Veterinary Assistant- Trinity Veterinary Hospital
Greenville, NC /
Trinity Veterinary Hospital – Assistants /
full-time or part-time
/ On-site
Trinity Veterinary is a busy practice in Greenville, NC. We are growing and would love for you to join us. We are a family focused clinic with a positive culture that is looking to expand the team. On-the-job training is provided. Excellent benefits, flexible scheduling and supportive mentorship are just a few of the Perks!
Some of the things you will learn include:
- Keeping clear medical records of all animals attended to at the clinic and answering all inquiries made by clients at the front desk
- Carrying out laboratory testing of blood, fecal, urine and other subjects
- Ensuring that animals are well prepared for surgery and medical examination
- Administering medication to animals, facilitate dispensing of medication
- Ensuring that the clinic environment is clean and sanitized, clean animal cages and sanitize all surgical tools to prevent contamination
- How to carefully handle animals during visit to the clinic for testing, injection, and other clinical procedures
- Making available drugs prescribed by the veterinarian to the patients and instruct pet owners on how to administer them to their animals at home
- Monitoring patients after surgical procedures to ensure that they are recuperating, and report negative changes observed to the veterinarian
- Educating pet owners on treatment, surgical procedures, and medication for their pets
The skills, knowledge and abilities needed to fill this position include, but are not limited to:
- Having a Positive outlook
- Having good human relations to attend to visitors at the front desk and pet owners
- Passionate about animals
- Being patient and calm
- Must be open to learning
- Ability to work well with a team
- Be able to adapt to the frequent changes within a busy practice
- Strong ability to leverage the team to achieve a common goal
