Veterinary Assistant

Banfield Pet Hospital; Apex (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Veterinary Assistant where you'll help provide exceptional care for pets and support veterinarians. Responsibilities include monitoring patients, educating clients about pet health, and ensuring a clean, sterile environment. This full-time position offers a unique opportunity to grow within the veterinary field while contributing to the well-being of animals.

Qualifications

• Acting as the extra eyes, ears and hands for the veterinarian.
• Ensuring safety of pets and clients through safe restraining techniques.

Responsibilities

• Monitor hospitalized or surgical pets as allowed in state practice acts.
• Educate clients about preventive care and hospital services.
• Ensure a high level of pet care and client service.

Skills

Communication

Technical Skills

Pet Care

Client Education

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Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team. Act as the extra eyes, ears and hands for the veterinarian and veterinary technician to ensure the best quality pet care and to maximize the veterinarian's and veterinary technician’s productivity. Communicate with veterinarian, veterinary technicians and all other associates to maintain the flow of patients. Provide professional, efficient and exceptional service at all times. This includes performing or preparing procedures that do not require veterinarian or veterinary technician assistance, completing preparatory work for other procedures, ensuring that clients and pets are comfortable in the hospital, and monitoring hospitalized or surgical pets as allowed in the state practice acts. Educate clients about Optimum Wellness Plans, preventive care, pet health needs, hospital services and other issues. Obtain relevant information and history from clients and maintain proper and complete medical charts. Ensure the safety of pets, clients and associates by utilizing safe restraining techniques, following standard protocols, and maintaining clean, sterile and organized treatment areas, exam rooms and labs. Assist with surgery as applicable. Utilize technical skills to the fullest, within state practice acts and as outlined in the NAVTA guidelines for veterinary assistant skills and duties. Mentor other paraprofessionals in the hospital. Other job duties as assigned.

THE FIVE PRINCIPLES

Quality - The consumer is our boss, quality is our work and value for money is our goal. Responsibility - As individuals, we demand total responsibility from ourselves; as associates, we support the responsibility of others.

Mutuality - A mutual benefit is a shared benefit; a shared benefit will endure.

Efficiency - We use resources to the full, waste nothing and do only what we can do best. Freedom - We need freedom to shape our future; we need profit to remain free.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Veterinary Services

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