Veterinary Assistant

20 hours ago

Vancouver, Canada Canada West Veterinary Specialists Full time

**WHY JOIN US?**

Canada West Veterinary Specialists is an exciting full-service multi-disciplinary specialty referral practice with a dedicated 24-hour ERCC service.

At Canada West, you can look forward to continuous learning, unique cases within a highly dynamic, specialty environment, and growth through Canada West’s very own development program.

**BENEFITS**:

- **Starting Wage**:$20.00/hr for new graduates
- We grow together with our in-house Continuing Education presentations
- Subsidized extended health benefits
- 5 paid sick days per year
- Uniform allowance per year
- Wellness Spending account
- We provide employer paid Pet insurance for 2 pets.
- We have a recognition program to recognize our staff’s contributions for our success.
- We believe in your well-being and provide a company sponsored Employee Assistance Program (EAP) enabling access to caring professionals that can help access support related to fitness, physical health and mental well-being programs.
- We have fun together with our hospital sponsored social events like; having Food Trucks visit us onsite, Halloween pumpkin carving contests, Annual Christmas Party, Pub Nights, etc.

**SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Patient Care Assistants provide support to the Technicians and Veterinarians and basic care for patients.
- Responsible for basic animal husbandry for patients in Wards and ICU
- Ensures that all kennels and working areas are cleaned, disinfected and properly maintained
- Restraint of patients for medical procedures
- May be asked to administer oral medications under the supervision of the doctor or technician on duty.
- Demonstrate proper implementation of protocols with potentially infectious and/or zoonotic diseased patients.
- May be asked to assist in patient monitoring under the supervision of a veterinarian or technician.
- Facilitates admissions and discharges of patients.
- Responsible for training new PCA’s as part of the onboarding process.
- *If contacted for the role, you will receive a full job description that includes a full list of duties and responsibilities._

**QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE**
- Veterinary Office Assistant Certification, or equivalent experience required

**WORKING HOURS**
- The typical 10hr shifts are Days: 7am-5:30pm. Evenings: 3pm -1:30am. Overnights: 10:30pm - 9am.
- We offer shift premiums for both Evenings and Overnight shifts.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $20.00-$26.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Additional pay:

- Overtime pay

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift

**Experience**:

- Veterinary Assistant: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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