Grade UE04: £25,733 - £28,381 per annum
Full-time: 35 hours per week + 2.5 hours contractual weekly overtime
Monday- Friday (6.30am-3pm or 8.30am-5pm) - TBC with successful candidate
Additional overtime opportunities are available
Open-ended (permanent)
The Opportunity:
We are a referral veterinary and teaching hospital with a great team of vets, nurses and assistants who are all committed to animal health and welfare. This is a demanding role and requires dedication, proactivity, flexibility, a resilient work ethic and a strong belief in delivering the highest standard of patient care.
We are seeking a candidate who is interested in all aspects of hospitalised animal care such as kennel cleaning, infection control, feeding inpatients, laundry, walking dogs, assisting vets and vet nurses with procedures on dogs, cats, and exotics, grooming and general day to day patient care.
We have a full 6-8 week training programme where you will shadow our friendly and experienced staff to learn the ropes and opportunities for additional shift cover once fully trained.
Your skills and attributes for success:
Experience working with animals in a veterinary setting is essential.
Ability to work alone as well as part of a team is essential.
Excellent communication skills are essential to this role.
Full, clean driving licence is essential as university van may need to be driven at times.
Informal enquiries about this post can be emailed to Seante Knight s.knight@ed.ac.uk.