Weekend only - Part Time Role - Receptionist

Vets for Pets; Swindon; On-site; GBP 6,000 - 9,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

20% discount at Vet Group

20% discount at Pets at Home

20% discount at the Groom Room

Discounts and cashbacks

In-house career development

Pension and holiday allowance

Job summary

Vets for Pets is seeking a Weekend Receptionist to join our Didcot and Abingdon practices. This part-time role involves weekend shifts (12 hours per weekend) across both sites, handling non-clinical duties and delivering excellent client service for pets and their families.

You will be the friendly face at reception, helping clients understand our services and ensuring smooth daily operations with a positive, pet-loving approach.

Qualifications

• Friendly and welcoming face for clients and their pets.
• Able to stay up-to-date with practice services and additional offerings.
• Calm, attentive, and client-focused at all times.
• Enthusiastic with a love of pets and a proactive service mindset.
• Capable of handling difficult conversations with empathy.

Responsibilities

• Assist colleagues with non-clinical duties to support smooth running of the practice.
• Provide the best standard of patient care to clients and their pets.

Job description

Weekend only - Part Time Role – Receptionist

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Receptionist to join us at Didcot and Abingdon Vets for Pets on weekends.

Our practices are bright, spacious, air-conditioned and purpose built to industry leading standards and have 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 Part Time role, working 12 Hours Per weekend.

Please note that while this role is contractually based at one site, the successful applicant will be working across our two sites: Abingdon Vets for Pets & Didcot Vet for Pets.

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: OX11 9BF / OX14 1BY

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