Veterinary Care Assistant

Vets for Pets; Newport; Sur place; GBP 18 000 - 24 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

5.6 weeks holiday

Life Assurance, 4 x Annual Salary

Contributory Pension Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Exclusive discounts (Pets at Home, The

Groom Room and Vet Group

Résumé du poste

Vets for Pets in Newport is seeking an enthusiastic Veterinary Care Assistant to join our busy practice. The role is full-time, 37.5 hours per week, and involves assisting colleagues with non-clinical duties to ensure smooth practice operations and delivering high-quality patient care.

You will be the friendly face for clients and their pets, supporting the team with knowledge of services and showing genuine care for animals throughout the visit.

Qualifications

• Friendly and welcoming to clients and their pets
• Willing to learn practice services and additional offerings
• Calm, attentive and focused on client needs
• Enthusiasm and drive; passion for service and pets
• Ability to handle challenging situations with clients

Responsabilités

• Assist all colleagues with non-clinical duties to support smooth running of the practice
• Provide the best standard of patient care

Connaissances

Friendly demeanor

Customer service

Pet care knowledge

Calm under pressure

Team player

Description du poste

Veterinary Care Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Veterinary Care Assistant to join our Newport Vets4Pets. 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 is a Full-Time role working 37.5 hour 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 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

• 5.6 weeks holiday
• Life Assurance, 4 x Annual Salary
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Exclusive company discounts and rewards, including 20% off at Pets at Home, The Groom Room and Vet Group

Location: NP20 3AE

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!