Veterinary Care Assistant

Job Description

Leeds Birstall 24/7 Hospital are looking for an experienced Veterinary Care Assistant to join their friendly, knowledgeable, and experienced team.

• 24/7 RCVS accredited OOH hospital and referral centre
• Family run award-winning practice
• 40 hrs Contract (35 hrs per week + 1 in 4 weekends (2 x10hr shifts)
• Fantastic educational and career progression opportunities

About us:

Set up by our JVPs, Keith and Julie Leonard in 2012, we are a family run, RCVS Accredited Hospital and Emergency Service Clinic, providing OOH and referral support to 16 referring surgeries. This is run alongside a thriving first opinion business meaning we get the best of both worlds: the case variety you expect to find in a busy general practice and the opportunity to provide high quality, advanced, referral level care to our patients in-house.

With an experienced team of over 60 colleagues, an abundance of qualifications in a range of disciplines (ECC and small animal surgery) and a fantastic management network to provide support and progression opportunities we really believe there is no better team to be a part of.

You can find out more about this and our team on our website.

The role:

You will be working as part of a highly skilled and experienced team. This role is full time working 40 hours including 35 hours per week plus 1 in 4 weekends (x2 10 hours shifts). The hours will include a mixture of early and late shifts between 7.30am and 8.30pm.

We are looking for someone with a minimum of 1 years' experience as a VCA in a vet practice or Level 2 Diploma in Animal Management or City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma for Veterinary Care Assistants.

Most importantly we are looking for someone who will embrace our team culture in which we have fun at work, get better everyday and look out for each other.

Benefits

• In-house support and training from certificate holders- Vet and Nurse
• Pension, income protection, life insurance
• 20% off at all the Pets at Home group including Pets at Home, Vets4Pets and the Groom Room
• Access to Our reward hub giving exclusive discounts across a range of high street retails, supermarkets and more

If you would like to find about more about us or this brilliant opportunity, meet the team or pay us a visit please get in touch, we would love to hear from you: e-mail nick.johnson@vets4pets.com

Location: WF17 9AD

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!