Winter Springs Veterinary Hospital
Location
Winter Springs, FL | United States
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Position at Winter Springs Veterinary Hospital
Veterinary Assistant
If you would like to experience veterinary medicine, and you work well with others, have superb client service skills, and provide exceptional patient care... we look forward to meeting you!
Responsibilities and Duties - Providing quality patient care
- Entering medical notes
- Triage appointments
- Maintain cleanliness of treatment and surgical areas
- Kennel and hospital maintenance
- Drawing blood or collecting other lab samples
- General nursing duties
- Animal handling and restraining
- In-house and outside laboratory testing
- X-ray Hospital Standards and Protocols
- Dentistry monitoring
- Obtain history and vital signs for patient exams
- Assist doctors during patient exams
- Help maintain the flow of patients throughout hospital
- Educate clients about preventative care
- Filling prescriptions
- Restocking supplies
- Cross-training in all areas of the hospital
Requirements - Compassionate and proficient patient care
- Comfortable handling both cats and dogs
- Strong communication skills
- Organizational and leadership skills
- Ability to multitask
- Flexibility (ability to work weekends)
- Computer literacy, including knowledge of veterinary software (e.g. Neo, AVImark, Cornerstone)
- Strong customer service skills
- Work well in a team environment
- Remain calm under pressure
Preferred / Nice-To-Haves - 2+ years veterinary assistant and/or veterinary receptionist experience
- Certification with an accredited program
What Makes Us Special Our philosophy is simple: hire a superstar medical team that takes a straightforward and progressive approach to veterinary medicine. We provide our team with a full complement of technology-driven diagnostic equipment including digital radiography, dental radiography, on-site laboratory analyzers, and a range of the best medical equipment available.
Benefits and Perks:
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options, all starting first of the month following date of hire
• 401K with company match
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account options included
• Long Term Disability options
• Short Term Disability, paid for by employer
• Complimentary Life Insurance $15,000; with options to purchase additional voluntary benefits for self or family
• Generous Continuing Education allowance with paid CE days off
• Personal Pet Discounts
• PTO and Paid Holidays
• Company Sponsored Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Our clinic has been serving the veterinary needs of Winter Springs, Casselberry, Oviedo, Longwood, Orlando and other Central Florida communities since 1977.
We offer exceptional, compassionate and professional veterinary services for our patients at affordable prices. Our veterinarians and staff believe all pets deserve the best preventative, medical, surgical and dental care to optimize their quality of life and allow them to enjoy healthy, happy lives as part of our families.
We are a proud United Veterinary Care Partner hospital. United Veterinary Care supports the unique culture and individuality of each partner hospital while empowering the hospital teams in their care for patients. One of our goals is to support our community of hospitals in creating sustainable, fulfilling careers in a profession we love.
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