Pet Care Assistant
Summary of Job Purpose and Function : The Pet Care Assistant works with the veterinary medical team to provide and prepare for the best medical care of pets, ensuring this is provided in a happy, welcoming, friendly and efficient manner, influencing clients to return and refer their friends and families.
Essential Responsibilities and Tasks :
- Prepare the treatment room for examination of pets and all necessary medical items and supplies.
- Set up fecals, smears, and skin scrapings as allowed by state rules and regulations.
- Maintain the flow of the Cycle of Service in accordance with position.
- Provide client education regarding preventive care, Optimum Wellness Plans, and basic status of hospitalized pets.
- Serve as support to the Client Services Coordinator staff on an as-needed basis.
- Hold or restrain pets during examination, treatment, or inoculation.
- Prepare routine in-house laboratory tests as allowed by state rules and regulations.
- Monitor the comfort of hospitalized patients.
- Ensure the comfort of hospitalized patients by walking, exercising, feeding, and cleaning cages and pets (when approved by the veterinarian or veterinary technician).
- Bathe and dip pets when necessary to treat dermatological conditions (when advised by veterinarian or veterinary technician).
- Clean the surgical suite and instruments.
- Ensure cleanliness of the hospital including housekeeping such as laundry, dishes, mopping, cage cleaning, trash collection and removal, and instrument cleaning as outlined by hospital protocols.
- Other job duties as assigned.
Hiring Qualifications : Capabilities and Experience :
Ability to multi-task.Communication skills.Organizational ability.Problem solving skills.Client service skills.Intellectual ability.Mathematical ability.Computer skills.Attitudes :
Initiative.Integrity.Cooperativeness.Flexibility.Independence.