About us
Located about 11 miles east of the City of San Diego and about 25 miles from the Mexican border, the clinic is nestled between Mount Helix and Rancho San Diego. We do a good deal of work with several different local rescue organizations to provide care for injured and in-need animals that are looking for a new home. We primarily work with cats and dogs. Currently have on site three veterinarians that receive cliental from San Diego County and beyond.
We are fast-paced, engaging and inclusive.
Our work environment includes:
- Growth opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Paced
- Engaging
Position Overview: The veterinary assistant provides support to the veterinarians and technicians in their daily tasks by cleaning and maintaining equipment, feeding, exercising and grooming patients, preparing and sanitizing surgery suites, restraining and handling patients, and clerical and administrative work. They deliver quality care for all patients and provide exceptional service.
Essential Position Functions:
- Provide compassionate care to all patients
- Greet patients and their owners as they arrive and shows them to an examining room, taking the patient’s weight and other vital signs upon arrival.
- Calm and soothes anxious patients
- Assist doctors and technicians with the administration of medications or with patient restraint
- Operate and maintain hospital equipment including EKG, fluid pump, syringe pump, scales, anesthetic monitors and machines, etc.
- Fill prescriptions
- Feed patients as prescribed by the attending doctor or as the client has requested; record appetites; recognize and report any unusual conditions or abnormal behaviors
- Communicate in a positive manner with clients and ensure that they feel comfortable leaving their pet(s)
- Educate clients about insurance, wellness, and medicinal plans
- Maintain the cleanliness of the hospital each day; clean equipment, kennels and facilities using chemicals and supplies; ensure the safe use of chemicals; complete laundry
- Bath and care for patients who stay overnight; ensure that every animal released is clean and properly groomed prior to their release
- Adhere to hospital’s safety and wellness regulations
- Understand and carry out oral and written directions
- Maintain accurate medical records
- Shows up for work regularly; full time presence at work is essential for every shift
- Promote hospital products and services and support the organization
- Respond respectfully with urgency to directions given by Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or Registered Veterinary Technicians (RVT).
- Perform any other duties as assigned by Manager.
Position Requirements:
- Ability to restrain animals, fill prescriptions, and monitor sedation procedures
- Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors
- Requires knowledge of hospital procedures, policies and services; client and patient treatment protocols; hospital computer systems; and the standard procedures, records, and terminology used in a veterinary hospital.
- Must be flexible with scheduling and able to work some weekends and holidays
- Depending on the functional area of assignment, tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation and/or extended periods of time standing and/or walking.
- This is a strenuous job that requires a lot of lifting, cleaning, and constant motion. May involve some climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling
- Some tasks involve the periodic performance of moderately physically demanding work, usually involving lifting or carrying moderately heavy animals (up to 50 pounds)
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED
- May consider an equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and/or experience
- One or more years’ experience in veterinary environment successfully performing all of the duties of this position preferred.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.50 - $21.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Experience:
- Veterinary experience: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person