Veterinary Assistant
Core
Providing hands-on patient care, sample collection, and administrative support in a small animal veterinary hospital.
Role type
Veterinary Assistant
Builds
Patient care workflows, diagnostic data, and treatment plans for dogs, cats, and pocket pets.
Domain
Veterinary Medicine / Small Animal Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Patient restraint and handling, medical history taking, sample collection and processing, diagnostic imaging assistance, medication administration, anesthesia monitoring support, surgical assistance, client communication
Preferred skills
Laboratory testing experience, radiograph experience, anesthesia monitoring experience
Responsibilities
Safely restraining and handling patients, triaging incoming patients, collecting and analyzing lab samples, assisting with diagnostic imaging, providing nursing care for hospitalized patients, administering medications, preparing patients for surgery, supporting anesthesia monitoring, maintaining clean treatment areas