Veterinary Assistant
Description
Joining a clinic with its own unique identity is like a cross-country car ride with your ears flapping in the breeze. Veterinary Surgical Center at The Hope Center is looking to add compassionate and skilled Veterinary Assistants to our certified boarded-surgeon practice.
At our Rarebreed clinic, you can help reimagine the veterinary experience in your community. Our collaborative environment means you’ll practice the highest quality of patient care as well as continuous learning. It’s the kind of freedom that feels like running at the speed of light into a 5-story pile of leaves – and that’s just the beginning. As part of our team, you’ll work with the latest technology, gain access to state-of-the-art training facilities, and collaborate with a positive team to deliver the highest quality of care to the pet patients we all love.
At VSC, we are committed to providing world-class orthopedic and soft tissue surgery in a respectful environment that brings comfort to owners and instills confidence in primary care veterinarians. Each of our clinics shares a facility with other specialty practices, allowing for direct daily collaboration with specialists. This collaborative approach to medicine allows for the highest quality of patient care as well as opportunities for continuous learning.
With an emphasis on mentorship and hands-on learning, our center helps to prepare individuals for an impactful career in small animal surgery and rehabilitation.
Veterinary Assistant
Veterinary Surgical Center at Hope Advanced Veterinary Center in Vienna, VA
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Assisting board-certified surgeons in the care of surgical patients, preparing for surgical procedures and assisting with pre- and post-op care for patients
- Helping with surgical instruments, cleaning, packing and sterilizing
- Performing all laboratory in-hospital procedures and to prepare specimens for outside laboratories
- Taking patient histories, vital signs, and weights on patients and assist with consults and other appointments
- Delivering strong and professional customer service to clients, and more!
BENEFITS
- Great pay with competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
- 401K with a company match of up to 4%- after 6 months of service
- Generous paid time off to help you achieve your purr-fect work-life balance
- Employee Ruff-erral Program
- Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Commuter Benefits
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
- Mental Health Resources
- Company-paid bonding leave
- Continuing education yearly allowance for skills development and uniform allowance
- Certification fees reimbursement (eligible employees only)
- Free monthly wellness meetings focused on ways to reduce stress and anxiety, led by the medical director
- Free quarterly financial wellness classes to provide guidance in areas such as student loan debt, budgeting, improving credit scores, mortgages, and refinancing
- Pet Care: Discounts on veterinary services and products
- Pet Diagnostics: Discounts on reference lab testing
- Pet Food: Discounts on Purina pet foods
- Pet Insurance: Discounts available with our preferred vendor
REQUIREMENTS
- One to three years of veterinary experience
- Experience in specialty veterinary medicine preferred
- Positive and energetic individual
- Be a team player, who excels whether in a group or working alone
- Possess strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Be comfortable with multi-parameter monitoring equipment, inhalant, and injectable anesthesia agents
- Have a passion for improving quality of life for animals
- Excel at multitasking and working cooperatively with others
Rarebreed Veterinary Partners is a purpose-driven team that places talent first by supporting professionals to thrive in our industry and empowering hospital teams to provide exceptional care for pets and their owners. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to create exceptional work experiences for our hospital teams. We focus on providing our hospitals with the best culture, tools, and support to allow the staff to focus on what they love most: caring for our animal companions.
Joining our fun and team-first atmosphere comes with a level of support that’s hard to find anywhere else. Everything we do is with purpose – down to the way we invest in our people and create long-overdue change in the industry. We’re hyper-focused on supporting our professionals, so they can focus on bringing the gold standard of medicine to our patients and their families. When it all comes together with the joy of working with pets, our career opportunities are as exhilarating as climbing a toy mountain of a gazillion new squeaky balls.
Employment will require the successful completion of references and background check.
Rarebreed Veterinary Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.
Learn more about our career opportunities at: https://rarebreedvet.com/careers/
Where uncommon support partners with joy.