Animal Care Assistant - Nightshift and Weekends - United Kingdom Jobs Opening

September 5, 2024

Vets Now

Bournemouth

PART TIME

Animal Care Assistant - Nightshift and Weekends

Animal Care Assistant – Nightshift and Weekends
£12.60ph 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 Bournemouth 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
Role 1:
2 x night shifts per week over Monday to Thursday from 23:00 to 07:30 and every other Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00
Role 2:
2 x night shifts per week over Monday to Thursday from 23:00 to 07:30 and one in four Sunday’s from 12:00 to 18:00
Please indicate on your application which or if both positions you wish to be considered for.
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

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

We regret to inform you that this job opportunity is no longer available