Veterinary Assistant

Overview

Pine Point Animal Hospital is seeking a Veterinary Assistant to join our team!

Location:

12 Pine Point Rd.Scarborough, Maine 04074

Our hours are as follows:

• Monday

• Friday 8- 5:30 pm (NO LATE NIGHTS!)

• Saturday 8- 5:30 (One Saturday per month)
• Sundays

• CLOSED

Our compensation package consists of a starting wage as follows:

Compensation: - $22 - $25 depending on experience, with annual bonus opportunities.

Pine Point Animal Hospital is a 2 doctor practice that sees dogs, cats and exotics . We offer a large array of services including: ultrasound, digital x-ray and Phovia. Phovia is a two step treatment using LED lamp and a chromophore gel. This creates multi wavelength fluorescent light energy that can penetrate the skin to variable depths, speed up cell regeneration and aid in healing wounds quicker.

We have a lot of great in-house lab equipment including the new Imagyst. The Imagyst is the new artificially intelligent cytology reader. It reads ear cytologies, fecals, urines, and fine needle aspirates for you.

Our leadership team is responsible for creating a culture that embraces MVP's core values. Our team embraces continual improvement of patient care and provide the best support staff to our doctors.

At the core of our work is our values. These include Doing the right thing when no one is watching, Team Work (Together Everyone Achieves More), Accountability

• Do what you say and say what you do, Continuous Improvement and Service - every interaction matters.

Our core values are also the basis of our growing culture. Living and embracing our values ensures that you will have excel at our hospital.

We are looking for someone with experience with restraint, venipuncture, IV catheter placement and anesthesia and anesthetic monitoring for general surgery and dentistry is a plus.

We need someone with charisma with our clients, patients and staff. We need someone that can greet clients and pets with a cheery attitude.

Mission Veterinary Partners strives to be the employer of choice. We understand that if we create an environment that veterinary professionals want to work in, where they feel valued, this will cross over into excellent patient care, client experience and overall satisfaction with your career.

You can expect a supportive learning environment where you have opportunity to build your skills. This presents in many forms, including peer coaching, on the job mentoring and a variety of learning opportunities in person and on our online learning platform.

Come join our team!

Benefits:

PTO - 80

Full-time team members will be awarded additional PTO based on their years of service.

Holiday Pay 48 hours to apply towards 6 recognized holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day)

• The holiday PTO hours can be used at the team member's discretion to cover the actual holiday as observed by the hospital or other absences with approval from their Manager.

Annual review with wage evaluation/potential for raises

Dream Fund

• Potential annual bonus awarded.

Medical, Vision and Dental plans available

FSA and HSA options available

Maternity Leave

401K starting on day 1. The company offers up to a 4% match

Access to Healthy Minds @Work App - to promote mental health and reduce burnout and reduce stress

Health Advocate

• Employee Assistance Program

• Includes five face-to-face visits with a counselor per issue per rolling 12 months, without any cost to you

• 24 hour access

• Get help with depression, anxiety, family issues, substance abuse and more

• Learn strategies such as mindfulness to manage stress, anger and improve focus

• Locate childcare, eldercare, summer camps, special needs services and relocation support Easy access to legal/financial experts and information

• Work through relationship problems, divorce, grief and other life transitions

• Build coping skills to manage life's challenges and gain control of your life

• Explore webinars, courses and articles on a variety of well-being topics

• Visit the Personalized Legal Center, Financial Fitness Center and Mindfulness page

• ALL AT NO COST TO YOU!!!

Optional Insurances Available

• Life Insurance AD&D

• Short Term Disability Insurance

• Long Term Disability Insurance

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Accidental Insurance

Pet Benefits

Uniform Allowance

• Full Time $150, Part Time $75

CE Benefits

• Credentialed Veterinary Technician $500 plus 24 paid CE hours per year, Access to our online learning platform with RACE approved CE at your fingertips.

Scholarship Program for Veterinary Assistants that want to become credentialed

Internal Employee Rewards Program

• Reward your co-workers with points that are redeemable for gift cards.

We do offer externships for Veterinary Technicians and Vet Students.

Responsibilities

How you'll make an impact:

• Our Veterinary Assistants assist the Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians in all of their duties

• The Veterinary Assistant helps to prepare animals for exams and surgery.

• The Veterinary Assistant aids in performing medical treatments.

• The Veterinary Assistant will perform or prepare laboratory tests.

• The Veterinary Assistant will administer medications under the direction of a Veterinarian or Veterinary Technician.

• The Veterinary Assistant will obtain and properly handle/prepare in-house and laboratory specimens (cytology, blood draws, blood smear, fecal, etc.)

• The Veterinary Assistant works in cooperation with staff to attend to any immediate needs.

• The Veterinary Assistant handles animals and their owners in a responsive, courteous and tactful manner, and inform staff and clients of any pertinent medical information related to animal care.

• The Veterinary Assistant maintains a healthy, safe, sanitary, pleasant and clean facilities for the animals.

Qualifications

Physical demands and work environment

• The Veterinary Assistant must have the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds and lift over 50 pounds with the assistance of a coworker. Requires sufficient ambulatory skills.

• The Veterinary Assistant must be able to work in noisy work conditions with sounds from animals and equipment that can be moderately high.

• The Veterinary Assistant is routinely exposed to a variety of pets that may bite or scratch, and on occasion, exposed to anesthesia, radiation, biological hazards and medication/controlled substances.

• The Veterinary Assistant must be fluent in the written and verbal skills necessary to perform successfully the essential functions, duties, and responsibilities of the position.

• The Veterinary Assistant must be able to exchange accurate information with all clients and team members.