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Veterinary Assistant, Urgent Care

Ethos Veterinary Health · Anchorage, AK · 3 wk ago
$23–$27/hrFull-time
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for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Title: Veterinary Assistant $23-$27/hr (depending on experience) Full-time opportunity in Anchorage, Alaska Schedule: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday + 1 Other weekday of your choice! (No Weekends, No Overnights!) - About the role: description: hybrid role combines hands-on patient care with client service at busy emergency and urgent care hospital. You'll be a key part of medical team, supporting doctors and patients with excellent nursing care, while also ensuring clients have welcoming, compassionate, efficient front desk experience. - Why Join Pet Emergency Treatment Urgent Care: description about Ethos Veterinary Health, 40 years, progressive emergency and specialty medicine, advanced diagnostics, in-house stem cell production, etc. - In Your Day-to-day, You Will: list of clinical/patient care tasks and client service/reception tasks. - What You Bring: requirements: Minimum one year experience as Veterinary Assistant or Technician (credentialed Veterinary Technician preferred, not required); ability to thrive in fast-paced environment with compassion, efficiency, flexibility; strong communication and multitasking skills; familiarity with office software, phone systems, scheduling preferred; collaborative mindset and commitment to exceptional patient care. - Perks & Benefits: list: Paid time off, Health insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401K, Flexible schedule, Healthcare spending or reimbursement accounts such as HSAs or FSAs, Retirement benefits or accounts, Education assistance or tuition reimbursement, Employee discounts, Workplace perks such as food/coffee and flexible work schedules, Relocation assistance. Also note Benefit Conditions: Waiting period may apply. Only full-time employees eligible. - Location Highlight: Anchorage offers city amenities with Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet, extensive trail network, year-round outdoor recreation, wildlife sightings. - About Ethos Veterinary Health: description. - Join Us: description. - Application instructions: Candidates can confidentially submit their CV to Talent Acquisition Partner Kira Wolff at [email protected] (should be removed as per instruction: remove application instructions). Also EEO boilerplate removed. - Pay: $23-$27/hr (depending on experience). So we have Pay section. - Schedule: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday + 1 Other weekday of your choice! (No Weekends, No Overnights!). So we have Schedule section. We need to include sections only if posting has real specific content. So we will have: - About the role (maybe combine description from "Why Join Pet Emergency Treatment Urgent Care" and "About Ethos Veterinary Health"? Actually "About the role" heading is for description of role. We have description: "This hybrid role combines hands-on patient care with client service at our busy emergency and urgent care hospital. You'll be a key part of our medical team, supporting doctors and patients with excellent nursing care, while also ensuring our clients have a welcoming, compassionate, and efficient front desk experience." Also maybe include "Why Join Pet Emergency Treatment Urgent Care" as part of About the role? Could be separate but we can combine. But we need to follow instruction: Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can decide which headings to use. We have content for: - About the role: description of role. - Responsibilities: list of duties (clinical/patient care and client service/reception). Could be under Responsibilities. - Requirements: "What You Bring" (minimum one year experience, ability to thrive, communication skills, familiarity with office software, collaborative mindset). Could be Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? But we can treat Requirements as qualifications. Could also have Skills: maybe "Strong communication and multitasking skills; able to balance client interactions with patient care; familiarity with office software, phone systems, and scheduling preferred". Could be Skills. But we need to avoid thin sections. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine. Potential sections: - About the role (description) - Responsibilities (list of duties) - Requirements (experience and skills) - Benefits (list of perks) - Pay (hourly range) - Schedule (work schedule) We could also include "Location" maybe not required as heading not in list; but we could include as part of About the role? Not needed. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers. We must remove boilerplate: EEO, application instructions, etc. We must preserve all substantive information. Thus produce HTML fragment:

About the role

This hybrid role combines hands-on patient care with client service at our busy emergency and urgent care hospital. You'll be a key part of our medical team, supporting doctors and patients with excellent nursing care, while also ensuring our clients have a welcoming, compassionate, and efficient front desk experience. At Pet Emergency Treatment Urgent Care, part of Ethos Veterinary Health, you'll join a hospital that has spent 40 years setting the standard for emergency care in Alaska. Our team practices progressive emergency and specialty medicine with advanced diagnostics, including in-house stem cell production and therapy that few hospitals offer. You'll build both clinical and client service skills in a fast-paced, supportive environment.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with consultations and treatments under the direction of the attending doctor
  • Provide surgical and nursing care, including catheter placement, medication administration, and monitoring hospitalized patients
  • Perform in-house lab work (sample collection, analysis, reporting)
  • Ensure patient comfort and safety at all times
  • Communicate clearly with clients about their pet's status and progress
  • Answer incoming calls and emails; handle client inquiries with professionalism and empathy
  • Schedule appointments and coordinate patient flow
  • Greet and check clients in/out, process payments, and maintain accurate client records
  • Actively listen to client concerns and offer appropriate support and solutions
  • Help manage a busy lobby environment with both clients and their pets
  • Work closely with veterinarians, technicians, and support teams
  • Contribute to a positive, team-focused hospital culture

