Veterinary Assistant-Rehabilitation

New Jersey Department of Children and Families; Grayslake (IL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading veterinary rehabilitation clinic as a Veterinary Rehabilitation Assistant in Grayslake, IL. You'll provide essential care and support to animals, working alongside a dedicated team committed to best practices in veterinary medicine. This role offers professional development opportunities and a supportive environment where compassion and teamwork are valued.

Benefits

Paid time off including full-pay parental leave

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k with employer contribution

Continuing education support

Pet perks including free exams

Qualifications

• Obedience or animal handling training is a plus.
• Ability to lift and carry animals of various sizes.
• Flexible availability including, evenings and Saturdays.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end care for patients.
• Facilitate therapy treatments.
• Support services including admitting and discharging patients.

Skills

Effective animal-handling skills

Communication

Compassionate care

Education

Certification in Veterinary Rehabilitation

Job description

TOPS Veterinary Rehabilitation -Veterinary Assistant

Grayslake, IL

Full-time

Are you certified in Canine Rehabilitation and seeking a position that offers growth, development, and strong mentoring by experienced and respected professionals? Are you in the veterinary or animal field and seeking to expand your skill set? Do you want to work with an awesome team and clients that are supportive and appreciate you? A place where you can build lasting relationships with clients and patients and go home tired but fulfilled because of the difference that you made in their lives? That's what we can offer you at TOPS Veterinary Rehabilitation. Sound too good to be true? Come check us out and see for yourself.

More than a word, care is present in everything you do. At TOPS Veterinary Rehabilitation, a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner, we take action to empower your best care for pets, their families, and yourself.

We are a community of 400 clinics forming an extraordinary network of unparalleled resources and people. Through outstanding learning and career options, comprehensive benefits, and abundant support, you'll be nurtured and appreciated for who you are and what you bring to the table. We come together in both the joys and heartaches of our profession to lift each other up through laughter and empathy.

And, we have plenty of fun along the way!

Who we are

At TOPS Veterinary Rehabilitation, you'll feel the warmth and openness of a small clinic, while having the opportunity and support of a united network.

We are a group of highly trained, experienced animal lovers who are passionate about Rehabilitation and Integrative Veterinary Medicine, and we are devoted to giving our patients the best care possible. We believe in treating every patient as if they were our own pet and giving them the same loving attention and care.

Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.

TOPS Veterinary Rehab is looking for a Veterinary Rehabilitation Assistant excited to join our team as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.

As a Veterinary Rehabilitation Assistant, you'll play an important role in pets' lives by providing end-to-end care for our precious patients. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating therapy treatments to support services including admitting and discharging patients.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Effective animal-handling skills required. Obedience or animal handling training is a plus
• Be passionate about what you do
• Be willing to communicate effectively
• Compassionately care for our client and their pets
• Ability to stand, stoop, bend, twist, kneel, crouch for long periods of time and lift and/or carry animals of various sizes
• Flexible availability including, evenings and Saturdays
• Preferred: Certification or eligible for certification in Veterinary Rehabilitation or experience in veterinary rehabilitation. We are willing to train a candidate with a strong foundation who is driven to grow and develop more technical skills

You'll Grow With Us

Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

• Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
• Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
• A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
• Earn your AVMA-CVTEA Accreditation and become a Vet Tech through our fully accredited distance learning program for veterinary technicians
• Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement

And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.

Benefits - our care in action

We provide benefits spread comprehensively across your mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:

• Compensation-$16-19/hr
• Paid time off including 8-weeks of full-pay parental leave, bereavement to grieve both humans and pets, and time off for new pet adoptions
• Top quality medical, dental, and vision insurance plus health savings account and flexible spending account
• Pet perks including free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations
• Generously subsidized backup and ongoing care support for children, adults, and pets
• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions
• 401k with employer contribution and no waiting period
• Continuing education and development support through our library of free CE courses and paid time off to complete
• Scholarship opportunities and student loan support program

and so much more!