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Night Patient Care Assistant
Location: George's Farm, West Buckland, Wellington Practice: Cave Veterinary Specialists Salary: £20,025.75 per annum Practice Details
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Role: Night Patient Care Assistant
Location: Cave Veterinary Specialists
Salary: £26,701 pro-rated to £20,025.75 per annum
Job type: Permanent, part-time
Hours: 30 hours per week (pro-rata) - Night shifts 7pm-7am and
Weekend shifts 9am-6pm
Shifts:
Week 1 = 2 weekend days, 5 nights
Week 2 = 9 off
Week 3 = 5 nights
Week 4 =9 off
Week 5 =5 nights
Week 6 = 7 off
Are you an animal lover with a passion for providing exceptional care
We have an exciting opportunity for a Night Patient Care Assistant (PCA) to join our friendly and welcoming night team.
Working alongside our dedicated and experienced night team, including 2 RVN's and PCA team, your job responsibilities will include:
Cleaning and preparing theatres for surgical procedures
Cleaning and sterilising surgical instruments
Stocking consumables in preparation areas and assisting theatre staff
Providing inpatient care with the nursing team.
Candidates must be competent at handling a variety of species. The role also includes maintaining cleanliness across the hospital.
Benefits
5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
Extensive Internal CPD
Potential career progression opportunities
Staff discount schemes
Life Assurance
Enhanced sickness pay
Enhanced equal family leave
E-car salary sacrifice scheme
Employer contribution pension scheme
Recruitment referral reward scheme
Wellness program including:
Employee assistance program
Eyecare voucher scheme
Free annual Flu jab
Cycle to work scheme
Recruitment referral reward scheme
About us
At Cave Veterinary Specialists, our top priority is to provide outstanding specialist care for small animals.
We are a referral veterinary hospital located in Wellington, Somerset, treating pets across the South West.
Our team of highly experienced Veterinary Surgeons and RVNs work with state-of-the-art diagnostic and surgical equipment, including CT, MRI, digital and dental X-rays, ultrasound, and fully equipped theatres, enabling us to treat the most complex and challenging cases.
We pride ourselves on a friendly, supportive, and collaborative team culture.
Cave Veterinary Specialists is part of Linnaeus and Mars Veterinary Health, the largest family-owned veterinary company in the world. Being privately owned, we can truly be driven by our purpose, to create a better world, and think long-term as opposed to being focused solely on short-term profits.
At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. Our Associates are over 6000 strong and empowered to speak up, step up and deliver quality services. You’ll have access to a huge network of specialists, worldwide development opportunities and an easily accessible, comprehensive wellbeing package that prioritises your physical and mental health, allowing you to focus on what you do best – care for pets.
We are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse, we care about you and want you to be authentic, with everything you need to perform at your best. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to achieve our purpose.
All applications with the relevant skills and qualifications will be carefully considered. If you need any support in completing your application or simply want to find out more about Cave Veterinary Specialists, Linnaeus or the role, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk.
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Part of an amazing global family
Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.
Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.
Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.
If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
