Veterinary Assistant/Receptionist
Top Benefits
About the role
The veterinary assistant is the entire team's primary support. Every department relies on their significant role in aiding with a variety of services to provide excellent client and patient care.
What to Expect
- A team that feels and functions like family, encouraging and supporting your career growth & development
- A caring team that values open communication, knows how to have fun and enjoy their work & the company around them
- A welcoming environment where team members feel safe asking questions and learn from coworkers and peers
Job Description Overview
- Assist with patient care and treatment
- Monitor hospitalized pets / Monitor/aid in caring for animals after surgery
- Maintain inventory and stocking
- Restrain animals during blood draws and nail trims
- Aiding with routine diagnostic tests (i.e. Taking radiographs, running bloodwork, reading fecal)
- Maintain & sterilize surgical instruments/equipment
- Clean/Disinfect cages, kennels, exam and treatment areas of hospital
- Administering medications under Veterinarian/Vet Tech supervision
- Feeding/bathing animals
- Answering phones
- Customer service
- Helping clients with their pets
Qualifications
- Must be 18yrs old or older
- Must have successfully completed a veterinary assistant program.
- Must be a self-starter, able to multitask and a team player.
- Genuinely enjoys working with animals and is able to deal with them even when they are stressed, ill or in pain.
- Prefer 1+ years of experience, but not required.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the job. Work requires lifting, carrying and restraining animals (will be assisted by other staff members in lifting animals over 40 lbs.). Should be able to lift 40lbs on own.
- Walks or stands for extended periods or time; frequently works in a bent or squatting position.
- Is experienced in the teamwork approach and works well with all levels of hospital team members.
If you are passionate about animals and are interested in joining a team of highly devoted animal advocates, our hospital may be the right fit for you.
We offer
- A competitive wage
- Vacation, holiday, and paid sick days
- Medical and Dental Benefits
- An employee wellness benefit
- RRSP and profit sharing
- A flexible schedule
- Uniform allowance
- Continuing education allowance and opportunities for career advancement
- And personal pet care at cost among other benefits
If you bring a caring and compassionate attitude, flexibility, solid communication skills and want to have fun at work then you may be a great fit for our team!
New or recent graduates are welcome to apply!
Please send a cover letter and resume to darryl.gatti@nva.com.
Check us out here!
Hiring Manager Gatti, Darryl
About Abbotsford Animal Hospital
NVA Canada is a rapidly growing community of Canadian veterinary hospitals and passionate professionals dedicated to serving the local needs of pets and their owners. For the love of animals and the people who love them.
Globally, the NVA community tops 1500 veterinary hospitals and pet resorts in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Over 35,000 veterinary professionals work to improve the well-being of patients by providing progressive and compassionate veterinary care. In Canada, we have over 140 practices in every province, coast-to-coast.
Since the first hospital joined NVA in 1997, founding veterinarian Dr. Stanley Creighton has emphasized support for the local medical standards established by individual doctors and practices. He has always believed that when veterinarians craft strategies specific to their own hospitals and communities, high quality patient care and client services follow.
This vision for local empowerment and servant leadership continues at NVA Canada today. We are partners in possibility, making new professional tools and resources available to hospitals, supporting with recruiting, administration and management, and caring for caregivers so the Canadian community can continue to grow and thrive.
Get to know NVA Canada: https://www.nvacanada.ca/about-us/#dearflip-df_6958/1/
Veterinary Assistant/Receptionist
Top Benefits
About the role
The veterinary assistant is the entire team's primary support. Every department relies on their significant role in aiding with a variety of services to provide excellent client and patient care.
What to Expect
- A team that feels and functions like family, encouraging and supporting your career growth & development
- A caring team that values open communication, knows how to have fun and enjoy their work & the company around them
- A welcoming environment where team members feel safe asking questions and learn from coworkers and peers
Job Description Overview
- Assist with patient care and treatment
- Monitor hospitalized pets / Monitor/aid in caring for animals after surgery
- Maintain inventory and stocking
- Restrain animals during blood draws and nail trims
- Aiding with routine diagnostic tests (i.e. Taking radiographs, running bloodwork, reading fecal)
- Maintain & sterilize surgical instruments/equipment
- Clean/Disinfect cages, kennels, exam and treatment areas of hospital
- Administering medications under Veterinarian/Vet Tech supervision
- Feeding/bathing animals
- Answering phones
- Customer service
- Helping clients with their pets
Qualifications
- Must be 18yrs old or older
- Must have successfully completed a veterinary assistant program.
- Must be a self-starter, able to multitask and a team player.
- Genuinely enjoys working with animals and is able to deal with them even when they are stressed, ill or in pain.
- Prefer 1+ years of experience, but not required.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the job. Work requires lifting, carrying and restraining animals (will be assisted by other staff members in lifting animals over 40 lbs.). Should be able to lift 40lbs on own.
- Walks or stands for extended periods or time; frequently works in a bent or squatting position.
- Is experienced in the teamwork approach and works well with all levels of hospital team members.
If you are passionate about animals and are interested in joining a team of highly devoted animal advocates, our hospital may be the right fit for you.
We offer
- A competitive wage
- Vacation, holiday, and paid sick days
- Medical and Dental Benefits
- An employee wellness benefit
- RRSP and profit sharing
- A flexible schedule
- Uniform allowance
- Continuing education allowance and opportunities for career advancement
- And personal pet care at cost among other benefits
If you bring a caring and compassionate attitude, flexibility, solid communication skills and want to have fun at work then you may be a great fit for our team!
New or recent graduates are welcome to apply!
Please send a cover letter and resume to darryl.gatti@nva.com.
Check us out here!
Hiring Manager Gatti, Darryl
About Abbotsford Animal Hospital
NVA Canada is a rapidly growing community of Canadian veterinary hospitals and passionate professionals dedicated to serving the local needs of pets and their owners. For the love of animals and the people who love them.
Globally, the NVA community tops 1500 veterinary hospitals and pet resorts in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Over 35,000 veterinary professionals work to improve the well-being of patients by providing progressive and compassionate veterinary care. In Canada, we have over 140 practices in every province, coast-to-coast.
Since the first hospital joined NVA in 1997, founding veterinarian Dr. Stanley Creighton has emphasized support for the local medical standards established by individual doctors and practices. He has always believed that when veterinarians craft strategies specific to their own hospitals and communities, high quality patient care and client services follow.
This vision for local empowerment and servant leadership continues at NVA Canada today. We are partners in possibility, making new professional tools and resources available to hospitals, supporting with recruiting, administration and management, and caring for caregivers so the Canadian community can continue to grow and thrive.
Get to know NVA Canada: https://www.nvacanada.ca/about-us/#dearflip-df_6958/1/