Urgent Care Senior Veterinary Assistant - #1397881

Department: UrgentVet Hospitals

Location: UrgentVet - The Woodlands

Description

UrgentVet bridges the gap between daytime general practice and emergency/overnight care, offering after-hours care for canine and feline patients without the additional expense of emergency clinic fees. Our hospitals offer care for common urgent cases, including wound management, ear infections, vomiting/diarrhea, and euthanasia. Each of our paperless clinics is specially designed to deliver efficient care and equipped with cloud-based EMR, digital x-ray, and a full suite of IDEXX in-house lab equipment.

Are you looking for an opportunity to make an impact in your community while tackling a challenging, variety of tasks and the ability to helps animals among a great team of people? Our clinic is seeking a Full-time Senior Veterinary Assistant to help provide outstanding patient care, team leadership, and client service in a fast-paced, state-of-the-art urgent care clinic.

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Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrates professionalism, dependability, healthy and positive communication skills, and the ability to multi-task in a hands-on environment


• Energetic people-and-pet person with excellent work ethic and social and organizational skills


• Willing to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays


• Full-time employees may be required to travel for on-site training and onboarding


• Prior customer service experience


• Prior experience working with animals in a hospital setting


• Must be able to lift 40 lbs

Skills, Knowledge, & Expertise

• Animal handling experience including patient restraint, sample collection, and monitoring


• Clinical skills including phlebotomy, catheter placement, laboratory analysis, and drug calculation


• Additional duties including facility maintenance and client education

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision Options)


• 401k Match


• Generous paid time off (PTO)


• Six (6) weeks of paid Parental Leave


• One (1) Work/Life Balance day off


• Short-term and long-term disability options


• Supplemental insurance options


• Discounted Veterinary Care


• Scrub allowance


• Hands-on and E-training


• Professional growth opportunities


• Tuition assistance for prospective Veterinary Technician Students


• Tuition reimbursement for Credentialed/Registered Veterinary Technicians