Veterinary Assistant - Part Time
Veterinary Assistant - Part Time
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$ 18 - 20
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Garden Grove Dog and Cat Hospital is looking for a dependable motivated compassionate experienced Veterinary Assistant for our multi doctor practice in Garden Grove CA to join our team. We are a busy hospital with a wide variety of caseload. The veterinary assistant must be someone who enjoys interacting with people as well as animals and who can communicate effectively and professionally with the doctors technical staff and clients.
*Shifts needed for PartTime: Two 8hour weekday shifts and one 7hour weekend shift OR one weekday 8hour shift and two sevenhour weekend shifts.
The Vet Assistant duties include (but not limited to):
- Compassionately restraining animals
- Taking digital radiographs
- Medication and vaccine administration
- Surgical preparation and monitoring
- Drawing blood
- Placing IV catheters
- Hospitalized patient care
- Maintaining hospital cleanliness
- Obtaining patient vitals
The ideal candidate will be able to multitask in a fastpaced environment provide exceptional customer service and demonstrate genuine compassion for our patients maintain a positive attitude and have good record keeping skills. This position will require bending kneeling lifting (up to 30 pounds as necessary) and standing for long periods of time.
Advanced technical skills not required but advantageous. Compensation is dependent on experience. Bilingual Spanish/English is a plus.
Our hospital hours are Monday Friday from 7:30am 6pm Sat 7:30am 12pm and Sun 10:30am 3pm. Schedule will consist of three shifts per week.
Benefits our care in action
Weprovidebenefits spread comprehensively across your mental physical emotional and financial wellbeing designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:
- Paidtime offincluding 8weeks of fullpay parental leave bereavement to grieve both humans and pets andtime offfor new petadoptions.
- Top quality medical dental and vision insuranceplushealth savings account and flexible spending account
- Petperksincluding free exams discounts on products and services and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcarelocations
- Generously subsidizedbackup and ongoing care supportfor children adults and pets
- Mental health benefitsincluding coaching and therapysessions
- 401k with employer contributionand no waiting period
- Continuing education anddevelopment supportthroughour libraryoffree CE coursesand paid time off tocomplete
- Scholarship opportunitiesandstudent loan supportprogram
and so much more!
Compensation negotiable based on credentials and experience with an hourly pay rate from $1820/hour.The actual rate offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills qualifications experience and location.
At Thrive Pet Healthcare we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity ofall ofour team members pet parents and pets. We strive to create a diverseequitable and inclusive culture where all team members belong and feel empowered.
Employment Type
Part-Time
