Are you passionate about animal care? Do you dream of a fulfilling career in the veterinary industry?
We are currently looking for a friendly, enthusiastic individual who is passionate about animal care to join our Patient Care Assistant team! No previous veterinary experience is necessary as the successful candidates will go through an initial training program.
Roles and responsibilities
- Work alongside veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses to provide vital care to patients.
- Clean, prepare and maintain patient accommodation
- Exercise, feed, and groom patients
- In-house and external processing of samples for laboratory work
- Handle and restrain patients for treatment
- Assist with preparing patients for surgical procedures
- Prepare theatre - cleaning and damp dusting - cleaning, packaging, and sterilising instruments - preparing materials, instruments, and equipment
- Assist with non-clinical duties to support the smooth running of the practice.
The ideal candidate should be like-minded that is professional, confident who will strive to deliver the very best service for our animals and clients!
There will be some reception and significant front of house responsibility with the role therefore you will also need to have strong communication and customer service skills.
Shift Rotation: 5 days over 7 days. Monday to Sunday 7:00-21:00. 7.5 hour shifts (occasional out of hours shifts)
Benefits
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
- Career progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced sickness pay
- Enhanced equal family leave
- E-car salary sacrifice scheme
- Employer contribution pension scheme
- Wellness program including:
- Employee assistance program
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Cycle to work scheme
- Recruitment referral reward scheme
About us
The Pets'n'Vets Family part of the Linnaeus Group have practices across the Glasgow area.
We have a position primarily based at our Roundhouse Veterinary Hospital in the Pollokshaws, but the successful applicants may also be required to work at any of our other practices.
The Roundhouse Hospital provides both a first-class referral service and 1st opinion clinical work.
Why Linnaeus?
We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars.
Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people.
- We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets
- We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet
- We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing – valuing equity, diversity and inclusion
- We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one.
We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future.
Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates.
At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people.