Veterinary Care Assistant

Vets for Pets; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Vets for Pets is hiring a Veterinary Care Assistant in Doncaster. This role involves providing support in a busy veterinary practice with non-clinical duties such as cleaning and customer service. Candidates should have a passion for pet care and a positive, friendly demeanor. The position offers a flexible working schedule and various employee benefits, including discounts and opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

20% discount at Vet Group

Access to discounts and cashbacks

In-house career development opportunities

Pension

Holiday allowance

Qualifications

• Passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare.
• Keen eye for detail and proactive in maintaining cleanliness.
• Ability to work well in a team and create a welcoming atmosphere.

Responsibilities

• Assist all colleagues with non-clinical duties.
• Maintain cleanliness standards and provide guidance on practice services.
• Support a welcoming environment for clients and their pets.

Skills

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Teamwork

Calm Under Pressure

Enthusiasm for Pets

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Veterinary Care Assistant to join our Doncaster 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 non-clinical duties to support smooth running of the practice and provide the best standard of patient care.

This position will include taking on cleaning and receptionist duties.

This is a Full or Part Time role working 30 to 40 hours per week, 8:30am to 7pm, 4 days per week.

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 have a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to maintaining cleanliness standards.
• You will play a crucial part in our veterinary team by maintaining the cleanliness of our practice.
• 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 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.

Benefits

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 national minimum wage.

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.

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so 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!