CareerPlan

Experienced Veterinary Assistant

Ankeny, IA, usFull-time2026-10-02 → 2026-11-12

Core

Provide hands-on nursing care, animal restraint, triage, and diagnostic support for hospitalized and urgent care patients.

Role type

Experienced Veterinary Assistant

Builds

Medical and hospitalized cases with varying degrees of stability

Domain

Veterinary medicine / Animal healthcare

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Animal restraint, triage, sample collection, lab test processing, radiograph processing, anesthetic monitoring, medication administration, surgical preparation assistance

Preferred skills

Medical history taking, customer service, multi-tasking, self-starter mindset

Responsibilities

Animal restraint, triage of incoming patients, collection and analysis of lab samples, diagnostic imaging, management and nursing care of medical and hospitalized cases, administration of medications, surgical preparation and assistance, anesthetic management

Seniority

Entry-level to Junior, hands-on IC