J ob Title: * * PCA – Night Patient Care A ssistant

　　Salary: Tier 1 scale of the PCA banding £22,000

　　Location:  Willows Veterinary Centre

　　Job Type: Full Time Position

　　Hours: 6 Week Rota- 2 weeks of Night shifts, 3 weeks off, 1 week On-Call

　　Your role and responsibilities  

　　The successful applicant will work as part of the Clinical Support Team to provide consistently high standards of patient care and as well as ensuring practice standards are maintained to a high quality.

　　This position offers an opportunity to gain experience in patient care, as well as developing both your animal-care skills and technical knowledge. You will be working in a busy environment as part of a large multidisciplinary team, where no two days are the same. Our expectation of you is that you take the highest level of care, have pride in your work and use your initiative in creating a better world for pets.

　　Our Patient Care Assistants undertake a variety of duties as directed by the Veterinary Surgeons and/or Registered Veterinary Nurses, and duties or responsibilities may include:

　　Care of in-patients within the wards including (feeding, medicating, walking patients, patient care, cleaning tasks etc)

　　Patient restraint

　　Implementation of appropriate infection control measures throughout the hospital to include regular cleaning schedules as per specified area checklists

　　This is a great opportunity to an individual wishing to start a career in clinical support. Many of our patient care assistants have gone on to have successful careers in veterinary nursing. Full support and training will be provided.

　　Benefits  

　　(Below is our standard list of benefits, please feel free to add to any additional benefits you offer as a group. Please ensure holidays are listed in weeks to capture condensed hour agreements )  

　　5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave 

　　External CPD funded 

　　Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program 

　　Career progression opportunities 

　　Staff discount schemes 

　　Life Assurance 

　　Enhanced sickness pay 

　　Enhanced equal family leave 

　　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 

　　Recruitment referral reward scheme 

　　About us  

　　Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service is one of the leading small animal referral centres in the world, having been delivering the highest possible standard of pet healthcare for over 30 years. 

　　Our vision is to provide an unrivalled clinical, patient, client and team experience that is recognised for excellence across the world. Our values centre around the care of our patients, our clients, our referring vets, each other, and the environment to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.    

　　Willows is widely known for the delivery of CPD, and we strongly encourage all our associates to continually develop their skills and knowledge. We employ over 250 Associates working as part of an outstanding multi-disciplinary team led by internationally-renowned Specialists. Our service teams include orthopaedics, neurology, ophthalmology, internal medicine, clinical nutrition, oncology, soft tissue surgery, cardiology, dermatology, Emergency and Critical Care (ECC), anaesthesia and analgesia, diagnostic imaging and physiotherapy.

　　In-patient care is a priority and includes 24-hour veterinary and nursing cover, with support from a team of emergency vets and Interns. Our hospital facilities are of the highest quality, including on-site Siemens 64-slice CT, Siemens 1.5T MRI, two in-theatre mobile image intensifiers, two digital radiography rooms, ultrasonography, electro diagnostics, video endoscopy and an extensive range of advanced surgical equipment.