Animal Care Assistant – Part-Time
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Position Overview & Specifications
About the Job
Animal Care Assistant – Southampton clinic
£10.95ph plus benefits
Work hands-on in our busy Emergency and critical care clinics
Vets Now are the UK’s leading provider in emergency pet care. As an Animal Care Assistant at Vets Now, you will be trained in assisting the clinical teams to provide a comfortable and stress free in-patient environment. Under the guidance of our Vet Nurses and Vet Surgeons you can expect to be handling patients for basic procedures, assisting with running diagnostic tests and ensuring all pets in our care are as comfortable as they can be. You could be asked to help set up and clear down a theatre for surgical procedures, as well as making sure all in-patients have their basic husbandry needs attended to.
Shift pattern
- Monday: 19:00-00:00
- Every other Saturday: 12:00-20:00
- Every other Sunday: 09:00-18:00
Plus a fair share of bank holidays.
What we offer in return for your hard work and dedication
- 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 100s of retailers
- £780 CPD allowance increasing annually 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
- Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
- Death in service of two times annual salary
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
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