Veterinary Assistant

Description

Position at Shore Haven Veterinary Hospital

Veterinary Assistant

Full-time or Part-time available!

Shore Haven Veterinary Hospital has been providing top-notch veterinary care to our clients and their pets for over 40 years. We opened the doors to our new 9,000 sq ft facility in 2017 to support our continued growth. In addition to excellent medical and surgical services, we also offer our clients grooming, daycare, and boarding.

We are a tight-knit group and refer to ourselves as the Shore Haven Family - with good reason! At Shore Haven, we combine top-notch, progressive care with a personal touch. Our hospital is ever-evolving and was built to nurture our staff's needs and to expand and grow as our clientele's needs do.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities :

• Exceptional, compassionate nursing care to patients utilizing a variety of technical skills, including diagnostic sample collection, catheter placement, venipuncture, radiography, dental radiology, and prophylactic cleanings
• Support veterinarians to ensure exceptional veterinary care during preventative, injury and illness visits
• Advocate for patients, and educate clients
• Assist with patient procedures and surgeries, including anesthetic induction and monitoring, pre and post operative patient care, surgical suite, instrument, and equipment care
• Obtain health history from clients and ensure documentation is accurate and complete within the electronic medical record
• Willingness to guide, mentor, and support fellow team members
• Constantly advance your knowledgebase and skill set

Skills and Qualifications :

Benefits and Perks :

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.

United Veterinary Care 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.