Animal Care Assistant – Sunday
Dundee
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Permanent
£13.45 an hour
- Assist clinical teams in providing a comfortable environment and managing busy emergency clinic shifts.
- Ideal candidates should have experience in animal care, good communication skills, and a compassionate attitude.
- This is a Sunday position from 17:30 to 00:00, offering competitive pay and multiple employee benefits.
About the Job
Animal Care Assistant – Sunday’s
£13.45ph 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
Every Sunday from 17:30 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