Veterinary Assistant - Bal-Coeur Animal Hospital

Location: 550 North New Ballas Road, Creve Coeur, MO, 63141

VCA Bal-Coeur Animal Hospital is seeking an Experienced Veterinary Assistant to join the team at our AAHA-accredited 4-doctor practice in St. Louis, MO!

About Us

At Bal-Coeur we provide routine and advanced medical care, surgery, dentistry and more, in an updated modern facility. We see dogs, cats, and other small animal pet species, and offer grooming as well.

Our caring team believe in providing the best possible care to our patients, personalized services to all of our clients and patients and consider them our extended family. Our hospital has been serving the community since 1978.

Check out our website here: www.vcahospitals.com/bal-coeur

About the Role

As an Experienced Veterinary Assistant, you will support our team by creating a positive, low-stress atmosphere for our patients and clients. We want you to utilize your knowledge and skills and continue to grow. Duties include:

• Compassionate patient care

• Client care and education

• Patient assessment

• Venipuncture

• Catheter placement

• Laboratory work and diagnostics

• Anesthesia monitoring

• Surgical preparation and assisting

• Dentistry

• Radiology

• Pharmacy

• Medical recordkeeping

Why VCA

We are passionate about supporting our veterinary technicians and assistants and are committed to your continuing education and personal career development. VCA is a community of dedicated professionals that will encourage you to explore everything a veterinary career has to offer.

We are committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity, and strive to be a place where a talented mix of people want to come, stay, and do their best work. We support a work environment where you can focus on your career, your happiness, and the patients you serve.

Some of the many benefits we offer:

• Access to the people and resources of a large veterinary community

• Advancement and leadership opportunities

• Career development programs

• Medical, dental & vision insurance

• Access to free mental health care, life assistance program, resources like Headspace, etc.

• Fully employer-paid life, long-term and short-term disability insurance

• Paid vacation, paid sick time, holiday pay

• Paid parental leave

• Continuing Education allowance for full time credentialed veterinary technicians

• CE and learning opportunities for all associates

• Tuition support and sponsorships including Veterinary Technology AAS, BAS completion and more

• Veterinary Technician license reimbursement

• Generous hospital discounts for your pets, a variety of other discounts

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Referral bonus opportunities

• Opportunities to give back through VCA Charities and local animal shelter partnerships

Interested in this opportunity? Apply Now! We look forward to hearing from you.

If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click 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 vcacareers.com.