Job Title: Patient Care Assistant Salary: £24,045 per annum (pro rata for part time positions) Location: Spinney Vets Wootton Fields, Northampton Job Type: Permanent, full-time Hours: 40 hours per week **We are looking for a Patient Care Assistant (PCA) to expand our fantastic team.** **Patient Care Assistants are an essential part of the Practice Team. Working alongside the clinical team and the client care team, the ideal candidate will have a good background in animal handling, with previous veterinary care experience preferred but not essential as full training will be provided. The highest standards of patient care and premises management need to always be maintained, and PCAs are key to achieving this.** **Duties will include, but are not limited to:** Assisting Veterinary Surgeons, Veterinary Nurses, and support staff where and when required. Cleaning, disinfection and preparation of patient accommodation. Appropriate husbandry and care of patients, as directed Completing paperwork to ensure accurate monitoring of all in-patient care Actively maintain the hospital and follow infection control procedures. This will include sterilising and deep cleaning among other duties. Assist with reception and client care, including answering the telephone, dealing with enquiries, booking procedures and taking payments. Work and communicate effectively with colleagues and clients. Demonstrate the ability to be reliable, adaptable, understanding and empathetic. **About us** We are a very well-equipped, RCVS accredited practice acting as a fiercely proactive force in a changing profession. Our drivers are high quality patient care, client education and career development. Come to grow and succeed with us, a practice looking forward to a future as an advanced first opinion practice with a strong ethos of nurturing and utilising our associates’ skills and advancing them with CPD and support from the excellent central team of Linnaeus Veterinary Limited, to make a better world for pets and fulfilled careers for ourselves. In a rapidly changing profession, we have been proactive in our support for progressing our veterinary nursing team with a structured, industry leading career progression framework. Maximising the skills and qualities of our Veterinary Nurses and Patient Care Assistants. We would love for you to consider joining our highly trained team of 3 Vets, 5 RVNs, 1 PCA and 5 Client Care team members and help us continue to create a loving and caring service that goes above and beyond to keep our patients healthy and build for the future of the veterinary profession. **Benefits** + 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave + Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program + Career progression opportunities + Staff discount schemes + Life Assurance + Enhanced sickness pay + Enhanced equal family leave + Recruitment referral reward scheme + E-car salary sacrifice scheme + Employer contribution pension scheme + Wellness program including: + Employee assistance program + Eyecare voucher scheme + Free annual Flu jab + Cycle to work scheme. \#LI-GP1 #LI-Onsite