Veterinary Technician's Assistant

Job Description

Veterinary Technician Assistant Job Description

A Veterinary technician Assistant supports veterinarians and veterinary technicians, which allows them to focus on their job responsibilities. Veterinary Assistants provide clients with information regarding treatments and products, keep treatment areas clean, and assist with nursing duties. To ensure success you need to love animals and have the ability to optimize their comfort during treatment and hospitalization. Preferred candidates are caring, reliable, hardworking, and in it for the animals.

Veterinary Assistant Responsibilities:

Ensuring treatment areas, examination rooms, hospital areas, cages, and laboratories are clean and organized.

Sterilizing equipment.

Ensuring clients and pets are comfortable in the waiting area.

Providing empathetic care for hospitalized patients, and keeping patients and their cages clean.

Restraining irritable, angry, or nervous patients appropriately and safely where required.

Assisting with administering medication, drawing blood, and cleaning patients’ teeth.

Assisting with diagnostic imaging and laboratory tests.

Liaising with veterinarians and veterinary technicians to ensure continuity of patient care.

Complying with hospital standards, rules, regulations, and policies.

Maintaining medical records.

Veterinary Assistant Requirements:

Affinity for animals.

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Strong people and animal skills.

Outstanding organizational skills.

Physically strong and dexterous, and ability to stand for extended periods.Company Description

Thorpe Animal Hospital is a family-owned practice that was established in 2006. We treat small mammals such as cats, dogs, and pocket pets. Our state-of-the-art equipment, along with our radiology and surgery suites, are utilized for a wide variety of in-house diagnostics, treatments, orthopedic and soft tissue surgery, dentistry, and laser therapy in addition to wellness and preventative care. We are an AAHA accredited, Fear Free, and Certified Feline Friendly hospital. Our staff have worked hard and diligently to become individually certified and to ensure we maintain our accreditations to perform the highest standards of care and pain management in veterinary medicine.

Full-time