• Veterinary Doctor's Assistant (Emergency)

    VCA Animal Hospitals (Los Angeles, CA)


    VCA Animal Specialty Group (ASG)** **is seeking an experienced Doctor’s Assistant (DA) for our ER dept. ASG is located in Los Angeles, Glendale adjacent.

    Primary skills required for this position:

    Triage patients, including STAT calls as needed

     

    Communicate with clients to obtain histories, explain estimates, discharges and euthanasia paperwork

     

    Create estimates and present to clients

     

    Thoroughly relay patient histories to doctors and technicians

     

    Help maintain the flow of the doctor's schedules & triages

     

    Create treatment sheets in Smart Flow per doctor's instructions

     

    Fill prescriptions to go home with clients

     

    Answer calls, and send and receive emails/text messages

     

    Manage daily tasks (lab & radiology reports, filing, call backs/updates, enter charges, export Smart Flow discharges into Woofware, etc.)

     

    Ensure patients are clean and comfortable

     

    Help clean and maintain the overall treatment floor and hospital

    Why You Should Consider VCA Animal Specialty Group:

    _Shifts: Sun-Wed_

     

    Shift Hours: 4pm - 230am

     

    Competitive compensation from $23-$28

     

    Hands on patient handing opportunities once trained

     

    Complete benefits package, including medical/dental/vision insurance (after 30 days of employment), Accrued vacation and sick time, Paid holidays *, 401k (with company matching), Employee pet discounts, health and wellness resources, and much more!

     

    If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

     

    Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

     

    The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

     

    We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com