The receptionist provides an exceptional standard of care for all patients and clients by offering a friendly greeting and a professional image of the practice to callers and visitors. Among many other tasks, the receptionist answers telephones, greets clients, prepares patient files, escorts clients and patients to exam rooms, receives and relays client correspondence, and updates client financial records. The exceptional receptionist has the ability to diffuse negative client situations and foster client bonding.

Common Responsibilities:

• Answer and Respond to Clients
• Prepare Patient Files and Update Financial Records
• Escort Clients to Exam Rooms

Qualities They Must Possess

• reliable (including reliable transportation)
• energetic (you’ll always be moving)
• willingness to talk on the phone and make calls to clients
• clean/professional appearance
• comfortable working with computers
• friendly demeanor
• must LOVE dogs and cats! If you don’t love animals, please don’t apply.

The veterinary technician assistant is the veterinary technician’s primary support. They assist in restraining pets and test set up for the examination procedure. They aid the technicians in achieving greater efficiency by relieving them of some of the routine work. They have a very significant role in freeing up the technicians to assist the veterinarian with medical procedures.

Common Responsibilities:

• cleaning up messes made by dogs and cats
• holding assists
• exceeding customers’ expectations

Qualities They Must Possess

• reliable (including reliable transportation)
• energetic (you’ll always be moving)
• patient with animals
• clean/professional appearance
• comfortable working with computers
• friendly demeanor
• must LOVE dogs and cats! If you don’t love animals, please don’t apply.

Licensed by the state board, the veterinary technician is the veterinarian’s primary medical support. They begin the examination procedure and continue to assist the doctor throughout the examination, diagnosis, and treatment phases. They aid the veterinarians in achieving greater efficiency by relieving them of technical work and administrative detail. They have a very significant role in communicating with and educating clients about their pets. Their responsibilities include taking X-rays, blood samples, and other lab samples, restraining animals, preparing instruments and animals for surgery, assisting during medical procedures, monitoring a patient's condition, giving medications, vaccines, anesthesia, and first aid, updating medical records and charts, and collecting and recording patient histories, providing follow-up care instructions and educating owners on home care.

You must be:

• reliable (including reliable transportation)
• energetic (you’ll always be moving)
• willing to work weekends/nights/holidays
• patient with animals
• clean/professional appearance
• comfortable working with computers
• friendly demeanor
• must LOVE dogs and cats! If you don’t love animals, please don’t apply.

Licensed by the state board, veterinarians are responsible for examining animals to assess their health and diagnose problems. Ability to use a combination of diagnostics such as physical examination, neurology, blood work, radiography, and pathology. Test for and vaccinate against diseases. Must be able to operate medical equipment, such as x-ray machines, and perform surgeries.

Qualities They Must Possess

• DVM degree
• professional appearance and demeanor
• Willingness to work 4 or more days a week