Animal Care Assistant
Animal Care Assistant
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Job Description
CMVM / Royal Veterinary Studies
UE0per annum pro rata
Open ended (permanent) contract
Part time: 30 hours per week
Working hours are 2.30pm 8.30pm MondayFriday. Additional overtime opportunities are available.
The Opportunity:
We are a referral veterinary and teaching hospital with a great team of vets nurses and assistants who are all committed to animal health and welfare. This is a demanding role and requires dedication proactivity flexibility a resilient work ethic and a strong belief in delivering the highest standard of patient care.
We are seeking a candidate who is interested in all aspects of hospitalised animal care such as kennel cleaning infection control feeding inpatients laundry walking dogs assistingvets andvetnurses with procedures on dogs cats and exotics grooming and general day to day patient care.
This is primarily based in our Intermediate Care Ward however we have a full 68 week training programme where you will shadow our friendly and experienced staff to learn the ropes and opportunities for additional shift cover once fully trained. Training shifts will routinely be based MondayFriday working 8.30am5pm all additional hours worked will be paid as overtime.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Experience working with animals in a veterinary setting is essential.
- Ability to work alone as well as part of a team is essential.
- Excellent communication skillsareessential to this role.
- Full clean driving licence is essential.
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HfSA Staff benefits include:
- Staff discount for pet treatment.
- Amazing onsite perks:
- Staff discount for onsite gym and exercises classes car parking with electric car charging points on site canteens.
- Cycle to work scheme onsite bike lockers and showers available. shift cover opportunities are available accruing paid overtime for additional hours worked.
- Holidayentitlement of 36 days 4 days public holiday per annum for full time staff (pro rata).
Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
CV
Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement competitive pension schemes staff discounts and familyfriendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 29 April 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Employment Type
Part-Time
