Veterinary Assistant

Allianceanimalhealth; Town of Yorktown (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Parental Leave Program

Career Development Opportunities

Job summary

Alliance Animal Health in Yorktown, NY is seeking a part-time veterinary assistant to support the veterinary team through exams, procedures, and hospitalized care. You’ll gain experience across various areas of veterinary medicine while working in a busy clinic.

The role requires at least 1 year of experience, ability to restrain dogs and cats, strong communication, and teamwork skills. Benefits include continuing education and growth opportunities within the clinic.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of veterinary assistant experience is required.
• Comfortable safely restraining dogs and cats.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Able to multitask and stay organized in a fast-paced veterinary environment.
• Experience with sample collection, medical histories, laboratory testing, digital radiographs, or anesthesia monitoring is a plus.
• Self-motivated with a desire to continue developing your veterinary knowledge and skills.
• Compassionate approach to both patients and their families.

Responsibilities

• Safely restraining patients for examinations, treatments, and procedures.
• Assisting with triage and obtaining patient histories.
• Collecting and processing laboratory samples and assisting with in-house diagnostics.
• Preparing patients for and assisting with diagnostic imaging, including digital radiographs.
• Providing nursing care and monitoring hospitalized patients with varying levels of medical needs.
• Administering medications as directed by the veterinary team.
• Assisting with surgical preparation and procedures.
• Supporting anesthesia monitoring and patient recovery.
• Communicating treatment information and instructions to clients in a professional and compassionate manner.
• Keeping treatment areas, equipment, and patient spaces clean and organized.

Skills

Compassionate

Teamwork

Communication

Multitasking

Experience with labs

Job description

What You'll Do

As a veterinary assistant, your responsibilities will include supporting the veterinary team throughout appointments, procedures, and hospitalized patient care. You'll have the opportunity to work with a variety of cases and build experience across different areas of veterinary medicine.

• Safely restraining patients for examinations, treatments, and procedures.
• Assisting with triage and obtaining patient histories.
• Collecting and processing laboratory samples and assisting with in-house diagnostics.
• Preparing patients for and assisting with diagnostic imaging, including digital radiographs.
• Providing nursing care and monitoring hospitalized patients with varying levels of medical needs.
• Administering medications as directed by the veterinary team.
• Assisting with surgical preparation and procedures.
• Supporting anesthesia monitoring and patient recovery.
• Communicating treatment information and instructions to clients in a professional and compassionate manner.
• Keeping treatment areas, equipment, and patient spaces clean and organized.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced veterinary assistant who is compassionate, dependable, calm under pressure, and comfortable working as part of a busy veterinary team.

• At least 1 year of veterinary assistant experience is required.
• Comfortable safely restraining dogs and cats.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Able to multitask and stay organized in a fast-paced veterinary environment.
• Experience with sample collection, medical histories, laboratory testing, digital radiographs, or anesthesia monitoring is a plus.
• Self-motivated with a desire to continue developing your veterinary knowledge and skills.
• Compassionate approach to both patients and their families.

Whether you want to master your veterinary assistant skills or grow into your next career opportunity, you'll have access to virtual training, hands-on learning, and continuing development.

This is a hands-on veterinary environment, so team members must be comfortable around animals and potential exposure to unpleasant odors and noises, bites, scratches, animal waste, and contagious diseases.

If you're looking for a veterinary assistant position where you can learn, grow, and make a meaningful difference in the lives of pets while working with an experienced veterinary team, we'd love to meet you!

Job Type: part-time

We offer our staff:

• Pay: $18-22/hr depending on experience
• Comprehensive Benefits (health, dental, vision, liability, 401k & 401K matching program, life & supplemental insurance, HSA, & FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Vacation and Sick Time for ALL Employees
• Paid Bereavement Program
• Paid Parental Leave Program
• Competitive Compensation
• Continuing Education Allowance (applies to licensed/registered/certified roles)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program Available to any AVMA Accredited Veterinary Technology Program
• Career Development Opportunities
• Referral Bonus Program for most positions!
• Additional Benefits May Also Be Available (i.e. Personal Pet Discounts, Holiday Pay, Uniform Allowance, Bonuses etc)
• Hiring eligibility may be contingent to a candidate authorizing and completing a satisfactory background check.
• *Note - some benefits may only be available to or vary slightly for full time employment status vs part time status.

For additional details including our full equal opportunity statement, texting/outreach communication authorization, physical requirements of the job and more, please visit https://allianceanimal.com/additionaljobdescriptiondetails/ . #SS3