Veterinary Doctor's Assistant​/DA ECC​/ICU

Overview

VCA Animal Specialty & Emergency Center is a high volume, AAHA accredited, referral and critical care hospital located in West Los Angeles. ASEC is proud to be one of LA's leading 24-hour specialty animal care centers for over 30 years. As a teaching hospital with six specialties and over 200 staff members on our team, we host externs, interns, and specialty residents every year.

We strive to maintain our positive and supportive learning environment, and keep our medicine and techniques ahead of the curve.

We are currently seeking experienced ECC Doctor’s Assistants to join our team.

Compensation
: $25 - 36 / hr

Compensation for this position is dependent on education, experience, credentials, location, nature of practice, schedule and additional responsibilities.

ECC Veterinary Doctor’s Assistant:

Doctor's assistants have the opportunity to be a part of providing critical care services and excellent customer service while working alongside our veterinarians, technicians, and front desk team. We are seeking highly organized individuals with strong multi-tasking and customer service skills. Current experience (within the last 2 years) in veterinary medicine is highly recommended, and experience in emergency or specialty medicine is a huge plus!

• Obtain initial patient histories from the client
• Transcribe physical exam findings, lab results, imaging reports, etc. into medical records
• Create financial estimates
• Client communication and education
• Performing client/patient follow-up phone calls
• Create and process prescription refills
• Maintain medical records
• Review discharge instructions with clients
• Complete lab submission forms

• Full-time employees work “4 x 10s”, part-time employees work 8-hour shifts
• Overnight hours are paid an additional differential.
• All schedules include working one weekend day (either Sat or Sun)

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• FSA/HSA account
• Holiday pay
• Paid vacation days
• Paid sick days
• Continuing education assistance
• 401K plan + employer match
• Personal uniforms
• Personal pet care discounts

If you are a current VCA associate, please apply through our internal career site by logging into Workday and clicking on the Career worklet on the landing page, or search for Find 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