Veterinary Care Assistant

About the Role

This is your chance to join a bright, spacious, purpose-built practice equipped with state-of-the-art facilities including digital X-ray and in-house laboratory equipment. You’ll be part of a friendly team delivering excellent client care while gaining practical experience across all aspects of veterinary support. This full-time position works 40 hours per week and includes weekend rota shifts, giving you real exposure to how a modern small animal practice operates.

You’ll be the welcoming face clients and their pets see when they arrive—calm, attentive, and genuinely passionate about helping both animals and the people who care for them. If you’re enthusiastic, keen to learn, and willing to get stuck in, this role offers the foundation for a rewarding veterinary career.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain clinic cleanliness, organisation, and hygiene standards across all areas
• Care for and monitor in-patients, including feeding and observation
• Assist with routine clinical testing and sample handling
• Manage stock control and ordering systems
• Handle and restrain a variety of small animals safely and with confidence
• Set up surgical areas and prepare instruments for procedures
• Perform deep cleaning of clinical and reception areas
• Communicate with clients over the phone and face-to-face regarding appointments and pet care
• Support the wider team with client care and practice operations

Requirements

• Good verbal communication skills—essential for engaging with clients
• Basic computer literacy
• A calm, friendly demeanor and genuine interest in animal welfare
• Ability to work as part of a team and follow instructions
• Willingness to learn and take on varied tasks
• Previous veterinary or animal care experience is advantageous but not essential

Benefits

• Opportunity to receive funded training for a Nursing Diploma
• 20% discount at Vets for Pets, Pets at Home, and Groom Room
• Access to additional discounts and cashback schemes
• In-house career development opportunities and mentoring
• Pension scheme
• Competitive holiday allowance
• National Minimum Wage hourly rate

About the Practice

Friern Barnet Vets for Pets is a modern, purpose-built small animal practice delivering high-standard care to the local community. The clinic is bright, spacious, and air-conditioned, with contemporary equipment and facilities designed to support both patient care and team wellbeing. The practice is part of the Vets for Pets group, which operates across the UK with a commitment to quality veterinary medicine and supportive workplace culture.

The team values diversity, inclusivity, and creating opportunities for all team members to thrive. If you’re eager to develop a career in veterinary medicine and want to work somewhere that genuinely cares about your growth, this is the place for you.