Job Title: Weekend Veterinary Receptionist / Trainee Veterinary Receptionist
Location: Huddersfield
Salary: £10.92 – £11.42 per hr average, dependant on age
Hours: 24 hrs per wk (2 x 12 hour shifts Saturday and Sunday 7.30 am-7.30 pm) or would consider job share 12 hours per wk (2 x 6 hour shifts Saturday and Sunday between 7.30am-1.30pm or 1.30pm-7.30pm)
Job type: Part-Time, Permanent
Donaldson’s Vets Ltd are an independently owned veterinary group based across Huddersfield/ Kirklees with seven practices including our own hospital.
We care passionately about looking after animals and pride ourselves on providing ‘Total Care’ for pets. We combine truly cutting-edge training, facilities, equipment and premises with good old fashioned personal care.
About the Role:
Donaldson’s is recruiting for Receptionists / Trainee Receptionists to join our dedicated and expanding team at the Hospital in Almondbury.
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a growing organisation who can provide a high standard of customer service and clinical care. You will need to be a highly motivated individual, be able to work in a fast-paced environment and be able to promote animal welfare. It is important that you have strong communication skills with a passion for providing the best customer care experience which is reflects Donaldson’s excellent reputation.
We encourage learning and development and you will have opportunities to attend training both in-house & externally via the British Veterinary Reception Association. You will be expected to take ownership for your personal learning and be committed to contribute to improving our standards. If you are looking for progression we also have opportunities to join our first line management development programme.
If you have proven experience in a similar role and or simply have the drive, enthusiasm and ambition to be a part of a forward-thinking company, this is the job for you.
Main Duties Include:
- Prompt and efficient answering of calls
- Initial greeting of clients on arrival.
- Arrange appointments, register clients and pets, print invoices, process and record payments. Using the practice management system
- Liaise with clients following their appointment, re-book any follow up appointments and ensure payments of invoices before leaving the surgery
- Ensure the smooth running of appointments and admissions for vets and nurses.
- Monitor client flow from check in to discharge.
- Assess the urgency of a pet’s condition when booking emergency appointments -with guidance.
- Give advice to pet owners on nurse/vet clinics, cost of treatments, insurance and payments.
- Take excess payments for insured clients and ensure that claim forms are fully completed before the client leaves the practice
- To ethically promote the (VIP) pet health care plan and pet insurance to clients
- Answer basic questions from clients on practice policy, e.g., neutering, vaccinations and pre – op advice.
- Develop preventative health care knowledge to be able to provide advice to clients in line with practice protocols on topics such as flea and worm treatment, vaccination and diet.
- To be familiar GDPR
- Resolve or assist accordingly with complaints or queries
- General clerical duties including filing, photocopying, emailing and scanning.
About you:
Job Specific
- Proven experience in a similar role is ideal but not essential
- Experience working with computer management systems
Core Skills
- Attention to detail and good communication skills are essential to this role
- Ability to successfully handle difficult customers
- Patience and ability to remain calm in stressful situations
- Sound, interpersonal approach
Personal Qualities
- To thrive in this role you will need to be friendly, approachable, flexible, highly motivated and have excellent communication skills.
- You will be someone that is committed to learning new skills.
- A ‘can do’ attitude with a team working ethic
Benefits:
- Holidays: 31 pro rata (inc stat), increase to 34 with service
- Pension Scheme
- Enhanced Maternity Scheme & Welcome Back bonus
- Enhanced Company Sick Pay Scheme
- CPD Allowance & Support
- Internal Training
- External training via the British Veterinary Receptionist Association/Colourful CPD
- Salary Sacrifice
- Staff Discount
Please Note:
When applying you should provide a covering letter.
All candidates must be currently eligible to both live and work in the United Kingdom.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Admin Assistant, Receptionist, Administrator, Admin, Administrative Assistant, Secretary, Support Administrator, Company Receptionist, Customer Support, Client Service will also be considered for this role.
