Animal Care Assistant - Weekends

UE04: £22,630.00 - £24,715.00 Per Annum Pro Rata

CMVM / R(D)SVS / HfSA

Open Ended Contract: Part Time - A veraging 10 Hours per Week

Working two 10 hour shifts on Saturday and Sunday, every other weekend

Shift times are 7am-6pm TBC (with one hour of unpaid lunch)

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with a passion for animal care and the drive to make a difference in the Hospital for Small Animals in Edinburgh. We are a large veterinary and teaching hospital with a great team of vets, nurses and assistants who are all committed to animal health and welfare. This is a demanding role and requires dedication, proactivity, flexibility, a strong work ethic and a strong belief in delivering the highest standard of patient care.

We have a full 6-8 week training programme where you will shadow our friendly and experienced staff to learn the ropes, training is usually required to be during our Monday-Friday normal business hours to allow for optimal support.

The Opportunity:

You will work every other weekend, both Saturday and Sunday. We have 4 weekend dedicated ACAs, 2 working each weekend day shift alongside our rolling day ACA. You will cover for the other weekend ACAs holidays (which means you may then work 3 weekends in a row) and other periods of absence, accruing paid overtime for any additional hours worked. The shifts are 10 hours long; with one hour of unpaid lunch, (day shifts only).

You will be required to work a share of the public holidays over the Christmas period, should your shifts fall on those dates.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Experience working with animals in a veterinary setting is essential.
• Full, clean driving licence is essential.
• Ability to work alone as well as part of a team is essential.
• Excellent communication skills are essential to this role.

Staff benefits include:

• Staff discount for pet treatment.
• Amazing onsite perks:
  • Staff discount for on-site gym and exercises classes https://www.ed.ac.uk/sport-exercise/gym-memberships
  • Free car parking with electric car charging points https://www.ed.ac.uk/transport/driving/ev-charging
  • Two on site canteens.
  • Cycle to work scheme, on-site bike lockers and showers available. https://www.ed.ac.uk/transport/cycling/getting-a-bike/cycle-to-work
• Additional shift cover opportunities are available, accruing paid overtime for additional hours worked.
• Holiday entitlement of 32 days + 4 days of public holiday per annum (pro rata), rising to 36 days + 4 days public holiday after 5 years’ service (pro rata).

If you have any question, please contact our lead ACA, Tasha Cadman Tasha.Cadman@ed.ac.uk or senior OOH nurse Nicola Cochrane Nicola.Cochrane@ed.ac.uk

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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