Veterinary Assistant

Spartan Animal Hospital in McFarland is seeking a FT, highly motivated veterinary assistant to join our team. We are a state-of-the-art clinic providing medical, surgical and dental services for dogs, cats and exotics.

Our Mission: Spartan Animal Hospital's core mission is to partner with our clients to nurture and preserve the human-animal bond through compassionate, comprehensive, quality medical and surgical care for our patients.

Our Staff: We are passionate about supporting our staff and offer a positive and rewarding work environment.

Benefits for FT employment include:

• Health insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Uniform Allowance
• CE Allowance
• Employee Pet Discounts
• Voluntary Dental/Vision Insurance
• Retirement Account
• No weekend hours
• 4 day work week

Responsibilities include:

• Greeting clients, scheduling appointments, and maintaining patient medical records
• Assisting the veterinarians and veterinary technicians with patient care
• Obtaining patient histories
• Professionally managing phone calls on multiple lines. Receive and process telephone, email and fax messages accurately
• Receiving inventory shipments
• Cleaning surgical instruments
• Answering client’s inquiries about hospital policies, basic pet care questions and basic costs
• Preparing client invoices and obtain payments after services performed
• Assisting in maintaining hospital cleanliness
• Performing other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Previous experience in veterinary or animal care is preferred. Minimum of 1 year of customer service experience is required
• Positive personality, love of working with clients and their pets, and outstanding communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task while maintaining composure towards clients and others
• Computer skills with the ability to learn new software programs quickly

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• No weekends

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person