Veterinary Assistant jobs in Rhode Island

ME-WOW!

City Kitty is seeking a thoughtful, experienced, and compassionate cat-loving Veterinary Assistant to join our team. Do you speak cat? Providence’s funky and fabulous feline practice could be purr-fect for you! We’re looking for someone who is smart, capable, fun, and willing to work hard to help the practice and our patients. If you know that cats need respect and gentle handling, and their families need kindness and understanding, then please apply today! The successful candidate loves cats and their people and has a positive, upbeat attitude and top-tier technical and communications skills.

Is this you?

• You absolutely adore cats
• You can work independently, think creatively, and know how to problem solve
• You understand that cat parents love their cats!
• You have a good sense of humor
• You accept that grace under pressure is a basic job requirement
• You are calm and organized
• You are willing to learn
• You enjoy client education
• You understand cat-friendly restraint and venipuncture techniques
• You want to work in a cat practice
• You think animal health care is the cat’s meow!

Key Responsibilities:

• Executing treatment orders
• Performing blood draws
• Collecting urine samples – void, express, cystocentesis
• Administering medications – PO, IM, SQ, SL, IV
• Keeping cages clean and sanitized
• Walking, feeding, and picking up after the animals
• Various housekeeping duties (laundry, dishes, taking out garbage etc.)
• Calculating medications mg/kg
• Creating a dosing schedule from the DVM orders
• Communicating with clients via phone and in-person
• Taking Radiographs, CBC, Chem, LYTES, Perform and read urinalysis
• Restraining animals
• Outpatient procedures
• Filling prescribed medications

Requirements:

• 1 plus year veterinary tech / assist experience or education
• Team-oriented
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to lift 50 pounds

A common purpose with an uncommon passion—this is Rarebreed Veterinary Partners. We are a purpose-driven team placing talent first by supporting professionals to thrive in our industry and empowering hospital teams to provide exceptional care for pets and their owners. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to create exceptional work experiences for all our employees. Afterall, work should be your happy place! We focus on providing the best culture, tools, and support to our hospitals to allow the staff to focus on what they love most, caring for our animals.

We don’t want to offer you a job, we want to offer you a career! Supporting our employees' career goals is one of the many ways we're committed to employee happiness. This is why we have partnered with Penn Foster – to offer our employees access to career-focused programs through the Penn Foster Veterinary Academy Program at a Rarebreed discounted rate!

Like what you hear so far? Let us tell you about our benefits so we can really seal the deal!

What else do we have to offer?

• At Rarebreed, we provide employees in the veterinary profession with the best work experience by creating and fostering a great culture where you can thrive. We value you and offer a one-of-a-kind, flexible total compensation package that consists of the following:
• Competitive base compensation plus bonus incentive
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• 401K with 100% company match of up to 3%, and a 50% match for the 4th and 5th%
• Generous paid time off to ensure a healthy work/life balance
• Employee Referral Award Program
• Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability, voluntary life insurance available
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• IDEXX diagnostic fees for personal pets covered
• Personal pet care discounts
• Access to Employee Assistance Programs
• Continuing education time off and reimbursement
• Free monthly wellness meetings focusing on stress & anxiety reduction and mindfulness
• Free online group exercise classes, such as yoga and HIIT (High Energy Interval Training), twice a week, taught by certified trainers
• Free quarterly financial wellness classes to provide guidance in areas such as student loan debt, budgeting, improving credit scores, mortgages, and refinancing.

Employment will require the successful completion of references and background check.

Rarebreed Veterinary Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.

Learn more about our career opportunities at: https://rarebreedvet.com/careers/