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VCA St. Mary's Animal Hospital in Lexington Park, Maryland could be the place for you!
We are seeking to hire a dedicated, caring Veterinary Assistant who is looking to work at an AAHA-accredited, well-equipped practice. This position provides critical support to veterinarians and veterinary technicians by ensuring optimal patient care and safety, maintaining strict hospital sanitation, and assisting with laboratory and pharmacy tasks to ensure smooth clinical operations.
VCA St. Mary’s Animal Hospital is a full-service hospital and has been proudly serving the Southern Maryland area since the 1960’s. The well-appointed facility boasts a spacious lobby, extensive treatment area with a special procedures room, digital (regular and dental) radiography, laparoscopy, endoscopy, ultrasound, 5 exam rooms and a bereavement room. VCA St. Mary’s offers our patients and clients outstanding service and medical care, combining traditional medicine along with alternative choices. Our services include wellness, early disease detection, dentistry, elective and routine surgeries, digital radiography, in house blood work and advanced surgical procedures such as cruciate repairs, splenectomies, etc. VCA St. Mary’s also provides limited medical care for exotic mammals, birds and reptiles.
VCA St. Mary's Animal Hospital will invest in you! We offer a supportive environment to allow you to advance in the special interests that you desire along with competitive compensation. We also provide a generous benefit package including Medical/ Dental/ Vision/ Vacation/ Sick time and Paid Holidays/ Long and Short Term Disability/ 401(k)/ VIP Perks/ and a generous employee pet discount. Along with our generous benefit package we offer continuing education, nationwide transfers, specialization, and leadership opportunities.
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Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!
The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development).
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com.



