Veterinary Receptionist

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Buffalo, NY, USA
In-Office
17-19 Hourly
Entry level
Pet • Professional Services
The Role
Provides front-desk and client service support for a veterinary hospital, including greeting clients, answering phones, scheduling appointments, processing payments, explaining services and products, managing medical records, making follow-up calls, assisting staff, and maintaining a clean facility. Educates clients on general pet care and supports a positive, professional experience for pets and their owners.
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Client Service Representative
We are seeking an experienced, cheerful, fun-loving, hard-working Veterinary Receptionist who thrives in a busy environment to join our team.
At VCA Animal Hospitals, we take our mission statement – your pet’s health is our top priority and excellent service is our goal – very seriously.   With every opportunity, we aim to exceed each pet owner’s expectations.
We’re looking for a personable yet highly professional “service extraordinaire” to join us in delivering our mission to our clients and their pets. Position pays $17.00-$18.75 pending on experience.
Why We Need You
As the face of VCA, the Client Service Representative sets the tone for the practice as we build and maintain each customer's trust and confidence in our abilities.   The Client Service Representative is the pivot around which the hospital operates and is responsible but not limited to:
• Customer service functions, including: greeting visitors, answering telephones, and guiding clients and their pets to exam rooms.
• Scheduling and confirming appointments. Assist doctors and other staff members as needed
• Placing outbound calls for follow-ups and reaching out to prospective clients.
• Presenting and explaining fees, including processing payments.
• Recommending, selecting, and obtaining products and services, including prescriptions.
• Answering questions regarding products and services, including educating clients on general animal husbandry and non-medical pet care (i.e., heartworm prevention, housebreaking, and flea & tick control).
• Managing medical records, charts, reports and correspondence.
• Hospital maintenance (including removal of animal waste) and ensuring that facility is neat and clean at all times—both inside and outside. 

Last but not least, it is essential that you love your job with us - and have fun doing it!

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

  • Experience working in a busy environment
  • Strong customer service and communication skills
  • Ability to schedule appointments, process payments, manage records, and assist veterinary staff
  • Ability to provide general animal husbandry and non-medical pet care information
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The Company
HQ: Los Angeles, CA
35,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1986

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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