Weekend Veterinary Care Assistant — Compassionate Support

CVS Vets; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 11,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks' annual leave (pro rata)

Staff discount on veterinary bills and

Discount on Animed Direct

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

CVS Vets Maidenhead is seeking a Weekend Veterinary Patient Care Assistant to join our team. Location Summerleaze Road, Maidenhead. This permanent role is 19 hours per week with Saturdays and Sundays, 09:00–19:30, and may allow job sharing.

You will support RVNs and Vets with nursing tasks, animal handling, and basic care, while delivering friendly customer service. CVS Vets offers employee discounts on pet care, additional leave, and wellbeing support as part of our supportive practice network.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer service and handling emotional situations with kindness and professionalism.
• Strong communication skills and genuine empathy.
• Experience in animal welfare, including feeding, cleaning and handling.

Responsibilities

• Providing nursing care to patients
• Assisting Vets and Nurses with animal restraint
• Walking, feeding and cleaning patients
• Preparing emergency and operating facilities
• Performing general cleaning and maintenance
• Running internal lab samples
• Answering emergency calls
• Support the reception team with appointments and payments

Skills

Customer service

Public interaction

Communication skills

Empathy

Team player

Vet environment experience

Job description

CVS Vets Maidenhead is seeking a Weekend Veterinary Patient Care Assistant to join our team. Location Summerleaze Road, Maidenhead. This permanent role is 19 hours per week with Saturdays and Sundays, 09:00–19:30, and may allow job sharing.

You will support RVNs and Vets with nursing tasks, animal handling, and basic care, while delivering friendly customer service. CVS Vets offers employee discounts on pet care, additional leave, and wellbeing support as part of our supportive practice network.