Do you have ambitions to become a Veterinary Nurse? Here at Southend Victoria Vets for Pets, we enjoy watching our colleagues grow into their chosen careers and are now looking for an enthusiastic Veterinary Care Assistant to join our team in the coming weeks, to progress into an SVN position from September to begin college 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'll be working alongside our Clinical Team and our Client Care Advisors, carrying out a wide range of tasks. We're looking for a team player who is willing to get stuck in, work hard, and is keen to learn. We'll provide training and support to get you going, and you'll quickly become an integral member of the team. Your tasks will include keeping the clinic clean, tidy, and organised, feeding and monitoring in-patients, running clinical tests, managing stock, handling a variety of small animals, helping set up for operations and speaking to clients on the phone and in person. Good verbal communication skills and basic computer literacy are essential to ensure the smooth running of the practice and providing the best standard of patient care. This is a full-time role working 40 hours per week including 1 in 4 weekends (Saturday 9am-6pm and Sunday 10am-4pm). If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare, exceptional customer service and would like to join our team, then we would love to hear from you. The attributes required 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. You will typically need a minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C/level 4 and above including Maths, English and a Science. In short, you like to be busy, enjoy helping people and their pets and always endeavour to make a difference. Benefits In return, we offer such benefits as 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 Location: SS1 1PA Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you