Veterinary Care Assistant

VC Evidensia UK; Thame; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary hospital in Thame seeks an enthusiastic Veterinary Care Assistant for a full-time role. This position involves supporting vet teams, maintaining hygiene, and assisting with animal handling. With potential for growth into a Veterinary Nursing apprenticeship, the role comes with extensive training and benefits including generous annual leave, family-friendly policies, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

6.6 weeks annual leave

Additional annual leave for birthday

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Cycle to work scheme

Employee wellbeing initiatives

Learning and development opportunities

Pawsome Benefits - Discounts and cashback

Discounted staff pet care

Qualifications

• Experience in a veterinary setting is preferred, but not required.
• Must be caring and dedicated.

Responsibilities

• Support vet and nurse teams in maintaining a hygienic environment.
• Assist with animal handling and work on reception.
• Participate in various daily tasks across multiple branch surgeries.

Skills

Animal handling

Teamwork

Hygiene maintenance

Education

5 GCSEs of grades 4-9 including Maths and English and a science subject

Job description

Sprinz and Nash - Thame, Thame, South East

We are looking for an enthusiastic Veterinary Care Assistant to join our team working at our main hospital in Thame and our branch surgeries in Princes Risborough and Chinnor.

As a Veterinary Care Assistant, you will be responsible for supporting the vet and nurse teams by always maintaining a clean and hygienic environment, assisting with animal handling, working on reception and in the lab. We are interested to hear from those who already have experience, in addition to anyone looking for a new and different challenge. Either way, you will be part of a kind, caring and dedicated team.

This role may progress to a Veterinary Nursing apprenticeship in the future. In order to progress, you will need to have 5 GCSEs of grades 4-9 (or equivalent) to include Maths and English and a science subject.

About us

Sprinz and Nash is a long-established Veterinary Hospital in the lovely rural market town of Thame. We are recruiting with the aim of maintaining our high clinical standards and giving a rewarding work / life balance. We provide our own in-patients care, whist our emergency OOH is provided by VetsNow.

The hospital at Thame provides excellent facilities including dental x-ray, in-house laboratory, endoscopy, ultrasound, digital x-ray, separate dog and cat and isolation wards to name a few. We are staffed by a friendly, forward thinking and supportive team of vets, nurses, VCAs and client care staff. We have a varied and busy caseload and we are all team players and delight in helping each other. We have vets who are certificate holders and two nurse certificate holders. We are also a Silver Cat Friendly Clinic.

This is a full time role working 40 hours across five 8 hour shifts. You will also be included in the 1:3 Saturday rota.

In addition to a competitive salary, you will benefit from:

• 6.6 weeks annual leave
• Additional annual leave for your birthday which will be added to your holiday allowance
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption/ shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Non-accidental injury support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100's of retailers
• Discounted staff pet care

Sprinz and Nash - Thame

23 Wellington Street, Thame, Thame, OX9 3BW, United Kingdom