Veterinary Care Assistant

Ref:  32386
Contracted Hours:  20
Custom Field 4: 
Job Type:  Permanent
Location: 

Handforth, NET, SK9 3RN

Description: 

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Veterinary Care Assistant to join our Vets for Pets Newcastle Kingston Park practice. 

Our practice is bright, spacious, air-conditioned and purpose built to industry leading standards and has state of the art equipment including digital X-ray and in-house laboratory facilities.

This is a Part Time role working 20 hours per week. 

If you share our passion for delivering outstanding clinical standards, cleanliness and exceptional customer service and would like to join our team, then we would love to hear from you. 

The attributes required

  • You will play a crucial part in our veterinary team by maintaining the cleanliness of our practice.
  • You are able to provide guidance by keeping yourself fully up-to-speed with the practice services and any additional services available.
  • You will have a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to maintaining cleanliness standards.
  • You are calm, attentive, and always focus on the clients’ needs.
  • You will bring enthusiasm and drive to your role.  Your passion for service is matched with your love of pets.
  • Your personality is infectious and along with your fellow colleagues, you create a welcoming and friendly atmosphere in the practice. 

In short, you like to be busy, enjoy helping people and their pets and always endeavour to make a difference.

Benefits
In return, we offer such benefits as 20% discount at the Vet Group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room, access to discounts and cashbacks, pension and holiday allowance.

We want our colleagues to be as diverse as our clients. Our teams are inclusive and celebrate difference so if you meet our role requirements, we’d love to hear from you.

Location: NE3 2ES

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!

Business Unit:  Vet Group
Date:  10 Jun 2025