Job Description
Perks including:
- Food: Frequent “lunch on us” including monthly birthday celebrations.
- Amusement: This field of work can be stressful but we are always trying to have fun and enjoy our day at Arlington.
- Team Fun: Get-togethers outside of the office for fun team building activities.
- Knowledge: You will be working closely with our elite veterinarians who are willing and ready to share their education and proficiency to better you as a professional in your field.
- Family Discount: When you join our team at Arlington Heights, you join our family and will receive a 50% discount for all of your own pets’ needs.
To be seriously considered for this role, please have the following in regards to:
- Education: Earn a 2 - 4 year degree or currently in college striving to further your education.
- Compassion: You must truly love animals and want to do whatever it takes to give the pet the best possible care.
- Mover & Shaker: A willingness to start and end every day knowing you gave your all.
- Partnership: This position requires teamwork not autonomy. You still need to be self-motivated but realize we work as a team at Arlington Heights.
You will be responsible for:
- Connection: Be able to demonstrate and educate clients on simple procedures and explain the importance of annual exams, heartworm flea/tick preventatives and annual blood work and vaccinations.
- Insight: Bring your knowledge and education to Arlington to improve function and efficiency of our teams.
- Culture: Communicate happily with clients and team members to be a part of a good work culture. Also communicate blood work results with owners and perform phone follow-ups and rechecks.
- Performance: Perform blood smears, run in house blood work and prepare send out samples. Also place IV catheters and start fluids, prep patients for surgery and position patients for radiographs.
- Kindness: Working at Arlington is more than a job. You will be trusted by our clients daily to treat their pet as your own.
- Qualifications: We prefer experienced doctor’s assistants but will review on a case to case basis.