VCA Animal Hospitals

Veterinary Doctor's Assistant (EMERGENCY)

VCA Animal Hospitals  •  United States (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

VCA Animal Specialty Group (ASG)is seeking an experienced Doctor’s Assistant (DA) for our ER dept. ASG is located in Los Angeles, Glendale adjacent.

Primary skills required for this position:

  • Triage patients, including STAT calls as needed

  • Communicate with clients to obtain histories, explain estimates, discharges and euthanasia paperwork

  • Create estimates and present to clients

  • Thoroughly relay patient histories to doctors and technicians

  • Help maintain the flow of the doctor's schedules & triages

  • Create treatment sheets in Smart Flow per doctor's instructions

  • Fill prescriptions to go home with clients

  • Answer calls, and send and receive emails/text messages

  • Manage daily tasks (lab & radiology reports, filing, call backs/updates, enter charges, export Smart Flow discharges into Woofware, etc.)

  • Ensure patients are clean and comfortable

  • Help clean and maintain the overall treatment floor and hospital

Why You Should Consider VCA Animal Specialty Group:

  • Shifts: 10-hours, 4 days/week

  • Shift Hours: 4pm - 230am

  • Competitive compensation from $23-$28

  • Hands on patient handing opportunities once trained

  • Complete benefits package, including medical/dental/vision insurance (after 30 days of employment)

  • Accrued vacation and sick time

  • Paid holidays *

  • 401k (with company matching)

  • Employee pet discounts

  • Health and wellness resources

  • and much more!

If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development).We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com.

VCA Animal Hospitals

About VCA Animal Hospitals

A leader in veterinary care, VCA Animal Hospitals is committed to taking care of the future of veterinary medicine. We are a family of hometown animal hospitals determined to positively impact pets, people and our communities. From general practice to emergency and specialty care, VCA delivers world-class medicine and hometown care to more than four million pets each year. We invest in cutting-edge tools, training and technology that enable Associates across our national network of hospitals to lead the industry today and into tomorrow. Among our talented 35,000 Associates are nearly 7,000 veterinarians – including 430 who are board-certified specialists – nearly 4,000 credentialed technicians and over 10,000 veterinary assistants – all dedicated to giving pets the very best in medical care.

As part of the Mars Veterinary Health family of brands, VCA is taking care of the future of veterinary medicine to help achieve the Mars Petcare Purpose—A Better World for Pets™. To learn more about VCA, visit: www.vca.com or find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Industry
Veterinary & Animal Care
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1986
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