verbal communication, adaptability in a fast-paced environment, initiative, professionalism, and resilience are key to success in this position. Flexibility to work additional hours when needed to support the hospital’s demands and patient care is also essential.

Working Pattern

This role is full-time, 40 hours per week which consists of five 8-hour shifts each week, with a 30-minute unpaid break each day. Shifts are scheduled on a rota between 07:00 and 20:30, typically following a consistent weekly pattern. You’ll work one in every six weekends, with time off in lieu provided, and cover two bank holidays per year, shared equitably within the team.

Our people are at the heart of what we do

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive salary you will benefit from:

• Additional annual leave for your birthday which will be added to your holiday allowance
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption/ shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Non-accidental injury support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100's of retailers
• Discounted staff pet care

Hamilton Specialist Referrals

Cressex Business Park, Unit 5, Halifax Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3SD, United Kingdom