Veterinary Assistant

VCA Animal Hospitals; Carpinteria (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid vacation

401(k) plan

Pet discounts

Job summary

VCA Carpinteria Veterinary Hospital is seeking an experienced Veterinary Assistant to join our team in Carpinteria, CA. The role focuses on maintaining patient records, assisting veterinarians, and ensuring smooth flow of patients and clients through the hospital.

Ideal candidates are friendly, detail oriented, and able to work well under pressure. Full-time schedule includes weekdays, with potential for extended hours as needed. Benefits available and a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing and people oriented.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Telephone and computer skills required; ability to use hospital software.

Responsibilities

• Maintain medical records and patient histories.
• Enter vaccine and treatment history from records.
• Explain vaccines and treatments to clients and discuss pet care.

Skills

Friendly and outgoing

Excellent communication

Telephone skills

Computer skills

Team player

Education

Veterinary facility experience or training

Job description

Veterinary Assistant

Welcome to our sunny little beach town of Carpinteria! VCA Carpinteria Veterinary Hospital has been serving this community and its pets for over 40 years and we are seeking an experienced Veterinary Assistant to join our team.

Location

585 Walnut Ave, Carpinteria, CA 93013

Salary

$18.00 - $24.00 per hour, dependent on experience, education, and certification.

Schedule

Full-Time, Monday - Friday

At VCA Animal Hospitals, we take our mission statement – your pet’s health is our top priority and excellent service is our goal – very seriously.With every opportunity, we aim to exceed each pet owner’s expectations. We’re looking for a personable yet highly professional “service extraordinaire” to join us in delivering our mission to our clients and their pets.

This is a very unique position that is critical to facilitating the flow of our pets and clients safely in and out of our hospital. We are looking for an individual who performs well under stress, gets along and can work with all types of personalities, organized, confident, cannot have any major fear of animals, self starter, and extremely punctual.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Previous experience or training/education working in a veterinary facility preferred but not required.
• Must be friendly, outgoing, “people oriented”.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Telephone and computer skills are necessary.
• Must be a team player willing to learn new techniques and treatments and to accept challenge.

Primary job responsibilities

• Maintaining medical records.
• Obtain and record patient histories
• go through previous records and enter proper vaccine/treatment history
• dispense collect specimens and set up for laboratory pick up
• prepare ear cytology for Veterinarian or Technician to view under microscope go over medications with clients – advise clients of what vaccines and treatments pets are due for
• safely moving contagious/stressed/aggressive pets in and out of the examination rooms without incident
• preparing euthanasia paperwork with clients
• safely obtaining weight and temperature readings for each patient
• clean and maintain all areas in the room department throughout the day
• stock inventory and keep shelves organized
• communicating with clients in regards to the pets needs and facilitating the room flow for all pets coming into and out of the hospital

Physical Requirements

• Dependable attendance is required.
• Any allergies to animals must be controlled through medication.
• Must be able to lift 40 pounds.
• Must be willing to work long or irregular hours under pressure conditions.
• This position requires the ability to walk, bend, stand and reach constantly during 8-hour day.
• Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing hospital equipment such as electric clippers, syringes, radiology equipment, laboratory equipment, and computers.

Benefits

We offer competitive compensation and great benefits, including, medical/dental/vision and paid vacation (for F/T employees only), 401(k), generous personal pet care discounts, and more!

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

At VCA we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and want to be a place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay and do their best work.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com.

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development).