Veterinary Assistant

Veterinary Assistant

VCA Braelinn Village Animal Hospital is hiring an experienced Veterinary Assistant to join our team!

About Us

VCA Braelinn Village is an AAHA-accredited, multi-doctor practice offering a variety of services including Primary Care, Intensive Care, Advanced Surgery, Dentistry, and more. We value teamwork, support, and continuous learning, and we encourage our LVTs and Vet Assistants to fully utilize their knowledge and skills.

Compensation: the pay range for this position is $16-$20/hr

Our hours are Monday through Thursday 7am - 8pm, Friday 7am - 6pm, Saturday 8am - 5pm, closed Sunday.

About the Role

As Veterinary Assistant, you will help create and maintain a positive, low-stress atmosphere for our patients and clients. Duties will include:

• Compassionate patient care
• Client education and care
• Laboratory sample collection and processing
• Radiology and diagnostic testing
• Medication preparation and administration
• IV fluids and infusion set up and maintenance
• Blood draws and catheter placement
• Anesthesia monitoring
• Dentistry procedures
• Surgical assisting
• Safe and effective patient handling
• Medical recordkeeping

Qualifications

• A year or more of small animal Veterinary Assisting experience
• Able to proficiently perform Veterinary Assisting skills including duties listed above

Why VCA

VCA Animal Hospitals is a community of over 800 hospitals across the US, including primary care, urgent care, emergency, and specialty medicine. We offer world class medicine with hometown care. Together we are taking care of the future of veterinary medicine.

This means taking care of our people. We are passionate about supporting our technicians and assistants and are committed to your personal career development. At VCA, you will enjoy an inclusive work environment where you can focus on your career, your happiness, and the patients you serve. Benefits include:

Career Support

• Access to the people and resources of a large veterinary community
• Advancement and leadership opportunities
• Continuing Education allowance for full time credentialed veterinary technicians ($750/yr, $1000/yr for VTSs)
• Internal CE and development opportunities
• Free NAVTA membership, access to VetFolio, Plumbs App, and more
• Tuition assistance including Veterinary Technology Associates, Bachelors completion and more

Health & Well Being

• Medical, dental & vision insurance, a variety of additional coverage options
• Free mental health care through Lyra Health (up to 12 sessions a year)
• Access to free counseling through Cigna Life Assistance program
• Access to Headspace app
• Fully employer-paid life, long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid vacation, paid sick time, holiday pay
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility coverage, gender affirmation services
• Growing network of onsite social workers

Other Perks

• Generous hospital discounts for your pets, a variety of other discounts including cellular service, apparel, computer equipment, etc.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Referral bonus opportunities
• Practice management software with digital innovations for streamlined practice flow and client communication
• Opportunities to give back through VCA Charities and community partnerships

Interested? Apply! We look forward to hearing from you.