Client Service Coordinator – Overview
The Client Service Coordinator drives the flow of clients and pets through the hospital, maximizing the productivity of the veterinary medical team and ensuring effective communication with associates and clients. The role coordinates client and pet care in a welcoming, efficient manner, influencing repeat visits and referrals.
Essential Responsibilities and Tasks
- Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team.
- Recruit new clients by promoting hospital services and directing the flow of clients and pets to ensure superior client care and maximum productivity of the veterinary medical team.
- Maximize the number of pets seen by the hospital team through a productive and efficiently run hospital supporting the needs of our wellness plan clients.
- Provide professional, efficient and exceptional service, welcoming clients and pets, ensuring comfort, and educating them about their pet’s health.
- Educate clients about Optimum Wellness Plans, preventative care, pet health needs and hospital services.
- Assist incoming clients with required documentation, enter pet information and history, use collars and tags for identification, and ensure prompt service.
- Assist outgoing clients by providing instructions, invoices, dispensing prescription items, selling retail products and scheduling future appointments.
- Manage finances by maintaining accurate balances and following opening and closing procedures.
- Conduct administrative functions as necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Five Principles
- Quality – The consumer is our boss, quality is our work and value for money is our goal.
- Responsibility – Individuals demand total responsibility; associates support the responsibility of others.
- Mutuality – A mutual benefit is a shared benefit that endures.
- Efficiency – Use resources fully, waste nothing, and do what we can do best.
- Freedom – We need freedom to shape our future; profit sustains that freedom.
Qualifications / Competencies
- Leadership
- Customer Focus
- Peer Relationships
- Integrity & Trust
- Action Oriented
- Listening
- Preventative Care and Optimum Wellness Plans
- Communication Skills
- Client Service Skills
- Priority Setting
- Time Management
Capabilities and Experience (Can Do)
- Multi-tasking: Manage multiple tasks simultaneously, shifting attention accurately under distraction.
- Communication: Reads, writes, and speaks fluent English with accurate grammar and vocabulary.
- Organizational ability: Systematic approach, orderly, turns chaos into order.
- Problem solving: Identify, analyze, and solve problems, translating them into practical solutions.
- Client service: Provide attentive, courteous, informative service consistently.
- Intellectual ability: Follow instructions in oral, written, or diagram format accurately.
- Mathematical ability: Perform basic arithmetic and compute rates, ratios, percentages, unit conversions.
- Computer skills: Use Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook and specialized software confidently.
Attitudes (Will-Do)
- Initiative: Use discretion to find solutions, propose improvements, and take on additional responsibility.
- Integrity: Uphold Banfield values and ethics with honesty and sound judgment.
- Cooperativeness: Work with others, collaborate, compromise, and share information promptly.
- Flexibility: Adapt to changing situations, willing to perform all assigned tasks.
- Independence: Perform duties without supervision when needed.
- Stress Resilience: Maintain a positive outlook, rebound quickly, keep composure and friendly demeanor under stress.
Special Working Conditions
- Work at a computer for extended periods.
- Comfortable around pets of all species.
- May require more than 40 hours per week, including weekends and evenings.
- Reasonable accommodations for disabilities.
- Manual handling up to 50 pounds; frequent standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching.
- Good vision and hand‑eye coordination required for keyboard use and equipment operation.
- Exposure to pets that may bite or scratch, and occasional exposure to anesthesia, radiation, biological hazards, and controlled substances.
Experience, Education and/or Training
- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
- At least 18 years old to handle radiography and radioactive substances.
- One year related customer‑service experience preferred; medical background (veterinary tech, human healthcare, pharmaceutical) and medical terminology training a plus.
Pay Range
The pay range for this role is $16.93 - $21.63 per hour, determined by experience, skill level, and education, and may vary by location or applicable minimum wage laws.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Generous 401(k) and Roth retirement plans with company match
- Student debt relief for full‑time DVMs
- Paid time off and holidays
- Mental health and well‑being resources, including free coaching and counseling
- Associate and supplemental life insurance
- Short‑term and long‑term disability coverage
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Paid parental leave for birth and adoption
- Continuing education allowance for eligible positions
- Backup child and elder care and family support resources
- Fertility and family‑building support
- Digital exercise therapy program
- Voluntary protection benefits
- Legal plan coverage for a range of legal needs
- Identity protection service
- Commuter benefits
- Three free Optimum Wellness Plans for pets
- Exclusive discounts on products and services
EEO Statement
Banfield Pet Hospitals is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds.