Veterinary Assistant

What You’ll Do
As a veterinary assistant, your responsibilities will include supporting the veterinary team throughout appointments, procedures, and hospitalized patient care. You’ll have the opportunity to work with a variety of cases and build experience across different areas of veterinary medicine.
Your day may include:
Safely restraining patients for examinations, treatments, and procedures.
Assisting with triage and obtaining patient histories.
Collecting and processing laboratory samples and assisting with in-house diagnostics.
Preparing patients for and assisting with diagnostic imaging, including digital radiographs.
Providing nursing care and monitoring hospitalized patients with varying levels of medical needs.
Administering medications as directed by the veterinary team.
Assisting with surgical preparation and procedures.
Supporting anesthesia monitoring and patient recovery.
Communicating treatment information and instructions to clients in a professional and compassionate manner.
Keeping treatment areas, equipment, and patient spaces clean and organized.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for an experienced veterinary assistant who is compassionate, dependable, calm under pressure, and comfortable working as part of a busy veterinary team.
At least 1 year of veterinary assistant experience is required.
Comfortable safely restraining dogs and cats.
Strong communication and teamwork skills.
Able to multitask and stay organized in a fast-paced veterinary environment.
Experience with sample collection, medical histories, laboratory testing, digital radiographs, or anesthesia monitoring is a plus.
Self-motivated with a desire to continue developing your veterinary knowledge and skills.
Compassionate approach to both patients and their families.
Whether you want to master your veterinary assistant skills or grow into your next career opportunity, you’ll have access to virtual training, hands-on learning, and continuing development.
This is a hands-on veterinary environment, so team members must be comfortable around animals and potential exposure to unpleasant odors and noises, bites, scratches, animal waste, and contagious diseases.
If you’re looking for a veterinary assistant position where you can learn, grow, and make a meaningful difference in the lives of pets while working with an experienced veterinary team, we’d love to meet you!

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No