Dorchester Vets for Pets is looking for a receptionist to join their team! We are a team of four vets, six registered veterinary nurses and four receptionists - we are looking to add one more dedicated, compassionate colleague to our team! The practice is purpose built with some great facilities including operating theatre, two dedicated consult rooms, a nurse consult room/diagnostic imaging room, dental equipment and in-house lab equipment.
The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills - both to clients and colleagues, face to face, over the phone or via other communications. It is a varied role, with duties including booking appointments, dealing with general enquiries, taking payments, filing, general administration, some cleaning duties and interacting with clients at potentially trying times.
Ideally looking for someone to join us part time, of 20 hours per week with some flexibility in exact hours and rota to fit around you.
Key attributes:
We offer a supportive and friendly working environment with a competitive salary and holiday allowance, flexibility and work-life balance, as well as exclusive company discounts and rewards - including 20% off at Pets at Home and The Groom Room.
If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare, and exceptional customer service then we would love to hear from you.
Location DT1 2RY
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!
Since 1991, when we were a wholesaler with a team of just 15, we’ve been focused on getting better every day. By putting pets before profit, working as a team and taking pride in everything we do, we’ve grown into a 451 store network with more than 8,913 colleagues working in our Stores, Grooming Salons, Distribution Centres and Support Office.
We are the UK’s leading pet specialist, providing pet owners with all their product needs, as well as our Vets for Pets practices and Grooming salons. We support our colleagues to work with pride and passion, to bring honesty and integrity to work every day, and to do it all with a sense of fun and fearlessness. We never shy away from having the important conversations and doing what we say we’ll do.
Our values and behaviours are practiced daily across the business and are what really makes us an enjoyable, exciting place to work. We're always striving to develop and reward our colleagues with an extensive in-house series of training programmes, wellbeing initiatives and a comprehensive benefits package. In 2018 we were delighted to be voted top 5 in the Great Place to Work UK’s Large category.
Our colleagues are central to the success of the business and are fully trained in pet care and dedicated to animal welfare. Pets are central to everything that we do and 93% of colleagues have their own pets too!
If you like the sound of life at Pets at Home, you can find out more on our dedicated careers site: https://www.petsathomejobs.com/
