Rotating Veterinary Care Assistant

Inspiring Vet Care; Turves Green; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Wellbeing initiatives

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Inspiring Vet Care is seeking a Rotating Veterinary Care Assistant for Blaise Referral Hospital on a full-time permanent basis. The role supports the clinical team, assists with patient handling and ensures a safe, clean hospital environment while delivering compassionate care to patients and clients.

Working under Veterinary Surgeons or Registered Veterinary Nurses, you will engage in inpatient care, stock management, and collaboration with clinicians to maintain high standards of client care.

Qualifications

• Experience working with animals is essential.
• Animal care qualifications are desirable, however extensive animal handling experience is also valued.
• Commitment to professional and ethical standards.
• Willingness to develop within a veterinary environment.

Responsibilities

• Support inpatient care and patient handling under supervision.
• Assist with client and patient care in the hospital environment.
• Help maintain clinical areas and equipment and ensure cleanliness.
• Be a proactive, reliable team member supporting nurses and services.

Skills

Animal handling

Team player

Communication

Computer literacy

Job description

At inspiring vet care, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the UK’s number one vet care provider, we're trusted with the care of over 2 million animals, delivering our purpose of healthier animals and happier owners.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, team-orientated Rotating Veterinary Care Assistant to join our team at Blaise Referral Hospital on a full-time permanent basis.

Spanning an impressive 36,000 sq ft, our hospital is one of the largest in the UK. With the capacity to treat up to 10,000 pets annually, we provide a comprehensive range of specialist-led multi-discipline veterinary referrals and offer round-the-clock emergency care services to pet owners across the Midlands. Conveniently located with easy access from the A38 through Longbridge, our site is an integral part of the West Longbridge regeneration project.

How You’ll Make a Difference

As a Veterinary Care Assistant, you will play an important role in supporting the clinical team to deliver high standards of patient and client care, while helping to ensure the practice environment runs smoothly and safely.

Working under the direction of a Veterinary Surgeon or Registered Veterinary Nurse, you'll support inpatient care, assist with patient handling and restraint, help maintain clinical areas and equipment, and contribute to a positive and compassionate experience for both patients and clients.

Working Pattern

• 5-day week, 8-hour shifts between 7am & 10pm. 1 in 4 weekends alternating between early and late shifts with TOIL.

Key Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively and with passion and contribute to the strong clinical team to deliver high quality clinical and client care across the hospital.
• Work with clinicians, nurses and owners, to provide hospitalised patients with the highest standard of individualised patient care
• Ensure the hospitalisation facilities and equipment are cleaned and properly maintained in line with the infection control policy and all consumables are organised and well stocked.
• Be a proactive and reliable team member in supporting the nurses and services.

You Might Be a Great Fit If...

You are a reliable and motivated individual who enjoys working as part of a team and is keen to develop within a veterinary environment. You’ll bring:

• Animal Care qualifications are desirable, however in their absence considerable experience in animal handling and husbandry will be considered with equal merit
• Experience working with animals is essential, ideally with some experience working in a clinical environment
• Commitment to professional and ethical standards
• Aligned with company values (see below)
• Positive outlook with confidence and belief in own abilities
• Flexible and collaborative approach
• Calm and focused under pressure
• Resilient nature
• Caring and empathetic
• Willingness to advance own knowledge and improveConfident and effective communicator
• Works well with others
• Organised approach to work with ability to prioritise own workload, multitask and meet deadlines
• High level of attention to detail
• Good level of computer literacy
• Able to take direction

How We’ll Support You

At inspiring vet care, we’re committed to supporting your ongoing development and wellbeing. When you join us, you’ll benefit from:

• Structured development opportunities, including access to VCA development programmes and apprenticeships
• Clear career pathways with progression opportunities into Student Veterinary Nurse roles and beyond
• Supportive, collaborative teams focused on delivering high-quality patient and client care
• A values-led culture focused on care, community and continuous improvement

What We Offer Our Team

• 6.6 weeks' annual leave plus your birthday off
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Employee wellbeing initiatives including Healthcare Cash Plan and Cycle to Work salary sacrifice schemes, subject to eligibility criteria
• Learning and development opportunities via the inspiring vet care Academy
• Pension scheme
• Discounted veterinary care
• Voluntary benefits including Green Cars salary sacrifice scheme and access to discounts and cashback with hundreds of participating retailers

We’re committed to supporting our people through career development opportunities, wellbeing initiatives and access to world-class learning resources.

Whether you’re just starting out or looking to take the next step in your career, inspiring vet care offers the support, opportunity and community to help you grow.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Up to £26,528 per annum