Veterinary Care Assistant

Vets for Pets; Oxford; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% discount at Vet Group

Discounts and cashbacks

Pension and holiday allowance

Job summary

Vets for Pets in Oxford Cowley is hiring a Veterinary Care Assistant. This full-time role involves assisting colleagues with non-clinical duties to ensure smooth practice operations and delivering excellent patient care. It offers a future pathway toward a student nurse role while you grow with a friendly, pet-loving team.

You’ll be the welcoming face for clients and pets, staying calm, attentive, and client-focused as you help with a range of daily tasks and compassionate care during visits.

Qualifications

• Assist with non-clinical duties to support smooth running of the practice.
• Great opportunity to progress into a student nurse role in the future.
• Be the friendly and welcoming face for clients and their pets when they arrive at the practice.
• Remain calm, attentive and focused on clients’ needs, bringing enthusiasm and drive.

Responsibilities

• Assist all colleagues with non-clinical duties to support smooth running of the practice.
• Support best standard of patient care.
• Be the friendly and welcoming face for clients and their pets on arrival.
• Help in handling client communications and caring for pets during visits.

Job description

Voted one of the top 3 veterinary practices in Oxford for the 7th time and FIRST in 2024, we are hiring!

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Veterinary Care Assistant to join our Oxford Cowley 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 a great opportunity for someone who is looking to progress into a student nurse role in the future.

This is a Full-Time position working 40 per week with 2 in 4 Weekends.

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 can 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.

Location: OX4 3JP

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!