Veterinary Assistant

Veterinary Assistant Join Our Fun, Supportive Team!

Location : 9650 Shore Dr, Norfolk, VA 23518 Wage : $17 - $20 / hr (depending on experience) Schedule : Full-time | 4-day work week | Mondays and Fridays required

About East Beach Veterinary Care and Housecalls

At East Beach Veterinary Care and Housecalls, we combine high-quality veterinary care with a light-hearted, team-focused environment. Our staff is not only passionate about petsbut also about building a supportive, collaborative workplace where laughter is encouraged, and everyone feels at home.

Hospital Hours :

MondayThursday : 8 : 00 AM 6 : 00 PM

Friday : 8 : 00 AM 5 : 00 PM

Closed on weekends!

What We Offer : Diverse Services

General wellness care

Soft tissue surgeries

Diagnostic ultrasounds

Echocardiograms

Same-day sick visits

Growth-Oriented Environment We are expanding our capabilities to hospitalize and manage more advanced medical cases. Be part of a practice thats growing and evolving!

Tight-Knit Team Culture Were a goofy, close-knit group that values communication, teamwork, and a strong support system. We laugh hard and work even harderfor each other and our patients.

Our Ideal Veterinary Assistant Candidate :

Positive & Confident You bring a can-do attitude and positive energy, especially when talking with clients. Excellent Communicator Comfortable educating pet parents about conditions like diabetes, kidney disease, surgical care, and preventive health. Team Player Were more like a close-knit community than coworkers, so were looking for someone who fits into our collaborative and friendly team dynamic.

Perks & Benefits :

Competitive salary : $17 - $20 / hr (DOE)

Work with 2 experienced full-time DVMs (a third joins in November!)

Enjoy a 4-day workweek with weekends off

Be part of a supportive, laughter-filled culture

If you're a Veterinary Assistant looking for a welcoming, high-quality, and genuinely enjoyable place to work wed love to meet you !

Responsibilities

• Assist DVMs and credentialed veterinary technicians with appointments, hospitalized patient care, and pro-actively set up for any procedures or diagnostic tests
• Restrain animals in a safe, efficient, and caring manner
• Obtain accurate vitals, obtain medical histories, and / or note any changes of patients condition to DVM
• Collect and prepare laboratory samples such as fecal, urine, and ear cytologies
• Care and maintenance of all medical equipment including laboratory machines, surgical packs, anesthesia machines, and any other tools that are essential to daily operations
• High quality client communication on patient updates and questions

Qualifications

Your Benefits

Vet Tech Pathways We believe in supporting your journey to becoming a Credentialed Veterinary Technician. For eligible teammates, we cover the costs for you to earn your credentials, opening up numerous career opportunities. Whether youre interested in deepening your clinical skills, exploring a specialty, or advancing into leadership, our program empowers you to shape your path. With a range of learning and development resources, you can focus on what excites you most, knowing that weve got your back every step of the way. Your future is in your hands, and were here to help you achieve it. At SVP, your path is yours to create.

About Mission Pet Health

Veterinarian-led. People-focused. Pet-obsessed. Thats Mission Pet Health in a nutshell!

We were founded by veterinarians who believe local practices thrive when autonomy, collaboration, and medical excellence lead the way. That belief still guides everything we dofrom mentorship to medicine to how we support our teammates.

Driving our award-winning culture are our WAG values Work Together, Amaze, and Grow which fuel us to drive a tangible, lasting impact for our teams, the communities we serve, and the pets we care for.

So, whats in it for you at Mission?

Were on a mission to be the greatest veterinary company in the worldand wed love for YOU to be a part of it!

Mission is one of the leading veterinary care organizations in the U.S., formed by the joining together of Southern Veterinary Partners and Mission Veterinary Partners. Our mission is to provide world-class support to hospital teams on a hyper-local basis.

Our Home Office teams manage the back-end side of the business so our hospital teams can focus on what matters most the medicine and caring for their patients. Were based in Birmingham, AL, but the heartbeat of Mission is in our 850+ animal hospitals and 20,000+ teammates across the country. Founded on a deep commitment to clinical and operational excellence, weve earned recognition on prestigious workplace ranking lists such as Inc