Experienced Veterinary Assistant

VCA Advanced Animal Hospital is hiring an experienced Veterinary Assistant to join our team!

Location: 8915 US-36 Hannibal, MO 63401

About Us

We are a 2-doctor practice in Hannibal, MO that sees dogs and cats.. We are proud to be an AAHA-accredited practice along with our team being Fear Free Certified!

We offer a wide variety of services including primary care, dentistry, and soft-tissue and orthopedic surgery. Our team strives to deliver the best medical care to our patients and the best experience for our pet owners.

Our hours are Monday 8am - 5:30pm, Tuesday through Thursday 8am - 7pm, Friday 8am - 5:30pm, closed Saturday and Sunday. NO WEEKENDS!

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About the Role

As Veterinary Assistant, you will help create and maintain a positive, low-stress atmosphere for our patients and clients. Duties will include:

• Compassionate patient care

• Client education and care

• Venipuncture and catheter placement

• Radiology and diagnostics

• Lab sample collection and processing

• Surgical preparation and assisting

• Anesthesia

• Dentistry

• Medication preparation and administration

• Safe and effective patient handling and restraint

• Medical recordkeeping

VCA Animal Hospitals offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including Medical/Dental/Vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, pet care discounts, paid vacation, holidays and sick days, health and well-being programs that provide resources and training. Compensation is negotiable based on education, experience, and other relevant credentials. The pay starts at $16 / hour

Interested? Apply today!

If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse 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 ~~~