VCA Advanced Veterinary Care Center is expanding our Neurology service, and we're looking for a compassionate, motivated Veterinary Assistant to join our team.
Schedule: Full-time, 4 x 10-hour shifts, Monday - Thursday. The starting range is determined by license, skill set, and years of experience in the field. Financial growth opportunities available.
Compensation: $ 17 - $19 / hr and starting pay is based on skill set and experience, with real opportunities for financial growth.
About VCA Advanced Veterinary Care Center:
As a 24/7/365 specialty and emergency hospital, AVCC offers the equipment, caseload, and mentorship giving our technicians the chance to work on the full spectrum of internal medicine cases, from routine to rare.
Responsibilities & Skills- Safely and compassionately handle nervous, painful, and neurologic patients, including following spinal precautions.
- Assist with patient preparation, prepare surgical sites, and assist with maintaining sterile technique throughout the surgical process.
- Properly collect, label, and handle laboratory samples, including blood, urine, and CSF.
- Clean, disinfect, sterilize, and maintain surgical instruments and equipment, including autoclave operation.
- Maintain clean and aseptic conditions in the OR, prep, and patient holding areas.
- Follow all infection control, biohazard, sharps, and safety protocols.
- Work closely with technicians and veterinarians to ensure patients and procedures are prepared appropriately.
- Demonstrate strong teamwork, attention to detail, compassion, and the ability to remain calm in a fast-paced specialty environment.
- Be eager to learn, receptive to feedback, and able to follow detailed instructions and established protocols.
Our benefits are built to support your career, health, and life outside of work:
Competitive wages and referral bonuses
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
Life, long-term, and short-term disability insurance
401(k) with corporate match
Paid vacation sick time, and holiday pay
Paid parental leave
Free continuing education through WoofU
Free mental wellness support (Headspace + 12 Lyra Health sessions/year)
Pet care discounts of 40–100%
Leadership and career development programs
Associate-led equity, inclusion, and diversity groups
Discounts on cell phone plans, car rentals, entertainment, and more
We're a teaching hospital at heart. Our Specialists and RVTs are committed to mentoring associates who want to sharpen their technical skills and grow their careers, all while working alongside a supportive, collaborative team that treats every patient and every teammate with expert care and warmth.
Ready to bring your skills to a team that's as invested in you as you are in your patients? Apply today
Location: 7712 Crosspoint Commons, Fishers, IN 46038
If you are a current associate, you 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 vcacareers.com.Skills Required
- Safely and compassionately handle nervous, painful, and neurologic veterinary patients, including following spinal precautions
- Assist with patient preparation and surgical-site preparation
- Assist with maintaining sterile technique during surgical procedures
- Collect, label, and handle blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid samples
- Clean, disinfect, sterilize, and maintain surgical instruments and equipment, including operating an autoclave
- Maintain clean and aseptic conditions in operating room, preparation, and patient-holding areas
- Follow infection-control, biohazard, sharps, and safety protocols
- Demonstrate teamwork, attention to detail, compassion, and calmness in a fast-paced specialty environment
- Be receptive to feedback, eager to learn, and able to follow detailed instructions and established protocols
What We Do
A leader in veterinary care, VCA Animal Hospitals is a family of hometown animal hospitals dedicated to positively impacting pets, people, and communities. They provide world-class medicine and hometown care to more than four million pets each year, offering a range of services from primary and urgent care to specialty and emergency medicine. VCA is part of the Mars Veterinary Health family of brands.
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