Veterinary Assistant

Veterinary Assistant Opportunity

VCA Blum Animal Hospital is seeking a full-time Veterinary Assistant for our support team. Come join our growing animal hospital with eight veterinarians and over 40 support staff! Since 1952, we've been proud to provide Chicago pets with the highest level of veterinary care and customer service by offering a comprehensive range of veterinary services that meet the gold standard of pet care. Our hospital has been AAHA Accredited since 1972 and Fear Free Certified since 2018.

Summary : Our Veterinary Assistants support our veterinarians and technicians in all aspects of animal care by restraining our patients during physical exams, treatments, and procedures, and providing treatments as directed by a veterinarian. They are an advocate of our patients to ensure they receive the proper care in a safe and comfortable manner.

Responsibilities

• Assist our veterinarians and technicians in carrying, handling, and restraining animals during physical exams, treatments, and procedures
• Adhere to strict instruction in regards to walking and feeding hospitalized patients
• Assist in the proper protocol for handling humane euthanasia patients
• Assist in accurately filling prescription medications and diets
• Extensive cleaning and maintenance of the hospital, including treatment areas, exam rooms, surgical suite, and reception area
• Lab sample collection and processing

Qualifications

Schedule : Full-time, 5 days per week and rotating Saturdays

Wage : $18.50-$28 / hr

We are proud to have a rewarding workplace environment that offers benefits. Our benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as PTO, sick time, paid holidays, 401k, uniform allowance, and a generous employee discount for veterinary services to use for personal pets.

If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development).

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled.