Veterinary Assistant Experienced

Experienced Veterinary Assistant Wanted

VCA Gulf Bay Animal Hospital is hiring a full time Experienced Veterinary Assistant to join our team! We are seeking an individual who is positive, energetic, eager to learn, and works well on a team.

While our home hospital is under a renovation, we are working out of VCA Noah's Place Animal Hospital, located in St. Petersburg.

We are a 2-doctor full service veterinary hospital offering primary care, illness care, surgery and dentistry located in Clearwater, FL.

Veterinary Assistant duties include :

• Restraining animals for doctor and technician
• Administering medications under the supervision of the technician
• Assisting with obtaining lab samples
• Running labs on our in-house machines (including learning how to troubleshoot machines)
• Cleaning kennels and replacing bedding for hospitalized patients
• Offering food and water to hospitalized patients under the supervision of the technician
• Walking hospitalized patients under the supervision of the technician
• Assisting with sedated or anesthetized procedures as needed (set up and break down, cleaning, moving patients in and out of O / R, etc.)
• General cleaning duties inside and outside the hospital, including laundry, sweeping / mopping, restocking medical supplies, maintaining medical equipment
• Other duties as assigned

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and be able to effectively communicate with others in a fast-paced environment.

The benefits continue to grow :

Compensation is based on skill set, experience, and licensure status (CVT, VTS, CVPM).

Please take a moment to view our brief video on life as a veterinary technician with VCA from a technician's point of view.

At VCA Animal Hospitals, we are passionate about supporting our technicians and assistants and are committed to your personal career development.

We create and support an inclusive work environment where you can focus on your career, your happiness, and the patients you serve.

Interested in this opportunity? Apply!

We look forward to hearing from you.

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. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com.

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