Veterinary Assistant - Oncology & Internal Medicine

Veterinary Assistant

• Oncology & Internal Medicine

PetCure Oncology at Veterinary Radio Surgery and Imaging Center

Monday-Thursday daytime working hours. No holidays, nights or weekends!

Will consider both Full-Time and Part-Time

At PetCure Oncology at Veterinary Radio Surgery and Imaging Center, you'll feel the warmth and openness of a small clinic, while having the opportunity and support of a united network.

To some people, a pet is just that… a pet. But for many families, they are far more. They are an integral part of the family. They are often on level with a brother, a sister, a child. When a loved one has cancer, every day, every second, every moment is cherished. There are no better families to work with than our patient's families. The love they express for their pets is unrivaled.

Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.

PetCure Oncology at Veterinary Radio Surgery and Imaging Center is looking for a veterinary assistant to help our medical oncology, radiation oncology and internal medicine services.

As an Veterinary Assistant, you'll play an important role in pets' lives by providing specialized care for our precious patients. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests, to support services including admitting and discharging patients.

Role Responsibilities:

• Must have and demonstrated excellent communications skills including delivering outstanding customer service, dealing directly with clients and referring veterinarians either face to face or over the telephone on a daily basis. In addition, you must be a kind, empathetic, compassionate person who is able to deal in an appropriate manner with very sensitive issues and concerns of our oncology clientele. You are good at establishing and maintaining a supportive health service relationship with the oncology clientele and able to provide long-term care for their pet.

• Being an effective, positive and approachable team player in your interaction with other team members is necessary.

• A willingness to learn about oncology from the consultation of a patient, providing chemotherapy, radiation, and radioactive iodine to understanding different types of cancers and why a particular therapy is used on a patient and potential side effects or medications, chemotherapy, radiation, and radioactive iodine treatments.

• Must be highly organized, have initiative to start and finish requests from clients, referring veterinarians, team members, and veterinarians.

• You must be detailed orientated and able to learn various software systems.

Experience & Skills Requirements:

• 2+ years of direct patient care experience in a veterinary setting OR currently enrolled in a veterinary education program

You'll Grow with Us

You can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

• Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses

• ThriveU

• Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills

• A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital

• Earn your AVMA-CVTEA Accreditation and become a Vet Tech through our fully accredited distance learning program for veterinary technicians

• Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement

And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.

Benefits (for Full-Time employees) - our care in action

We provide benefits spread comprehensively across your mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:

• Paid time off including 8-weeks of full-pay parental leave, bereavement to grieve both humans and pets, and time off for new pet adoptions

• Top quality medical, dental, and vision insurance plus health savings account and flexible spending account

• Pet perks including free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations

• Generously subsidized backup and ongoing care support for children, adults, and pets

• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions

• 401k with employer contribution and no waiting period

• Tenure-based incentive program and performance bonuses

• Continuing education and development support through our library of free CE courses and paid time off to complete

• Scholarship opportunities and student loan support program

and so much more!

At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity of all of our team members, pet parents, and pets. We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where all team members belong and feel empowered.