Veterinary Assistant

Location: 1130 Crosstown Court, Peachtree City, GA 30269

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 in $16-$20/hr

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

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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.

If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com