Veterinary Care Assistant

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Veterinary Care Assistant to join our Carrickfergus Vets for Pets practice. Our practice is bright, spacious, air-conditioned and purpose built to industry leading standards and has state of the art equipment including digital X-ray and in-house laboratory facilities. You will be joining our supportive team of 3 RVNs, 1 SVN, 4 Vets and 3 CCAs. You will assist all colleagues with non-clinical duties to support smooth running of the practice and provide the best standard of patient care. This is an excellent opportunity with the potential of future progression to a student Veterinary nurse position. Location: BT38 8HQ

Requirements

• You are the friendly and welcoming face for the client and their pets when they arrive at the practice.
• You are able to provide guidance by keeping yourself fully up-to-speed with the practice services and any additional services available.
• You are calm, attentive, and always focus on the clients’ needs.
• You will bring enthusiasm and drive to your role.
• Your passion for service is matched with your love of pets.
• You can deal with everything that is thrown at you, from comforting a client who has had some bad news about their pet or sharing in the joy of a new puppy’s first visit to the vet.
• Your personality is infectious and along with your fellow colleagues, you create a welcoming and friendly atmosphere in the practice.
• In short, you like to be busy, enjoy helping people and their pets and always endeavour to make a difference.

Benefits

• 20% discount at the Vet Group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room
• Access to discounts and cashbacks
• In-house career development opportunities
• Pension and holiday allowance

Pay

The salary for this role is national minimum wage.

Schedule

This is a Full Time role working 37.5 hours per week, including two 8:30am to 7pm shifts and two 8:30am to 4:45pm shifts. Some Saturday shifts (9am to 12pm) will be required, this is a maximum of 1 in 3 Saturdays.