Veterinary Assistant​/Receptionist - Mat Leave position

Job Description

Welcome to Village Cat Clinic. Are you looking for a feline exclusive employment opportunity? Village Cat Clinic offers a quiet, feline focused environment that provides a low-stress experience to our patients. We are seeking a cat-passion veterinary assistant to cover a maternity leave. Position will be 12-18 months in length with potential for full-time following contract.

Veterinary assistants assist the attending veterinarian and veterinary technician, while maintaining the cleanliness of the clinic and care of patients in the hospital. Veterinary assistants must build positive, professional relationships with clients and staff members. Veterinary assistants must be compassionate and enjoy working closely with patients.

• Reports for all shifts scheduled.
• Reports on time for each shift.
• Maintains a professional appearance at all times.
• Maintain a friendly demeanor while on the job.
• Ensures that exam rooms, treatment and hospital areas are clean and tidy, maintaining a professional appearance at all times.

• Clean and straighten exam rooms to prepare for incoming patients. Spray disinfectants on exam tables, wipe them clean, and dry them. Remove sources of offensive odors; empty trash if necessary. Check floors, walls, doors, and counters, and sweep and clean them as needed to remove hair, body fluids and dirt.
• Keep all exam rooms fully stocked with supplies including needles, syringes, vaccines, stethoscopes, otoscopes, alcohol, peroxide, etc.
• Monitor patients’ behaviors and note potentially aggressive behaviors. Use caution when handling aggressive or potentially aggressive pets. Request assistance when needed.
• Lay out and/or set up instruments that doctors will use during ophthalmic, otic, oral, and/or skin examinations, as determined by the patients’ presenting complaints, prior to the doctors’ arrivals in rooms. Using aseptic procedures draw up vaccines and/or injections that doctors will administer.
• Dispose of used needles and syringes and other sharp objects as set forth by the practice’s policy and OSHA standards.
• Assist the doctor with the exam and any treatment that must be administered.
• Assist with routine exam-room procedures, such as venipuncture’s, skin scrapings, fine-needle aspirates, corneal stains, and ear treatments.
• Effectively handle patients and ensure the safety of clients and personnel during exams.
• Remove sutures and staples and perform nail trims.
• Assist with filling prescriptions prescribed by the doctor and give clients instructions on administering medications.
• Assist with euthanasia procedures. Properly handle remains and prepare for burial or cremation following the proper protocol to ensure that patient remains are returned to clients in a timely fashion if cremation is selected.
• Maintain all equipment and make sure it is cleaned regularly and routine maintenance is performed in order to keep it in good working condition.
• Keep pharmacy fully stocked placing items that need replenished on the want list in a timely fashion or notify the hospital manager.
• Keep pharmacy clean and tidy and free from hazards.
• Keep the lab area and fecal sink clean and stocked well with all supplies.

• Prioritize tasks to maximize clients’ satisfaction and patient’s health.
• Track and use or store comfort items brought by clients for hospitalized patients.
• Keep cages clean and disinfected and place clean, soft bedding in cages as appropriate.
• Prepare meals and feed and water patients as directed by doctors. Note appetite in patient records.
• Maximize patients ‘comfort with a gentle and reassuring manner. Understand that actions that would constitute animal cruelty under state or local laws or the practice’s policies will be grounds for immediate reprimand and/or termination.
• Monitor patients for vomiting, blood, urine, and feces in the cage, water and food consumption. Record any unexpected incidents or changes in record and report to a doctor.
• Monitor patients’ behaviors and note potentially aggressive behaviors. Use caution when handling aggressive or potentially aggressive pets. Request…