Job Description

Join our friendly and busy Canvey Island team!

We’re looking for a Veterinary Care Assistant (VCA) to join our supportive team at our Canvey Island practice.

You’ll be working alongside a great team of 3 vets, 4 RVNs, SVNs, VCAs and CCAs, all working together to provide excellent patient and client care.

We’re a busy clinic with a varied caseload, offering plenty of opportunities to get involved, develop your skills and build your experience. Whether you’re looking to grow your confidence in practice or take the next step in your veterinary career, we’ll support you to learn, develop and progress.

What you can expect:

• A friendly, supportive and collaborative team
• A busy and varied caseload
• Opportunities to develop your clinical and patient-care skills
• Support from experienced vets, RVNs and the wider nursing team
• Plenty of opportunities to learn, grow and develop your career
• A team that values excellent patient and client care

The role also involves participation in weekend, bank holiday and on-call rotations, supporting our 24-hour hospital in Southend. This gives you the opportunity to gain experience in a different clinical environment while working alongside our wider hospital team.

If you’re enthusiastic, caring and keen to learn, we’d love to hear from you!

Your career means more than a rota and a job title, that’s why we offer:

Health and wellbeing

• Health Cash Plan from day one
• 24/7 counselling and wellbeing support
• Life Assurance 3 x salary

Annual leave

• 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising with length of service
• Extra ‘Day for You’, a paid day off just for you

Additional support

• Cycle to Work
• Season Ticket loans
• Discounts on Medivet products and services

About you

You’re skilled at providing exceptional client care and are passionate about caring for pets. You’re a team player who wants to make a real difference in a practice that values and supports you.

We welcome applications from candidates able to prioritise, remain calm under pressure and who are flexible and willing to learn.

This role is not suitable for young workers in line with Health and Safety Executive (government) direction due to the expected duties of the role. Therefore, you will be asked to confirm that you are over the age of 18 as part of the application process.

What you’ll be doing

Typically, in this role, you’ll:

• Deliver exceptional care to clients, supporting surgeries and procedures, complying with all regulatory, practice and operational standards
• Deliver patient monitoring and care to pets, including walking, toileting and feeding
• Work collaboratively within a supportive team