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Job Title: Patient Care Assistant

Location: 608 Vets, Solihull (B91 1AA), travel to our two other practices will be required.
Salary: £22,542.19 per year

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, the role is part of a rota with three other PCAs that involves 1 weekend in 3, a week of 7am starts and a week of 9pm finishes.

Your role and responsibilities

Patient Care Assistants are an essential part of the Practice Team. Working alongside the clinical team and the client care team, the ideal candidate will have a good background in animal handling, with previous veterinary care experience preferred. High standards of patient care and premises management need to be maintained at all times, and the PCAs are key to achieving this.

The right candidate will have an Animal Care qualification and want to ensure the highest standard of care is provided for our patients and clients. The role is varied, but includes:

• Giving oral medication under supervision
• Completing paperwork to ensure accurate monitoring of all in-patient care
• Appropriate husbandry and care of patients, as directed
• Deep Cleaning kennels, the hospital and other practice areas
• Operating the laundry equipment
• Checking stock levels and ordering supplies as necessary
• Supporting the Clinical and Reception team
• Answering calls and assisting owners
• Operating lab equipment to run tests
• Supporting nurse team as required

Training will of course be provided.

Our PCA team may have the option to move onto Nurse training if successful in the PCA role and meeting set achievements.

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme
• Employer contribution pension scheme  
• Wellness program including:
  • Employee assistance program
  • Eyecare voucher scheme
  • Free annual Flu jab
  • Cycle to work scheme

About us

Established for over 80 years, 608 Vet Practice offer primary care services for small animals and pets in the locations of Solihull, Acocks Green and Bentley Health. All our practices offer a full range of veterinary care, 24 hours a day seven days a week from our highly experienced team who strive to provide excellent quality veterinary care

Salary Value: £22,542.19 per year;

We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars.

Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people.

Why Linnaeus?

-    We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets

-    We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet

-    We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing – valuing equity, diversity and inclusion

-    We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one.

We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future.

Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates.

At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people.

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