The role
What a veterinary assistant actually does, day to day.
As a veterinary assistant, you help vets care for sick and injured animals. You will hold animals during check-ups, prepare surgical tools to make sure they are clean, give injections, and take animals to the surgery when they need operations. It is hands-on work with animals every day, and you need to be calm and quick.
Most of your time you will be assisting the vet during appointments or surgical procedures. You will also keep records of what happened to each animal, give medications and vaccines, clean the clinic, and talk to pet owners about how to look after their animals at home. The job can be emotional - you will see animals in pain and sometimes deal with their death - but helping an animal get better is very rewarding.
Day to day
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