Pets at Home

Veterinary Care Assistant

Pets at Home  •  Onsite  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Love animals and want a hands-on role where you can make a real difference?

We’re looking for a caring and enthusiastic Veterinary Care Assistant to join our friendly team at Farnborough Vets for Pets.

You’ll play an important role in supporting our vets and nurses, helping to care for our patients and keeping the practice running smoothly. It’s a varied role that’s perfect for someone who loves animals, enjoys being part of a busy team and isn’t afraid to get stuck in.

What you’ll be doing

  • Supporting our vets and nurses with the day-to-day care of patients
  • Helping keep pets comfortable during their time with us
  • Maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene throughout the practice
  • Cleaning and preparing equipment and clinical areas
  • Providing a warm and compassionate experience for clients and their pets
  • Supporting the wider team to help the practice run smoothly

About you

  • You’ll be caring, reliable and passionate about animal welfare, with a positive attitude and great communication skills.
  • You’ll enjoy working as part of a team, be comfortable in a busy environment and understand that veterinary practice can sometimes be emotional as well as incredibly rewarding.
  • Previous animal care or veterinary experience would be beneficial, but above all, we’re looking for someone with enthusiasm, compassion and a genuine love of pets.

This is a full-time role working 40 hours per week, including 1 in 3 weekends with a salary in line with national minimum wage

Weekday shifts:

  • 8:30am – 4:45pm
  • 11:00am – 7:15pm

Weekend shifts:

  • Saturday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
  • Sunday: 10:00am – 4:00pm

Benefits

  • Working with our practice cat Marley
  • 20% discount across the Vet Group, Pets at Home and The Groom Room
  • Additional discounts and cashback offers
  • In-house career development opportunities
  • Pension scheme
  • Holiday allowance

If you’re passionate about pets and looking for an opportunity to build your experience within a supportive veterinary team, we’d love to hear from you.

For an informal and confidential conversation please contact Maria.Lewis@vetsforpets.com

Location: GU14 7QL

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. 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!

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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