Full-Time Veterinary Assistant

Prairie View Animal Hospital; Grimes, Northern (IA, KY); On-site; USD 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Employee discount

Paid time off

Paid sick days

CE allowance

Retirement match

Uniform allowance

Job summary

Prairie View Animal Hospital in Grimes, Iowa, is seeking candidates for a full-time veterinary assistant position. A minimum of 1 year of animal-handling experience in a professional or volunteer setting is required.

Duties include caring for hospitalized animals, administering treatments, monitoring patients, patient restraint, performing lab work, assisting veterinarians and technicians, and handling front-desk tasks such as answering phones and scheduling appointments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of animal-handling experience in a professional or volunteer setting.
• Friendly, reliable and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Willing to perform lab work, patient restraint, and front-desk duties.

Responsibilities

• Ensure hospitalized animals are clean, comfortable and exercised.
• Administer treatments and monitor patients as directed by the veterinarian.
• Patient restraint.
• Perform lab work.
• Assist the veterinarian and technicians as needed.
• Front-desk duties including answering phones and scheduling appointments.
• General cleaning duties.

Skills

Animal handling

Reliability

Work with minimal supervision

Job description

Prairie View Animal Hospital in Grimes, Iowa is seeking candidates to fill a full-time position working as a veterinary assistant. A minimum of 1 year of animal-handling experience in a professional or volunteer setting is required. Duties include ensuring that hospitalized animals are clean, comfortable and exercised; administering treatments and monitoring patients as directed by the veterinarian; patient restraint; performing lab work; assisting the veterinarian and technicians as needed, general front-desk duties including answering phones and scheduling appointments, and general cleaning duties. Candidates must be friendly, reliable, and able to work with minimal supervision. Starting wage $12-$14/hr.

Benefits include employer-paid portion of health insurance, employee discount, paid time off (including birthdays), paid sick-days, CE allowance, retirement match, and uniform allowance.

Shifts include M-F morning and afternoons.