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Job Title: Patient Care Assistant
Location: 608 Vets, Solihull (B91 1AA), travel to our two other practices may be required.
5 hours per week, the role is part of a rota with three other PCAs that involves 1 weekend in 3, a week of 7am starts and a week of 9pm finishes.
608 Vets based in Solihull are recruiting for a motivated and experienced Patient Care Assistant to join their team! In this role you will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills working in a primary care vets. Patient Care Assistant's are an essential part of the Practice Team. Working alongside the clinical team and the client care team, the ideal candidate will have a good background in animal handling, with previous veterinary care experience preferred.
High standards of patient care and premises management need to be maintained at all times, and the PCAs are key to achieving this.
The right candidate will have an Animal Care qualification and want to ensure the highest standard of care is provided for our patients and clients. Giving oral medication under supervision
Completing paperwork to ensure accurate monitoring of all in-patient care
Appropriate husbandry and care of patients, as directed
Deep Cleaning kennels, the hospital and other practice areas
Training will of course be provided.
5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
~ Career progression opportunities
~ Staff discount schemes
~ Life Assurance
~ Enhanced sickness pay
~ Enhanced equal family leave
~ E-car salary sacrifice scheme
~ Recruitment referral reward scheme
~ Employer contribution pension scheme
~ Wellness program including:
~ Employee assistance program
~ Eyecare voucher scheme
~ Cycle to work scheme
Established for over 90 years, 608 Vet Practice offer primary care services for small animals and pets in the locations of Solihull, Acocks Green and Bentley Health. All our practices offer a full range of veterinary care, 24 hours a day seven days a week from our highly experienced team who strive to provide excellent quality veterinary care.
#Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people.
We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets
- We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet
- We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing - valuing equity, diversity and inclusion
- We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates.
At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people.
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