Location: West Hartford,CT, USA
Joining a clinic with its own unique identity is like a cross-country car ride with your ears flapping in the breeze. Petcare Veterinary Services is looking to add a compassionate and skilled Veterinary Assistant to our team.
At our Rarebreed clinic, you can help reimagine the veterinary experience in your community. Our small family-like environment means you'll be able to spend extra time getting to know and treating your patients. It's the kind of freedom that feels like running at the speed of light into a 5-story pile of leaves - and that's just the beginning. As part of our team, you'll work with the latest technology, gain access to state-of-the-art training facilities, and collaborate with a positive team to deliver the highest quality of care to the pet patients we all love.
Veterinary Assistant
Petcare Veterinary Services in West Hartford, CT
$17.00 - $22.00 per hour
WHAT YOU'LL DO
* Demonstrate excellent customer service with clients via phone and in-person
* Answers telephone calls quickly, efficiently, and in a professional and friendly manner using a multi-line system
* Warmly greets clients
* Prepares patient files
* Receives and relays client correspondence and updates client financial records
* Answers client's inquiries about basic animal care questions and routine procedures
* Educates clients, answer general questions about treatments, laboratory tests, and explaining administration of medications
* Admits patients and handles medical records entries accurately
* Prepares client invoices for services performed
* Handles payment transactions
* Receives and relays telephone, fax, and email messages accurately and promptly
* Executing treatment orders
* Keeping cages clean and sanitized
* Walking, feeding and picking up after patients
* Various housekeeping duties (laundry, dishes, mopping, taking out garbage etc.)
* Restraining animals
* Collecting urine samples
* Run in-house labs
* Taking radiographs
* Performing blood draws
* Filling prescribed medications
BENEFITS
We're passionate about helping you reach your greatest pet-ential - both at work and at home. As a result, our total compensation package is as outstanding and rewarding as the world's longest belly rub and ear massage combined:
* Great pay with competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
* 401K with 100% company match of up to 3%, and a 50% match for the 4thand 5th%
* Generous paid time off to help you achieve your purr-fect balance
* Employee Ruff-erral Program
* Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, and short-term disability (long-term disability available)
* Accident and critical illness insurance
* Bonding leave enhanced maternity benefit
* Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Saving Account (HSA)
* Continuing education yearly allowance for skills development
* Certification fees reimbursement (eligible employees only)
* Commuter benefits, uniform allowance, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
* Free monthly wellness meetings focused on ways to reduce stress and anxiety, led by the medical director
* Free quarterly financial wellness classes to provide guidance in areas such as student loan debt, budgeting, improving credit scores, mortgages, and refinancing
Plus, special benefits to utilize for your own pet:
* Pet Care: Discounts on veterinary services and products
* Pet Diagnostics: Discounts on reference lab testing
* Pet Food: Discounts on Purina pet foods
REQUIREMENTS
* 1 plus year veterinary experience or education
* Team-oriented
* Ability to multi-task
* Ability to lift 50 pounds
* Must be a team player and have compassion for pets and their people
Rarebreed Veterinary Partners is a purpose-driven team that places talent first by supporting professionals to thrive in our industry and empowering hospital teams to provide exceptional care for pets and their owners. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to create exceptional work experiences for our hospital teams. We focus on providing our hospitals with the best culture, tools, and support to allow the staff to focus on what they love most: caring for our animal companions.
Joining our fun and team-first atmosphere comes with a level of support that's hard to find anywhere else. Everything we do is with purpose - down to the way we invest in our people and create long-overdue change in the industry. We're hyper-focused on supporting our professionals, so they can focus on bringing the gold standard of medicine to our patients and their families. When it all comes together with the joy of working with pets, our career opportunities are as exhilarating as climbing a toy mountain of a gazillion new squeaky balls.
Employment will require the successful completion of references and background check.
Rarebreed Veterinary Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.
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