Requirements

  • Minimum one year of experience as a Veterinary Assistant or Technician (credentialed Veterinary Technician preferred, not required)
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with compassion, efficiency, and flexibility
  • Strong communication and multitasking skills; able to balance client interactions with patient care
  • Familiarity with office software, phone systems, and scheduling preferred
  • Collaborative mindset and commitment to exceptional patient care

Benefits

  • Paid time off
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401K
  • Flexible schedule
  • Healthcare spending or reimbursement accounts such as HSAs or FSAs
  • Retirement benefits or accounts
  • Education assistance or tuition reimbursement
  • Employee discounts
  • Workplace perks such as food/coffee and flexible work schedules
  • Relocation assistance

Benefit Conditions: Waiting period may apply. Only full-time employees eligible.

Pay

$23-$27 per hour (depending on experience)

Schedule

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday + 1 other weekday of your choice (no weekends, no overnights)

We need to ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like Equal Opportunity Employer, application instructions. Check for any leftover: We removed "Candidates can confidentially submit their CV to Talent Acquisition Partner Kira Wolff at [email protected]" and EEO. We kept location highlight? Not included; maybe we could incorporate into About the role? The location highlight is substantive but not required heading. Could add a paragraph under About the role about Anchorage. But we already have About the role paragraph; we could add a sentence about location. However we must preserve all substantive information. The location highlight is substantive: "Anchorage offers city amenities with the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet right at its edge. With an extensive trail network, year-round outdoor recreation, and wildlife sightings within city limits, it's a place where you can build your career and enjoy Alaska's natural beauty every day." We should include that somewhere. Could add a separate section "Location" but not in allowed headings list? The list includes only those headings; but we could still add a

Location? The instruction says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says e.g., implying those are examples, not exclusive? It says "Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect only those headings. But we could incorporate location into About the role paragraph. Similarly, "About Ethos Veterinary Health" and "Join Us" content is substantive; we could incorporate into About the role as well. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we should include details about Ethos Veterinary Health, its part of NVA Group, 140 specialty and emergency hospitals, etc. Also "Join Us At Ethos, this isn't just a job, it's an opportunity to practice medicine at the highest level and help shape the future of veterinary care." That's also substantive. We could add a paragraph after About the role describing Ethos Veterinary Health and the opportunity. Thus About the role paragraph could be longer, covering role description, why join, Ethos details, location highlight. Let's craft About the role paragraph: "This hybrid role combines hands-on patient care with client service at our busy emergency and urgent care hospital. You'll be a key part of our medical team, supporting doctors and patients with excellent nursing care, while also ensuring our clients have a welcoming, compassionate, and efficient front desk experience. At Pet Emergency Treatment Urgent Care, part of Ethos Veterinary Health, you'll join a hospital that has spent 40 years setting the standard for emergency care in Alaska. Our team practices progressive emergency and specialty medicine with advanced diagnostics, including in-house stem cell production and therapy that few hospitals offer. You'll build both clinical and client service skills in a fast-paced, supportive environment. Ethos Veterinary Health, part of the NVA Group, operates 140 specialty and emergency hospitals where science moves forward, standards are elevated, and innovation is put into practice daily. You'll work alongside respected veterinary leaders in academic-caliber hospitals designed for learning, teaching, and discovery, with mentorship a two-way street. Anchorage offers city amenities with the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet right at its edge, with an extensive trail network, year-round outdoor recreation, and wildlife sightings within city limits—a place where you can build your career and enjoy Alaska's natural beauty every day." That covers all. Now we need to ensure we didn't duplicate content elsewhere. We removed the separate "Why Join Pet Emergency Treatment Urgent Care", "About Ethos Veterinary Health", "Join Us", "Location Highlight". All content incorporated. Now check responsibilities list: we included all tasks from both clinical/patient care and client service/reception. Check requirements: we included all from "What You Bring". Check benefits: we included all from "Perks & Benefits" plus the condition note. Check Pay: we included

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