Veterinary Assistant

Rarebreed Veterinary Partners; South Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team at a well-established veterinary clinic in South Windsor, CT, as a Veterinary Assistant. Enjoy a family-like environment, work-life balance with 4-day work weeks, and a range of benefits including competitive pay and educational allowances.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K with company match

Generous paid time off

Continuing education yearly allowance

Discounts on veterinary services for pets

Qualifications

• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Willingness to work evenings.

Responsibilities

• Executing treatment orders.
• Keeping cages clean and sanitized.
• Communicating with clients via phone and in-person.

Skills

Compassion

Multi-tasking

Team Player

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

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Joining a clinic with its own unique identity is like a cross-country car ride with your ears flapping in the breeze. South Windsor Veterinary Clinic is looking to add a compassionate and skilled Veterinary Assistant to our team.

At our Rarebreed clinic, you can help reimagine the veterinary experience in your community. Our fun-loving, family-like environment means you'll probably become best friends with your coworkers through fun team building activities, lunches and collaborating. It's the kind of freedom that feels like running at the speed of light into a 5-story pile of leaves - and that's just the beginning. As part of our team, you'll work with the latest technology, gain access to state-of-the-art training facilities, and collaborate with a positive team to deliver the highest quality of care to the pet patients we all love.

South Windsor Veterinary Clinic is a small animal general practice located in South Windsor, CT. The practice itself has been well established for over 20 years in the community, and we pride ourselves on a small town-homey feel that is extremely family oriented not only for our clients but our staff as well. Our typical day consists of seeing a mix of both sick and wellness appointments, as well as surgery days for dentals and routine surgeries. Here at SWVC, we believe autonomy over your specific position leads to better job satisfaction and more pets helped in the community which is why we strive to foster a work environment that caters to each individual's passions and interests. As a hospital, we value work-life balance and offer 4-day work weeks with no weekend hours. Please review our website and apply if you think SWVC may be a good fit for you! https://swvc-online.com/

Veterinary Assistant

South Windsor Veterinary Clinic in South Windsor, CT

What You'll Do

Executing treatment orders

Keeping cages clean and sanitized

Walking, feeding, and picking up after the animals

Various housekeeping duties (laundry, dishes, taking out garbage etc.)

Creating a dosing schedule from the DVM orders

Communicating with clients via phone and in-person

Restraining animals

Outpatient procedures

Filling prescribed medications

Benefits

We're passionate about helping you reach your greatest pet-ential - both at work and at home. As a result, our total compensation package is as outstanding and rewarding as the world's longest belly rub and ear massage combined:

Great pay with competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage

401K with 100% company match of up to 3%, and a 50% match for the 4thand 5th%

Generous paid time off to help you achieve your purr-fect balance

Employee Ruff-erral Program

Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, and short-term disability (long-term disability available)

Accident and critical illness insurance

Bonding leave enhanced maternity benefit

Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Saving Account (HSA)

Continuing education yearly allowance for skills development

Certification fees reimbursement (eligible employees only)

Commuter benefits, uniform allowance, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Free monthly wellness meetings focused on ways to reduce stress and anxiety, led by the medical director

Free quarterly financial wellness classes to provide guidance in areas such as student loan debt, budgeting, improving credit scores, mortgages, and refinancing

Plus, Special Benefits To Utilize For Your Own Pet

Pet Care: Discounts on veterinary services and products

Pet Diagnostics: Discounts on reference lab testing

Pet Food: Discounts on Purina pet foods

Requirements

Must be a team player and have compassion for pets and their people

Ability to multi-task

Ability to lift 50 pounds

Must be willing to work evenings

High school diploma or equivalent

Rarebreed Veterinary Partners is a purpose-driven team that places talent first by supporting professionals to thrive in our industry and empowering hospital teams to provide exceptional care for pets and their owners. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to create exceptional work experiences for our hospital teams. We focus on providing our hospitals with the best culture, tools, and support to allow the staff to focus on what they love most: caring for our animal companions.

Joining our fun and team-first atmosphere comes with a level of support that's hard to find anywhere else. Everything we do is with purpose - down to the way we invest in our people and create long-overdue change in the industry. We're hyper-focused on supporting our professionals, so they can focus on bringing the gold standard of medicine to our patients and their families. When it all comes together with the joy of working with pets, our career opportunities are as exhilarating as climbing a toy mountain of a gazillion new squeaky balls.

Employment will require the successful completion of references and background check.

Rarebreed Veterinary Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.

Learn more about our career opportunities at: https://rarebreedvet.com/careers/

Where uncommon support partners with joy.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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