Urgent Care Veterinary Assistant

About the role

The Full-Time Veterinary Assistant position at UrgentVet - Warren is ideal for individuals who want to make a difference in their community while providing comprehensive care for pets. This role offers a unique blend of responsibilities that include patient care, team leadership, and client service in a fast-paced, state-of-the-art urgent care clinic.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding patient care
• Lead the veterinary team
• Handle administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, managing inventory, and maintaining records
• Assist veterinarians during examinations and procedures
• Perform routine tasks like cleaning, sanitizing, and maintaining medical equipment
• Client education and facility maintenance
• Work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays

Requirements

• Demonstrates professionalism, dependability, healthy and positive communication skills, and the ability to multi-task in a hands-on environment
• Energetic people-and-pet person with excellent work ethic and social and organizational skills
• Willing to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Must be able to lift 40 lbs

Qualifications

• Prior customer service experience
• Prior experience working with animals in a hospital setting
• Animal handling experience including patient restraint, sample collection, and monitoring
• Clinical skills including phlebotomy, catheter placement, laboratory analysis, and drug calculation

Skills

• Animal handling experience
• Clinical skills
• Phlebotomy
• Catheter placement
• Laboratory analysis
• Drug calculation

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision Options)
• 401k Match
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Paid Parental Leave + Paid Maternity Leave
• One (1) Work/Life Balance day off
• Short-term and long-term disability options
• Supplemental insurance options
• Discounted Veterinary Care
• Scrub allowance
• Hands-on and E-training
• Professional growth opportunities
• Tuition assistance for prospective Veterinary Technician Students
• Tuition reimbursement for Credentialed/Registered Veterinary Technicians