Veterinary Care Assistant

Veterinary Care Assistant – Flexible Hours
Epsom Vets4Pets

Our small animal training practice in Epsom is looking for a Veterinary Care Assistant to join our friendly and welcoming team on a permanent basis.

About us:
We are based inside a busy Pets at Home store offering free onsite parking and ideally situated close to the town centre and within a 7 minute walk of Epsom train station. The practice offers a range of state of the art equipment including digital X-ray, ultrasound with Doppler, a growing orthopaedic kit and separate dog and cat wards.
You will be joining a fun, hardworking, dedicated team of 2 full time vets, 3 RVNs, 1 Practice Manager, 1 SVN, 1 VCA and 2 receptionists all trying to make a difference to our clients by offering exceptional client care with community at our core.
Our partners Lenesa (head vet) has a wealth of managing and veterinary experience and enjoy building, supporting and working with their fantastic team. She really values the contribution that her nurses make and is looking for her new colleague to be personable and approachable and enjoy building relationships with patients, clients and the team.

About you:
You will be a Veterinary Care Assistant who enjoys working as part of a great team, who has good all round nursing skills and fantastic communication skills.
Ideally you will have an interest in nurse clinics, and we are also happy to support any specific interest you may have in the field of vet nursing! Our new colleague will be empathetic, passionate about the industry and will be compassionate about animal care; someone who strives to deliver the very best service for our animals and clients, every single time.

About the role:
The role involves animal handling and predominantly supporting the veterinary team in all aspects of clinical practice, therefore we are ideally looking for candidates with previous experience.
There will be significant reception and front of house responsibility with the role therefore you will also need to have strong communication and customer service skills.
The successful candidate must be within 30 minutes travel distnace to the practice.
Our rotas are designed to be as fair as possible and the new position required will be as flexible as possible and could be 4 days a week, with part time hours considered for the right candidate. The hours will also include a shared weekend rota of 1 in 3.
There are no OOH which means that all of our team get to enjoy an excellent work/life balance which we actively promote, knowing how important it is for a happy workplace!

In return for your hard work we can offer you:
Supportive and friendly working environment
Excellent career opportunities and development 1 in 3 weekends
No OOHs
Contributory pension scheme
Dedicated CPD allowance
Generous annual leave
Paid memberships (RCVS, BVNA, VDS)
Exclusive company and high street discounts and rewards

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer

For further information, please email Lauren.clutterbuck@vets4pets.com or alternatively, you can apply at https://vacancies.vets4petscareers.com/

Location: KT17 1HQ

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!