Job Description

If you are looking for a challenge and the ability to make a difference, this is the role for you!

Your role as Client Care Advisor at The Pride Veterinary Centre will be very varied and fast paced. We need applicants who have skills in remaining positive and professional at all times, regardless of what is happening around them and their current workload.

You will be taking referral calls from other practices, making appointments, assisting clients with queries on the phone as well as in person, reassuring clients, listening to their needs, taking payments, and solving problems. Attention to detail is essential, as is enjoyment of being in a busy customer care role.

As the appointments within the Referrals side of the practice aren't the usual check-up or vaccination, the pets and their owners may have travelled some distance to be with us in order to obtain the best specialist care. Having consideration for this added element to their visit would be a helpful aptitude. Salary is to be discussed at interview and is dependent on experience.

Required Skills and Experience:Previous client care experience Flexibility GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English Team player Love of animals


Desirable Skills and Experience:Knowledge of the veterinary industry Experience in Microsoft Excel/Word Customer Service training course attendance Problem Solver


Professional Perks and Benefits:Training in customer care Career progression available Practice focus on health and wellbeing


About the rota

We are looking for someone to work part time working on a flexible contract. Additionally, you would be required to partake in the weekend rota where the shift will fall between 8:00am and 11:00pm Saturday and Sunday. Rotas will be produced at least 4 weeks in advance, with the expectation you are flexible to cover the 'core' hours and days within the week. There may be potential for extra hours to cover holidays and sickness.

Want to know more about us?

Pride Veterinary Centre is a multi-disciplinary veterinary referral centre that is the central small animal hospital for the Scarsdale Veterinary group, as well as offering referral services for other veterinary practices across the midlands and beyond. The practice offers specialist services in Anaesthesia, Diagnostic Imaging, Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Exotics and Dermatology. The hospital offers 24/7 veterinary care supported by our on-site 'vets at night' team and has a wide range of state-of-the-art equipment. We work closely with the University of Nottingham with students rotating through our referral services. Scarsdale Vets is part of the largest veterinary group in Europe, IVC Evidensia and is a key site within the groups UK activities.

The Team

Our outstanding Client Care Team are an integral part of the Pride Veterinary Centre they work seamlessly to give their clients a smooth journey whilst their pets are being cared for.

You will be working amongst a team of highly skilled Client Care Advisors, that are trained to an excellent standard to provide clients and their pets with the best possible experience when attending our hospital.

Client Care Advisors in the hospital are an important part of the practice and are there to ensure pets and their people are directed promptly to the expertise needed. Being a team player is essential, allowing you to create a noticeable impact.

In addition to a competitive salary, you will benefit from:
6.6 Weeks annual leave FTE Additional annual leave for your birthday which will be added to your holiday allowance Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption/ shared parental and surrogacy pay Cycle to work scheme Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing Non-accidental injury support Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100's of retailers Pension scheme Discounted staff pet care


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