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MedivetVeterinary Services

Veterinary Care Assistant

Location

Carterton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Work type

Onsite

Employment

Full Time

Experience

1-3 years

Compensation

£26.5K - £26.5K per year

Posted

2h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

This full-time Veterinary Care Assistant role involves supporting nurses and vets with in-patient procedures and pet care, ensuring exceptional service to clients, patients, and colleagues. Key responsibilities include assisting with surgeries, monitoring patients, and performing daily care tasks like walking, toileting, and feeding pets.

As a Veterinary Care Assistant (VCA) you will support the nurse and vets with in-patient procedures and pet care delivering exceptional care always there to our clients, patients, and colleagues.


What you’ll be doing

  • Deliver exceptional care to clients, supporting surgeries and procedures, complying with all regulatory, practice and operational standards

  • Deliver patient monitoring and care to pets, including walking, toileting and feeding

  • Work collaboratively within a supportive team


About you

You’re skilled at providing exceptional client care and are passionate about caring for pets. You’re a team player who wants to make a real difference in a practice that values and supports you.

We welcome applications from candidates able to prioritise, remain calm under pressure and who are flexible and willing to learn.

This role is not suitable for young workers in line with Health and Safety Executive (government) direction due to the expected duties of the role. Therefore, you will be asked to confirm that you are over the age of 18 as part of the application process.

Updated 2h ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Client Care • 1+ yrs
Pet Care • 1+ yrs
Teamwork • 1+ yrs
Prioritization • 1+ yrs
Pressure Management • 1+ yrs
Flexibility • 1+ yrs
Surgical Support • 1+ yrs
Patient Monitoring • 1+ yrs

Experience

1-3 years

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Operations

Industries

Wildlife & Conservation

Employment

Full Time

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

£26.5K - £26.5K per year

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyGBP
PeriodYearly

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationCarterton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Work typeOnsite
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleHigh8/10
physicalMedium6/10
cognitiveMedium6/10
executionHigh8/10
creativityLow3/10
uncertaintyMedium5/10
communicationMedium7/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

Medivet

Team size

Growing team

Location

Carterton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Founded in 1987, Medivet is a leading veterinary care provider, operating in the UK, Germany, and Spain with more than 500 branches and 26 state-of-the art, 24-hour veterinary centres. Through its unique ‘Partner’ co-ownership model, its leading Brand and fully integrated model, Medivet supports a large, connected and rapidly growing community of over 1,500 devoted vets who are committed to providing Exceptional care, always there.

The Company offers a broad range of mainly small animal veterinary services – including both routine and advanced surgery – to meet all a pet’s health and wellbeing needs, from microchipping and neutering to more complicated surgeries and leading-edge diagnostic technology.

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Veterinary Care Assistant

Carterton, Oxfordshire, United KingdomFull Time