Veterinary Assistant - Chuckanut Valley Veterinary Clinic

About the role

Join our team as a Veterinary Assistant who supports the veterinarians and technicians in their daily tasks by cleaning and maintaining equipment, feeding, exercising and grooming patients, preparing and sanitizing surgery suites, restraining and handling patients, and performing clerical and administrative work. You will deliver quality care for all patients and provide exceptional service at Chuckanut Valley Veterinary Clinic in Burlington, Washington. The clinic offers full-service care with a strong connection to its local community, emphasizing compassionate medicine, collaboration, and building long-term client relationships.

Enjoy the convenience of on-site daycare and boarding services, plus a dynamic, hands-on environment with a wide variety of cases. Join a supportive team in a great, easily accessible location with a strong focus on collaboration, learning, and positive clinic culture.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate care to all patients
• Greet patients and their owners as they arrive and show them to an examining room, taking the patient's weight and other vital signs
• Triage patients, perform physical exams, treatments, and administer medication as directed by the licensed veterinary technicians (LVTs)
• Calm and soothe anxious patients
• Assist doctors and technicians with the administration of medications or with patient restraint
• Perform laboratory tests and take radiographs
• Operate and maintain hospital equipment, including EKG, fluid pump, syringe pump, scales, anesthetic monitors, and machines
• Fill prescriptions, calculate and administer medications, maintain proper documentation, logging, and security of controlled drugs
• Feed patients as prescribed by the attending doctor or as the client has requested; record appetites; recognize and report any unusual conditions or abnormal behaviors
• Communicate in a positive manner with clients and ensure that they feel comfortable leaving their pet(s)
• Educate clients about insurance, wellness, and medicinal plans
• Maintain the cleanliness of the hospital each day; clean equipment, kennels, and facilities using chemicals and supplies; ensure the safe use of chemicals; complete laundry
• Bath and care for patients who stay overnight; ensure that every animal released is clean and properly groomed prior to their release
• Adhere to the hospital's safety and wellness regulations
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions
• Maintain accurate medical records
• Show up for work regularly; full-time presence at work is essential for every shift
• Promote hospital products and services and support the organization
• Respond respectfully with urgency to directions given by Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or Licensed Veterinary Technicians (LVT)
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Manager; may have other assigned duties if working in a specialty area (i.e., dentistry, surgery, emergency, radiology, cardiology, neurology, internal medicine, etc.)

Requirements

• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Veterinary Assistant Certification preferred, or equivalent experience
• Willing to train the right candidate

Schedule

Thursday and Friday, 8AM–6PM. Possibly flexible on the days, but not guaranteed.

Pay

$18.50—$24 USD