Veterinary Assistant

Description

Position at City Pet Hospital

Veterinary Assistant

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour

City Pet Hospital is looking for a compassionate, motivated, articulate, enthusiastic "people person" who pays attention to detail. Our ideal candidate can work in a fast-paced environment, enjoys interacting with a wide variety of clients and their pets, takes pride in a job well done and can work Weekdays or Weekends as needed. This position could include cross-training with different departments.

City Pet Hospital is a full-service animal hospital that provides superior veterinary care services, including wellness, surgical, and emergency care, to the pets and clients in our community seven days a week.

We understand how important pets are and treat patients like the valued family members they are. Our love for animals is at the core of everything we do at City Pet Hospital and that’s why we take our roles seriously by dedicating ourselves to ensuring our patient’s complete wellness. Our goal is to exceed our expectations of veterinary care by providing value-driven service while celebrating and never losing touch of the human-animal bond.

At City Pet Hospital, we take care of our team members as well as our patients and clients. We do this by providing our team members all opportunities to grow professionally along with the practice.

If you feel that we would be a great fit for you, we would love to talk with you. Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity!

Responsibilities and Duties

• Greet patients, their pets, vendors, pharmaceutical representatives, and other visitors to our medical office
• Educate clients on the importance of preventative care
• Answer patient questions, provide assistance and directions when necessary
• Field all phone calls and send emails
• Utilize our medical office software to schedule new and follow-up appointments for our patients
• Register new patients and update necessary records
• Checking in and out clients/patients
• Distribute forms and paperwork to patients and then check them over to ensure that required fields are completed appropriately
• Maintain confidentiality of all patient records
• Ensure that the waiting room environment remains quiet, calm, organized and welcoming
• Uphold the positive reputation of our medical office by always treating visitors in a friendly, welcoming, and compassionate manner
• Be willing and comfortable learning and performing medical and office procedures (placing IV catheters, digital radiography, ultrasound, blood and urine collection, anesthetic monitoring, assisting in surgery, animal restraint, dispensing medications, checking in and charging out clients, general cleaning, giving oral and injectable medications, providing client education, dental polishing and scaling)
• Physical ability to lift, restrain and move 50 pound animals on your own, the ability to be on your feet for several hours at a time, and the ability to stand, reach, and bend on a regular and consistent basis
  
  
  

Benefits and Perks:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options, all starting first of the month following date of hire
• 401K with company match
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account options included
• Long Term Disability options
• Short Term Disability, paid for by employer
• Complimentary Life Insurance $15,000; with options to purchase additional voluntary benefits for self or family
• Generous Continuing Education allowance with paid CE days off
• Personal Pet Discounts
• PTO and Paid Holidays
• Company Sponsored Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  
  
  

We will love your experience, passion, drive, and ability to work well with a team. This is a full-time position, and while we prefer experience in a Veterinary setting, we are willing to train the right person.

Think you're the Veterinary Assistant we're looking for? Apply now!

We are a proud United Veterinary Care Partner hospital. United Veterinary Care supports the unique culture and individuality of each partner hospital while empowering the hospital teams in their care for patients. One of our goals is to support our community of hospitals in creating sustainable, fulfilling careers in a profession we love.