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Description
The Humane Society for Southwest Washington is currently seeking a candidate to join our team. This is a full-time, FLSA nonexempt opportunity as a Veterinary Assistant, reporting to the Director of Clinic Operations.
Veterinary Assistant
Since 1897, The Humane Society for Southwest Washington (HSSW) has been caring for the animals of Southwest Washington and the surrounding area. We are a donor-supported non-profit with public contracts. Our mission is to rescue, return, restore, rehome, and reconnect one animal at a time.
Path Forward 2025, is an exciting and ambitious strategic plan focused on five strategic pillars: lifesaving pathways for animals, keeping people and pets together, thriving workforce, mission expansion and leveraging technology. Through these efforts we will build a community low-cost veterinary clinic, behavior and education center and improve animal spaces. We will expand programs and resources for the community allowing people and pets to stay together. People bring our mission to life each day. We are committed to a diverse, healthy, and engaged team of employees and volunteers who strive for excellence, treat one another with kindness, and provide quality and compassionate care for the pets and people we serve.
Position Summary
The mission of the Veterinary Assistant is to have the greatest positive impact on the continuity of care an animal receives during its stay at HSSW through daily monitoring and by treatment of health conditions and surgical procedures that keep in alignment with HSSW’s vision, mission, values, and standard operating procedures. The Veterinary Assistant is responsible for monitoring and treating all animals under veterinary care and assisting the Surgery Team with providing excellent quality, high volume spay/neuter surgery.
This is an FLSA non-exempt status position reporting to the Director of Clinic Operations either as a full-time and/or in a part-time capacity. Full-time is between thirty and forty hours per week, part-time is between sixteen and twenty-nine hours per week.
The Ideal Applicant
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
VA Level 1 – Basic Entry Level tasks
VA Level 2 – adding these tasks…
VA Level 3 – adding these tasks…
Qualifications
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Licenses, and Credentials
Preferred Qualifications
General Expectations
Compensation and Benefits
Veterinary Assistant positions can be either full-time, 30 to 40 hours per week, or part-time 16 to 29 hours per week position. Both part-time & full-time employment is FLSA non-exempt. Starting pay for the entry level Veterinary Assistant 1 position is $17.31 per hour, within an hourly pay range of $17.31-$18.35. For the positions of Veterinary Assistant levels 2 & 3, the hourly pay range is $18.35 to $19.65. A Vet Assistant 2 can expect compensation to start at the bottom of the range, whereas a Vet Assistant 3 can expect compensation to start at mid-range. Pay increases are obtained depending on experience, attitude, work ethic, commitment to teamwork, learning ability, skill level, core competencies and organizational budget.
In addition to serving in an organization with a compassionate and strategic purpose; full time employees currently enjoy health, dental, and vision insurance benefits that become effective the first of the month after hire. Part time employees may choose to participate in a shared cost premium for dental and vision benefits. Both full time and part time employees, enjoy a matching percentage 401 (k) retirement plan that begins the first month after hire, has a 3-year graded vestment schedule and a ROTH contribution option. An employee assistance program for all household member access is also available. A Section 125 FSA Cafeteria Plan for out-of-pocket health and/or dependent day care expenses and numerous employee discounts that include partner organizations and access to affordable life, disability, and accidental supplemental insurance. As a 501c3 non-profit organization, full-time employees may be eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness with the potential to eliminate student loans within 10 years!
Paid Time Off (PTO) benefits -This position is considered a Level PTO3, which accrues PTO at a rate of 0.04 hours for every hour worked. Working 40 hours per week equates to about 83 hours per year. Additional Paid time benefits include bereavement & pet bereavement leave and for full-time employees, an annual allotment of 48 hours floating holiday pay and the ability to build a long-term sick leave bank.
Organizational Culture
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
The Veterinary Assistant must be able to safely work with a variety of animals. In addition, they must be able to stand, walk, sit, talk, and hear, stoop, bend, squat, kneel, stretch, grasp, and grip, put fingers together firmly and reach above and below shoulder level and lift, push, pull , lift and/or carry up to 50 pounds of weight, repetitively use hands to operate computers, flex the neck upward and downward; twist the neck and the waist.
Work is performed in an animal shelter veterinary clinic environment, with exposure to environmental conditions that include working with and near animals. Primary workplace is at an animal shelter that operates 7 days per week with potential exposure to fractious animals; high noise levels; zoonotic diseases; animal bites and scratches; cleaning chemicals and allergens. Potential exposure of infectious diseases to owned animals.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This document does not create an employment contract implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship. HSSW participates in E-Verify.
How to Apply
If HSSW and this job sounds like the right place for you, and you meet the qualifications for this position, click the Apply button at the top of the posting and begin your journey today. For more information visit https://southwesthumane.org/about-us/careers/.
Application Deadline: Open until filled.
Full Time
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
$34k-47k (estimate)
08/11/2023
09/04/2024
southwesthumane.org
VANCOUVER, WA
25 - 50
1963
GARY BUTLER
<$5M
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
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