What are the responsibilities and job description for the Veterinary Assistant at Local DVM Owned Clinic position at Pawtown Veterinary Care?
Let's start with the benefits of working with us:
- Work for a small, locally owned business instead of a corporation
- Small staff that provides a supportive, community feel.
- Flexible schedule
- Respect for your knowledge and skills
- Support for a healthy work-life balance
- Low-stress approach to patient care
- Paid time off
- Scrubs allowance
- Bonus Pay
- Closed on Holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
- Close at 5 pm so you can get home for dinner
About Us:
Pawtown Veterinary Care is a small animal veterinary clinic for dogs and cats. We focus on excellent customer service and are committed to providing the highest quality of care for our patients. We believe the way to achieve the best patient and customer care is to hire, support and nourish a great team. We care about our team and want our staff to love their job. Practice owners (Erin and Lauren) have worked as veterinarians for a collective 30 years. We are knowledgeable, approachable and like the variety of veterinary medicine - from wellness to urgent care, surgery, dentistry and more.
Overall Function of the Position:
We love those who are motivated, organized, responsible and caring. We are a close-knit team and we value the desire to help each other, work together and learn from each other. We appreciate people who enjoy educating and communicating with clients. Here are some of the things our Veterinary Assistants do:
- Room patients for appointments (collect history and vitals, assist the veterinarian with exams, diagnostics, treatments, client education/instructions)
- Draw blood, take xrays, assist with ultrasound
- Care for hospitalized patients
- Assist with anesthesia and surgery
- Assist with Dentals and dental xrays
- Perform client call backs and prescription refill requests
- Technician appointments: nail trims, vaccines, etc
- Sedation procedures: wound care, fractured nails, cheat grass, etc
Qualifications:
- Experience working as a Veterinary Assistant for a minimum of 1 year is REQUIRED for this position
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $20.00 - $24.00 per hour
Expected hours: 34 – 36 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Uniform allowance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $20 - $24