Urgent Care Senior Veterinary Assistant
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Urgent Care Senior Veterinary Assistant

Department: UrgentVet Hospitals

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: UrgentVet - The Villages

Reporting To: Practice Manager

Description

UrgentVet bridges the gap between daytime general practice and emergency/overnight care, offering after-hours care for canine and feline patients without the additional expense of emergency clinic fees. Our hospitals offer care for common urgent cases, including wound management, ear infections, vomiting/diarrhea, and euthanasia. Each of our paperless clinics is specially designed to deliver efficient care and equipped with cloud-based EMR, digital x-ray, and a full suite of IDEXX in-house lab equipment.

Are you looking for an opportunity to make an impact in your community while tackling a challenging, variety of tasks and the ability to helps animals among a great team of people? Our clinic is seeking a Full-time Senior Veterinary Assistant to help provide outstanding patient care, team leadership, and client service in a fast-paced, state-of-the-art urgent care clinic.

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Ideal Candidate

* Demonstrates professionalism, dependability, healthy and positive communication skills, and the ability to multi-task in a hands-on environment

* Energetic people-and-pet person with excellent work ethic and social and organizational skills

* Willing to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays

* Full-time employees may be required to travel for on-site training and onboarding

* Prior customer service experience

* Prior experience working with animals in a hospital setting

* Must be able to lift 40 lbs

Skills, Knowledge, & Expertise

* Animal handling experience including patient restraint, sample collection, and monitoring

* Clinical skills including phlebotomy, catheter placement, laboratory analysis, and drug calculation

* Additional duties including facility maintenance and client education

Benefits

* Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision Options)

* 401k Match

* Generous paid time off (PTO)

* Six (6) weeks of paid Parental Leave

* One (1) Work/Life Balance day off

* Short-term and long-term disability options

* Supplemental insurance options

* Discounted Veterinary Care

* Scrub allowance

* Hands-on and E-training

* Professional growth opportunities

* Tuition assistance for prospective Veterinary Technician Students

* Tuition reimbursement for Credentialed/Registered Veterinary Technicians