Night Patient Care Assistant

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Job Title: Night Patient Care Assistant (PCA)

Location: Newmarket, Cambridge

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours averaged per week

Shifts: 12 hour night shifts on a 4 on 5 off pattern, between the hours of 6.30pm-6.30am, covering weekday and weekend and Bank Holiday nights.

We are seeking passionate and enthusiastic Patient Care Assistant to join our vibrant Night Team, working within a wards-based setting in our busy, purpose-built specialist veterinary hospital.

As a Night PCA, you would be involved in all aspects of the care of our canine and feline patients, from their admission through to discharge. This is a varied, hands-on role, rotating across all wards and including everything from basic animal husbandry, through to supporting patients during specialist veterinary procedures and administering oral medications. Alongside patient care you would also be responsible for ensuring that the cleanliness and stock levels within the wards are maintained, following infection control protocols to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for the patients.

The varied role will allow you to develop a broad range of experience and knowledge of working in a veterinary referral hospital.

• Ensure highest level of patient care is provided
• Demonstrate professional behaviours and a committed approach to tasks.
• Maintain a clean and hygienic clinical environment
• Work and communicate effectively with clients and associates.
• Working under the direction of Veterinary Surgeons and Registered Veterinary Nurses you will be involved in aspects of housekeeping and husbandry duties.
• Follow Standard Operating Procedures at all times to include but not limited to; clinical tasks, patient restraint, waste disposal, infection control and health and safety policies.

To be successful in this role you need to be highly organised, have the physical, mental and emotional stamina required to work with sick animals, and have the ability to cope with a fast-paced working environment. You should be a highly motivated team player and have the passion and drive for delivering outstanding care for clients and their beloved pets.

If you have a desire to build a career working with and caring for animals, with in-house training, we are the ideal working environment to help you flourish. Although not a requirement of the role, many of our PCAs eventually progress onto further education programmes as Student Veterinary Nurses or take their PCA pathway into a different role within DWR.

PCA experience is not necessary as full training will be provided, although it would be beneficial to have a basic knowledge of animal care and handling.

Due to H&S considerations, applicants must be over 18 years old.

• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Group Pension scheme
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Wellness program including:
• Employee assistance program
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual Flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme.

DWR Veterinary Specialists (DWR) is one of the largest specialist multi-disciplinary veterinary referral centres in Europe, offering outstanding levels of clinical care in state-of-the-art facilities.

Our dedicated vets, nurses and nursing assistants, supported by the client care teams, are committed to providing the highest quality care for pets. Many…