Veterinary Assistant - Ophthalmology

Veterinary Assistant

Eye Care for Animals Bestgate Annapolis, MD Schedule: Full-time 5 days a week, no weekends

Compensation: $17-$22/hour

About You

You'll play an important role in pets' lives by providing end-to-end care for our precious patients. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests, to support services including intake and discharging patients. This role will also be cross trained to assist the Client Service Representative team. The success of your patients' care matters to you, and your success matters to us.

Experience & Skills Requirements:

• 6 months+ of animal handling experience
• Veterinary Assistant/Client Service experience highly preferred
• Understand and embrace emotional intelligence
• Communicate effectively and with confidence
• Be resilient and ready to tackle any challenges head on
• Have a sincere desire to help pets and their people

Role Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Support veterinarians and Vet Techs to ensure quality veterinary care.
• With each hospital function, assist veterinarians and the medical team to maximize productivity and maintain positive patient flow.
• Help Technicians with tech appointments
• Collect Animals for treatments and assist technicians with laboratory tests
• Assist with radiographs and ultrasounds
• Walk, feed, water, and give medications to patients as directed by the DVM
• Assist in maintaining relevant, comprehensive medical records with the support of practice systems.
• Use safe restraining techniques, follow standard protocols, and sustain clean, sterile, organized treatment areas, exam rooms, and labs.

You'll Grow with Us

Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

• Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
• Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
• A program designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital

Benefits Our Care in Action

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with employer match
• Mental health resources, including easy access to therapy through Lyra Health
• Paid parental leave
• Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet
• Subsidized backup childcare and elder care
• Expert advice, support and network discounts for fertility and family planning
• FREE CE courses
• Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
• Student loan support tools and assistance

Some benefits shown are only for full-time team members who work 30 hours or more per week. Certain benefits may be subject to waiting periods or length of service requirements.

About Thrive

Thrive Pet Healthcare creates the future of pet well-being through medical excellence, innovative technology, and a connected community of teams and partners. Today, its network of 360+ primary, emergency, and specialty hospitals across the U.S. cares for pets of all ages and health needs, while portfolio companies provide tools and technology that help veterinary teams work smarter and deliver better care. Thrive invests in its peoplethrough mentorship, leadership programs, continuing education, and well-being initiativesso teams can grow and feel supported. For pet owners, convenient solutions such as a mobile app, digital booking, Thrive Plus TM membership, HereFurYou Helpline, an online pharmacy and flexible financial options make accessing quality care simplergiving families the peace of mind their pets deserve.