Veterinary Assistant

Job: Veterinary Assistant

The Values of Fairfield Animal Hospital

1. The patient always comes first.  
2. Our existence is due to our clients.  
3. We grow, and struggle, as a team. 
4. To embrace the future, we must continue to educate ourselves. 
5. To build a community, we must concern ourselves with all parts. 

We at Fairfield Animal Hospital try to live by these values every day. We strive to always put every patient’s needs first. We find that by keeping our values in focus, we provide the best possible atmosphere for our patients, our customers (“client”), and our team. It is our desire to see you happy to come into work each day, to see the joy in your face as we release another patient to their human. We will grow, to continually implement new services, techniques, and continuing education, and together we will provide state-of-the-art veterinary care to our community.  

What you will have the opportunity to do: 

1. Enhanced client education and knowledge concerning, adequate and important health care, tests, and medications for their pet. 
2. Provide nursing care for patients, assist in surgical procedures, and provide/monitor anesthesia for patients. 
3. Provide emergency and life saving care for patients on recovery or injured. 
4. Take radiographs, collect and perform laboratory tests using our in house machines. 
5. Venipuncture, IV catheter placement, cystocentesis, etc. 
6. Restrain animals during exams or procedures. 
7. Administer medications, vaccines, and other treatments prescribed by a veterinarian. 
8. Our Doctors fully utilize our technicians and assistants.

The Benefits we offer: 

1. No weekends. We are open Monday through Friday. (M-Th 8 am -7:30 pm, Fri 8 am - 4:30 pm) 
2. Competitive wages
3. 401K
4. Medical insurance
5. Social outings 
6. Employee discounts
7. Opportunities to grow using individual development plans
8. Externship program
9. Team based decision making
10. We welcome students

Contact: If you are interested in learning more and possibly joining our team, apply here!

We look forward to receiving your application and learning more about you!