Welfare Veterinary Assistant

*Interested parties please send us your CV and expected salary to [email protected]*

Job Description

The serviced targets include animals from strayed-found, rescued, surrender, lost and welfare / prosecution cases. To work with our welfare veterinary surgeon, our work ranges from daily operation of veterinary hospital mainly by taking care of the hospitalized animals to emergency cases of accidentally injured animals.

I. Hospital

• To take care of all the animals in Welfare Department including treatments and husbandry.
• To assist the rostered Veterinary Surgeon for the operational procedures under standard operation protocols.
• To work with various teams or department including the Kennel Keepers, Veterinary Assistants/Nurse, Customer Service Representative, Behaviour Training teams to provide the best care to animals.
• To act as a liaison between Welfare Department and the public, including answering medical enquiries about animals, contacting and explaining the animals’ condition to the public by instruction of supervisor or veterinary surgeon, helping with see-outs for homing animals, etc.
• To maintain tidiness and cleanliness of work areas.
• To maintain the stock level of all work areas.
• To understand the importance of working of shift duty.

II. Programmes

• Assisting in any programmes under Welfare Department mainly for desexing and educating the public the animal welfare and responsible ownership including but not limited to:
• Cat Colony Care Programme (CCCP)
• Community Dog Programme / Mongrel Desexing Programme
• Spay and Neuter Vehicle (SNV)

Qualifications and Requirements

• Completed HKCEE/ DSE or relevant qualifications.
• Good command of written and spoken English & Cantonese, spoken Putonghua will be advantage.
• Experience in handling animals, ideally at least 2-3 years' exposure.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with professional telephone manner.
• Good PC knowledge including Word, Excel and Chinese Word Processing.
• A good team player and be able to work under pressure.
• Able to work on shift duty in different locations so as on Saturdays, Sundays, and Public Holidays.
• Genuine interest in the welfare of animals.