Pets at Home

Veterinary Care Assistant

Pets at Home  •  Onsite  •  6 hours ago
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Job Description

VCA role (36 hours)

Sprowston Vets 4 Pets NR7 9AZ

We are looking for a full time Veterinary Care assistant to join our dedicated patient care team.

We are a thriving practice with an excellent reputation within the community, looking for an individual to join our team.

We are looking for someone whom is able to work within a busy large team, assisting all teams to provide excellent patient and client care.

The focus of the role is to help with general hygiene within the clinic, provide exceptional client care and assist with basic handling of patients with the nursing team direction.

Previous experience is an advantage, but not necessary.

Your days will have varied roles and tasks with detailed training provided for these roles.

This is not a training position for nursing qualifications

This is a full time role of 36 hours which breaks down as 4 x 8 hour shifts and one in 8 weekends

The shift pattern will be varied within our opening hours but you will have a set day off, as well as set weekend to work

Benefits

In return we offer such benefits as 20% discount at the vet group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room. Access to discounts and cashbacks, pension and holiday allowance.

Please send you CV to Debbie.judd@vets4pets.com

Pets at Home

About Pets at Home

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/

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Handforth, GB
Year Founded
1991
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