Out of Hours Veterinary Care Assistant

Vets for Pets; Leeds; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-house training from certificate-hod

Pension

Income protection

Life insurance

20% off at Pets at Home group

Reward hub discounts

Job summary

Leeds Birstall 24/7 Hospital in Leeds is seeking an experienced night Veterinary Care Assistant to join a friendly, knowledgeable team. The rota is 7 on (8pm-8am), 14 off, with a total of 26.7 hours a week and a night team including 1 vet and an RVN. You will be part of a 12 RVNs, 7 SVN's and 9 VCA's supporting 14 vets.

We value a positive team culture, opportunities for education and progression, and an environment that combines out-of-hours care with referral-level support at night.

Qualifications

• Experience as a night Veterinary Care Assistant is preferred.
• Able to work a night rota: 7 on, 14 off (8pm–8am).
• Team-based approach with limited on-site supervision at night.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a highly skilled night team with a vet and RVN on duty.
• Provide nursing care and assist during night emergencies.
• Maintain a safe, efficient workflow across the 26.7 hours per week schedule.

Job description

Leeds Birstall 24/7 Hospital are looking for an experienced night Veterinary Care Assistant to join their friendly, knowledgeable, and experienced team.

• 24/7 RCVS accredited OOH hospital and referral centre
• Family run award-winning practice
• 7 on 14 off shift pattern
• Fantastic educational and career progression opportunities

About us:

Set up by our JVPs, Keith and Julie Leonard in 2012, we are a family run, RCVS Accredited Hospital and Emergency Service Clinic, providing OOH and referral support to 19 referring surgeries. This is run alongside a thriving first opinion business meaning we get the best of both worlds: the case variety you expect to find in a busy general practice and the opportunity to provide high quality, advanced, referral level care to our patients in-house.

With an experienced team of over 60 colleagues, an abundance of qualifications in a range of disciplines (ECC, small animal surgery and most recently a certificate in dentistry nursing) and a fantastic management network to provide support and progression opportunities we really believe there is no better team to be a part of.

You can find out more about this and our team on our website.

The role:

You will be working as part of a highly skilled and experienced team. The rota is a 7 on (8pm- 8am), 14 off shift pattern. We have 1 vet and an RVN in all night. You will be working a total of 26.7 hours a week.

You will be joining a team of 12 RVN's (3 night nurses), 7 SVN's and 9 VCA's who support our 14 vets.

Most importantly we are looking for someone who will embrace our team culture in which we have fun at work, get better everyday and look out for each other.

Benefits

• In-house support and training from certificate holders- Vet and Nurse
• Pension, income protection, life insurance
• 20% off at all the Pets at Home group including Pets at Home, Vets4Pets and the Groom Room
• Access to Our reward hub giving exclusive discounts across a range of high street retails, supermarkets and more

Location

WF17 9AD

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!