We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, dedicated, and hard-working Veterinary Care Assistant to join our fantastic team. We are a friendly bunch with high standards of care. The successful candidate would be working at our Street Lane Hospital, Moor Allerton clinic, Ilkley and Exotic clinic. Should it be a career path the successful candidate is considering, there are opportunities to progress further onto the veterinary nurse training programme with us in due course.

This is a full-time permanent role working various days/night shifts including 5:30am-2:30pm, 10.15am-7:15pm,10:00am-7:00pm, 10:00pm-7:00am and 11.00pm- 8:00am. The night rota is 1 in 4 (7 days on and the 7 days off following paid).

The salary for this role will be up to £23,795 DOE.

Holly House Veterinary Hospital is a first opinion and referral hospital which is open 8:00am-7:00pm Monday to Friday. We have a dedicated onsite emergency service open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Our lovely practice is located just 10 minutes from Leeds, is close to York and Harrogate and is within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales

We have certificate holders in Emergency and Critical Care, Medicine, Surgery, Exotics and Dentistry. Our ideal candidate would enjoy a varied caseload looking after ops and surgical inpatients, helping with client care and consulting.

We are a friendly motivated, inclusive team and regularly have team events for charity (such as recent Dragon Boat event) plus summer BBQ and Christmas Party. Wellbeing is our highest priority, and we have 3 wellbeing champions across the business, a Mental Health First Aider and team coach who can offer individual and team development. We also hold regular clinical governance meetings and Schwartz Rounds as well as team and practice meetings.

You must be able to work evenings and weekends (antisocial hours). Full training will be given and even moving on if interested in becoming Student Veterinary Nurse.

In addition to a competitive salary, you will benefit from:

 

 

As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.