Emergency Veterinary Caregiver Assistant

Our mission at Avets is to provide state of the art medicine and compassionate care for pets and the people who love them.

We are now accepting applications for the role of Veterinary Caregiver Assistant. If you’re looking to work with animals in a fast-paced environment where every day looks different, we want to work with you!

Caregiver Assistants are responsible for supporting our Veterinarians and Technician Caregivers in providing the highest quality of care to all patients by running lab work, walking dogs, restraining patients, and keeping the hospital clean and effectively stocked with supplies.

Schedule:

• 4 ten hour shifts per week to include one weekend shift
• Our team shares rotating holidays to continue to support our patients in need 365 days a year
• Days and overnights available to suit your scheduling needs!

Compensation:

• Base pay is dependent on experience and will be discussed further during the interview! 
• We offer generous shift differentials:
  • $4/hr from 7pm-7am on all nights of the week
  • $2.50/hr weekend shift differential (12am on Friday night/Saturday morning through 12am on Sunday night/Monday morning)

We are happy to provide our team members with:

• Hands on learning through our structured training program.
• Paid time off and uniforms.
• Employee pet benefit discount program or pet insurance reimbursement.
• Multiple health plan options so that you can chose something that suits your needs best. PPO plans include $0 copays for mental health visits.
• Double-time rate on the 6 major holidays plus Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. (Our holiday pay runs for the entire overnight shift on the holidays.)
• Breakroom stocked with snacks!

Successful applicants will demonstrate the ability to:

• Remain calm and efficient in a high stress environment; be adaptable and overcome challenging situations
• Work with fellow team members to maintain a productive, positive and respectful environment.
• Interact with clients in an empathetic manner.
• Confidently restrain animals during procedures and treatments (our ideal candidate will have 1 year experience with animal restraint not including family pets).
• Applicants must be able to stand, bend, lift, and/or kneel for the duration of a shift (10 hours) and lift a minimum of twenty-five pounds.
• Fluent English skills (speaking & reading) are required for the role; fluency in multiple languages a plus.

Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401(k) with a company match!
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• FSA/HSA
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance 
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program