Veterinary Assistant - VCA Midtown Animal Hospital

VCA Animal Hospitals; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading veterinary hospital in Atlanta as a Veterinary Assistant, where you'll provide compassionate care and support to pets and their owners. Enjoy a collaborative team environment with flexible scheduling and numerous benefits, including medical coverage and career advancement opportunities.

Benefits

Medical, dental & vision insurance

Paid vacation and sick time

401(k) retirement plan

Continuing Education allowance

Generous hospital discounts for pets

Qualifications

• Duties include patient assessment, anesthesia assistance, and client education.
• Experience with laboratory sample collection and medical recordkeeping is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Patient assessment and triage.
• Client education and communication.
• Assisting in anesthesia and surgery.

Skills

Compassionate patient care

Client education

Anesthesia assisting

Radiology

Laboratory sample collection

Education

Veterinary Technology AAS

Job description

Location: 1510 Piedmont Avenue NE Atlanta,GA 30324

VCA Midtown Animal Hospitalin Atlanta is hiring a Veterinary Assistantto join our hospital family.

We are seeking a highly motivated veterinary professional who is looking to serve clients with the best medical recommendations and care, while also having fun with an incredible team of people.

About Us

VCA Pets Are People Too Veterinary Hospital is now VCA Midtown Animal Hospital!

We are a well-established, AAHA-accredited 8-doctor practice, offering Primary Care, Urgent Care, Surgery, Dentistry, and more. We are open 7am - 10 pm every day of the week, exclusively Urgent Care on Saturdays and Sundays.

We have modern equipment, a dedicated dental suite, ultrasound, therapeutic laser, etc. Our facility in Ansley Square Shopping Center is convenient to Piedmont Park, Morningside, and Midtown.

Our team culture is a true reflection of the Atlanta, GA area – warm, inviting, and family focused. We meet regularly as a team to continue to develop ourselves and the hospital. We support each other with work/life balance and celebrate accomplishments with fun events. When possible, we get out of the hospital and enjoy events in the community.

Flexible scheduling includes 8 or 10 hours shifts, day shift or swing shift available, including some weekends and holidays.

Check out our website here:https://vcahospitals.com/pets-are-people-too-atlanta

About the Role

As Veterinary Assistant, we want you to utilize your skills and knowledge to the fullest. Duties will include:

• Patient assessment and triage
• Compassionate patient care
• Client education and communication
• Anesthesia and surgery assisting
• Radiology
• Dentistry
• Catheter placement
• Venipuncture
• Laboratory sample collection and processing
• Pharmacy
• Medical recordkeeping

Why VCA

VCA Animal Hospitals is a community of over 800 hospitals across the US, including primary care, emergency and specialty medicine. We offer world class medicine with hometown care. Together we are taking care of the future of veterinary medicine.

We are passionate about supporting our technicians and assistants and are committed to your personal career development. At VCA, you will enjoy an inclusive work environment where you can focus on your career, your happiness, and the patients you serve.

Some of the many benefits we offer:

• Access to the people and resources of a large veterinary community
• Advancement and leadership opportunities
• Medical, dental & vision insurance, a variety of additional coverage options
• Access to free mental health care (up to 12 sessions a year), life assistance program, resources like Headspace, etc.
• Fully employer-paid life, long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid vacation, paid sick time, holiday pay
• Paid parental leave
• Continuing Education allowance for full time credentialed veterinary technicians
• CE and learning opportunities for all associates
• Tuition support and sponsorships including Veterinary Technology AAS, BAS completion and more
• Veterinary Technician license reimbursement
• Generous hospital discounts for your pets, a variety of other discounts
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Referral bonus opportunities
• Opportunities to give back through VCA Charities and community partnerships

Apply today and join our family to help make the world a better place for pets!

If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

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