Veterinary Infection Control Assistant

Job description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual, to join the Royal Veterinary College, Queen Mother Hospital for Animals as a Veterinary Infection Control Assistant. We are a multidisciplinary small animal veterinary referral hospital, and, in this role, you will be required to maintain a high standard of infection prevention and control across all clinical areas of the hospital reporting to the Veterinary Infection Control Manager.

As part of the team, you will be a clinical cleaner working alongside our friendly and experienced Registered Veterinary Nurses, Patient Care Assistants, Veterinary Surgeons, Residents, Interns and Students. You will be a supportive and compassionate team player, with excellent organisational and record keeping abilities.

Duties will include:

• Daily decontamination of clinical areas (high level clinical cleaning)
• Stock rotation and supply to all hospital areas.
• Assisting teams with the transportation of infectious patients throughout the hospital maintaining infection control protocols
• Supporting compliance and training of infection prevention and control standards within clinical areas

This is a full time post of 35 hours per week, 7 hours per day, Monday to Friday and share of weekends on the rota.

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays + concessionary days)
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD.
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave.
• On site café and restaurant
• Free membership to the newly built Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (gym, badminton, climbing wall, Zumba, yoga, and Pilates classes included)
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus

For informal enquiries regarding this position or requests to visit before applying, please contact Gemma Cooper, Infection Control Manager at [email protected]

Please note: We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position, and applicants must have the existing right to work in the UK.