Animal Care Assistant - Part Time

Overview

Vets Now Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Part Time Animal Care Assistant

£22,995 Plus Benefits

Vets Now is the UKs leading provider of emergency pet care, serving over 1700 veterinary practices through 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 and Receptionists in our 24/7 emergency and speciality referral Glasgow Hospital. The Vets Now Pet Emergency Hospital in Glasgow provides both a first-class referral service and an out-of-hours emergency service for veterinary practices in and around Glasgow.

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.

5 shifts on / 5 shifts off working 12:00 to 22:00. Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.

• 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 100s 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.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom