Job Description

Multiple Year Experience Required


Part-time position available - Small Animal Veterinary Hospital Experience REQUIRED


Summary of Job


Competencies Required for Success


The primary purpose is to ensure effective communication with clients, hospital associates, and hospital leadership while performing medical tasks for the betterment of pets in a safe hospital environment.


Deliver Consistently Creates Collaboration


Functional/Technical Skills Integrity/Trust


Standing Alone Customer Focus


Priority Setting Peer Relationships


Action Oriented Active Listening


Presentation skills Composure





Role and Responsibilities

Deliver highest level of service as the extra eyes, ears and hands for the veterinarian in advocating for each pet's best interest. Establish trust that leads to compliance of clients through completing doctor directed education, follow up, adverse event discussion, and medical note documentation. Advocate for the pet at all times including adoption of wellness program. Ensure thorough, complete, and effective medical history, education, and treatments. Create collaboration with hospital team through daily caseload while fostering a positive can-do atmosphere and attitude. Support medicine compliant with Illinois State Veterinary Practice Act, Federal and/or State Controlled Substance Laws, Practice Code of Ethics, Practice Standard Operating Procedures, and complete medical record documentation. Ensure safety of pets, clients, and other hospital associates by utilizing safe, stress-less techniques and following standard operating procedures of the clinic. Strive to partner, complete, and maintain individual development plans focusing on performance metrics and business objectives as well as personal development goals. Assist basic surgeries with appropriate anesthesia, monitoring, and pain management. Charge for services rendered and products/prescriptions dispensed. Always strive to keep open two way communication between all to enhance proactive medicine quality, client engagement, and associate well-being. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements


Experience around animals required



Preferred Skills

Ability to be resilient to stress by maintaining positive "can do" outlook, rebounding quickly from frustrations and unpleasantness maintaining composure and friendly demeanor while dealing with stressful situations. Ability to be confident around pets as exposure to pets that may bite or scratch, and on occasion be exposed to anesthesia, radiation, biological hazards and medication/controlled substances. Client needs and work volume may require longer hours than the shifts scheduled including evening and weekend work Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as carry/move up to 50 pounds Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus Noise level in the environment can be moderately high Must have mental processes for remembering, reasoning, communicating, mathematics to perform duties proficiently Computer technology skills including being able to type and work at a computer for long periods of time

Additional Notes


We are a drug-free, smoke-free, equal opportunity employer. Company policy, Federal, and State Laws forbid discrimination because of age, color, race, religion, sex, disability or national origin



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