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We have an exciting opportunity for an Animal Care Assistant to join our team within the Lynton Veterinary Group on a part-time, permanent basis. The working week will be 25-30 hours per week with Saturday mornings on a rota with time off in lieu, with no OOH.

About The Role

We provide a varied working day for our support team, duties depend on the shift but include supporting veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses, reception duties, lab work, and maintaining a sterile work environment. The role will allow for great clinical exposure and the opportunity to work amongst a friendly and supportive team.

Our ideal candidate

We are ideally looking for someone with relevant small animal experience in a busy practice (not essential as full training provided), is committed to animal welfare and can work effectively in a team environment.

Want to know more about us?

We are a long-established, Small Animal Veterinary Group based in Woking, Bagshot, and Addlestone. As a progressive practice, we recently relocated to our brand new, purpose-built practice in Woking, and continue to invest to refurbish and equip our other 2 practices to the same high standard. We also have a purpose-built grooming salon at our main site. One of the most important things to us here at Lynton is our history and local “Village Vet” reputation for providing the highest level of service and value for all our clients. Therefore, we have a loyal client base and a gold standard reputation across the local community.

Come and join our fantastic team

We have 7 Veterinary Surgeons across the group who are supported by a great team of 9 Registered Veterinary Nurses, 2 Student Veterinary Nurses, ANA's and experienced Receptionists. We have a family-like culture in practice and have embedded true support amongst the team. Each practice has an essential SOS chocolate station and we are never short of cake with some excellent bakers across the group! The mental and physical well-being of the team is paramount to us - we like to show our support both in-house and externally by taking part in charity events such as "Ride for Dementia" and "Relay for Life" in aid of cancer research.

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

• 6.6Weeks annual leave FTE
• 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
• Pension scheme
• Discounted staff pet care
  
  

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