Animal Care Assistant – Weekends
£12.60ph plus benefits
Join the Team at Vets Now – Providing Exceptional Emergency Pet Care
Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care, serving over 1700 veterinary practices through 60 plus dedicated out-of-hours clinics and two 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. Join our clinic team in Dundee and contribute to the vital emergency and critical care service we provide.
Key Responsibilities
As an Animal Care Assistant at Vets Now, you will play a crucial role in assisting our clinical teams with providing a comfortable and stress-free in-patient environment whilst negotiating busy shifts in an emergency clinic. Your responsibilities will include:
Working under the guidance of Vet Nurses and Vet Surgeons.
Handling patients for basic procedures and assisting with running diagnostic tests.
Assisting in setting up and clearing down theatres for surgical procedures.
Ensuring all in-patients have their basic husbandry needs attended to.
Rota Pattern
You will work 1:3 Sunday’s from 18:00 to 00:00
What we offer
7 weeks pro rata annual leave
Your birthday as a paid day off
Cash Health Plan provided by Simply Health
Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
£780 CPD allowance pro-rata
10 hours paid CPD hours annually pro-rata
Family-friendly policies including sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes
UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
Paid volunteering days
Death in service of two times annual salary
We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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