Veterinary Receptionist/patient Care Assistant - Ryde, United Kingdom - CVS UK Ltd

CVS UK Ltd

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Ryde, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Veterinary Receptionist/Patient Care Assistant to join our team here at Pet Doctors Ryde
This position is on a fixed term contract (9 months), working 30 hours per week.

You will provide a friendly, efficient and professional service to our clients and their animals. You will need to be able to work well within a team, sometimes under high pressure. Previous veterinary receptionist experience would be preferable but not essential.

Main duties would include:

Answering the telephone, booking appointments and processing prescription requests
Dealing with clients at the reception desk, taking payments and dealing with enquiries
Accurately recording client and animal information on our IT system, so good IT skills would be preferable
Cleaning duties are involved
Animal handling
Assisting vets and nurses in restraining animals for treatment
Cleaning, walking and feeding patients

In return, you will receive:

Salary in line with National Minimum Wage
6 weeks leave a year (5 weeks plus bank holidays/equivalent) rising to 7.6 weeks leave a year after first 5 years of service (1 extra day per annum based on service)
Industry leading enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave pay offering 10 weeks full and 10 weeks half pay
Pension
Staff discount scheme on Veterinary bills and products
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to First Aid for Mental Health and Wellbeing Champions across CVS and 300 trained CVS colleagues in this role.
Access to a range of flexible benefits to suit your needs such as subsidised gym membership, and cycle to work scheme