Veterinary Assistant

Are you an outgoing and friendly animal lover searching for a new work family? Have you always been interested in a career that will allow you to help much loved pets live long, healthy lives? If so, search no further - this is the position you have been looking for! 

Main West Animal Hospital, a busy and thriving veterinary group in Welland has an immediate opening for a Veterinary Assistant whose dream job would be helping to care for the pets of their community.

In this position, you will spend the majority of your time assisting the Technicians and Veterinarians with the care and treatment of the pets who depend on us.

Primary Responsibilities

In this position, you will spend the majority of your time assisting the Technicians and Veterinarians with the care and treatment of the pets who depend on us. Training is available for candidates who possess exemplary communication skills and are passionate about learning to help care for pets! Veterinary Assistants play a vital role in supporting the Veterinarians and Technicians who provide excellent patient care. After your training is complete, your primary responsibilities will be:

• Using best practices to safely restrain pets during exams and treatment.
• Making sure the pets staying in the kennels have clean and comfortable accommodations.
• Preparing medications with the highest accuracy.
• Updating patient records and notes regarding care in their electronic file.
• Assisting with answering phones
• Communicating with clients about their pet’s visit and care.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years of experience providing top-notch customer service both in person and over the phone is strongly preferred. Experience with multi-line phone systems is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Truly superior verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt your style to meet the needs of the person you are communicating with.
• The ability to effectively prioritize and meet multiple requests at one time.
• Must be tech savvy with the ability to learn new software quickly.
• The desire to become part of a fun work family!

Hours & Availability

The Main West Animal Hospital Care Team serves patients between the hours of 8:00 am and 6:00 pm, Monday through Friday, and from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm on Saturdays. This full-time opening is for candidates with open availability during these times.

Compensation & Benefits

Your outstanding client service skills will be rewarded with competitive pay and great benefits that include:

Financial Benefits: 

• A flexible approach to compensation that will reflect your skillset and future performance
  • $17.00 - $19.00 / hour
• Tuition Support Program
• Referral bonus program 

Wellness Benefits: 

• Extended Health Care (including vision) and dental coverage
• Supplemental insurance, including disability and life insurance
• Sick Time / Paid Time Off
• Free/discounted lab work for all employee pets
• Pet discounts on services and products
• Pet food discount program 

Workplace Benefits: 

• Quarterly Team Rewards Bonus Program
• Professional development opportunities 
• Continuing education allowance
• Uniform allowance 

Lifestyle Benefits

• Ten paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee discount program

About Us

Serving family pets of the Welland area, Main West Animal Hospitals offers superior quality veterinary care. This team is passionate about relationships and believes in going above and beyond for the clients and pets we have the privilege of caring for. It’s time to combine your excellent teamwork and customer service skills with your passion for pets. This is your chance to join a friendly, positive team with supportive and caring leaders who are dedicated to your professional growth and development.

How to Apply

Did you know that a lot of rabbits think it’s fun to shred paper? We don’t want a playful bunny to tear up the resume you worked hard to create so no need to stop by with a hard copy!

Searching for a new role is stressful but rest assured, if you take the time to apply online for an opening at this practice, your information will be reviewed carefully by the team.

Our interview process is designed to find the BEST candidate for this Vet Assistant opening available. Is that you? Apply through this ad today to find out!

This practice welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This is a direct hire position. If you are selected to participate in the interview process for this position we will notify you via the email address provided in the application process. Please be sure to monitor your junk mail folder to ensure you receive communication from us.