Full Time Animal Care Assistant
Up to £25,897 DOE plus benefits
About Vets Now
Vets Now are the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care, providing a trusted service to more than 1700 veterinary practices – from 60 plus dedicated out-of-hours clinics and two 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. You will be joining a dedicated team of Vets, Nurses, Animal Care Assistants, Receptionists in our 24/7 emergency and speciality referral Manchester Hospital. The Vets Now Pet Emergency Hospital in Manchester provides both a first-class referral service and an out-of-hours emergency service for veterinary practices in and around the Manchester area.
Role and Responsibilities
As an Animal Care Assistant at Vets Now, you will play a crucial role in assisting our clinical teams with providing a comfortable and stress-free in-patient environment whilst negotiating busy shifts in an emergency clinic. Your responsibilities will include:
* Working under the guidance of Vet Nurses and Vet Surgeons.
* Handling patients for basic procedures and assisting with running diagnostic tests.
* Assisting in setting up and clearing down theatres for surgical procedures.
* Ensuring all in-patients have their basic husbandry needs attended to.
Working pattern
Monday to Friday working either 07:00 to 15:00, 08:00 to 16:00, 09:00 to 17:00 or 12:00 to 20:00.
1:3 weekends working Saturday and Sunday either 07:00 to 15:00, 08:00 to 16:00, 09:00 to 17:00 or 12:00 to 20:00.
Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.
Why Vets Now?
* 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
* Your birthday as a paid day off
* Cash Health Plan provided by Simply Health
* Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
* £780 CPD allowance pro-rata
* 10 hours paid CPD hours annually pro-rata
* Family-friendly policies including sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes
* UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
* Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
* Paid volunteering days
* Death in service of two times annual salary
We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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