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Description
Veterinary Assistant
Full-Time
Thrive Pet Healthcare Wedgewood
Nashville, TN
About You
You’ll play an important role in pets’ lives by providing end-to-end care for our precious patients. Your life-changing work will range from hands-on patient support, safe restraint, room flow, and outpatient treatments, to support services including laboratory testing, client communication, admitting, and discharging patients.
The success of your patients’ care matters to you, and your success matters to us.
Your Experience & Skills
- One year of recent experience in a veterinary setting preferred
- Commitment to working within a team environment
- Positive, will-do attitude!
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Proven ability to multi-task in a busy work setting
- Professional demeanor and outgoing personality
- Willing and able to rotate Saturday shifts as part of the hospital schedule
Thrive Pet Healthcare Wedgewood is looking for a Veterinary Assistant to join us as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.
At Thrive Pet Healthcare Wedgewood, you’ll feel the warmth and culture of a small hospital. As a hospital deeply rooted in the local community, you will experience the best of both worlds: a genuine local culture with the benefits of Thrive’s national resources.
About The Hospital
Thrive Pet Healthcare Wedgewood is a general practice hospital located in Nashville, TN focusing on wellness care, dentistry, surgery, senior pet care, preventive medicine, client education, and quality patient care. Our hospital has a team-focused work environment and a loyal client base. We pride ourselves on clear communication, compassionate care, teamwork, accountability, and strong patient flow.
We are open Monday through Friday from 7:45 AM to 6:00 PM and Saturdays from 8:45 AM to 2:00 PM, serving the Wedgewood and greater Nashville community.
You’re Willing And Able To
- Support veterinarians to ensure quality veterinary care, advocate for pets, and educate clients
- With each hospital function, assist veterinarians and the medical team to maximize productivity and maintain positive patient flow
- Assist with surgeries and procedures in accordance with your state's Veterinary Practice Act and hospital protocols
- Communicate with clients about individualized pet health concerns and offer guidance on Thrive Membership options, medications, and additional treatments
- Assist in maintaining relevant, comprehensive medical records with the support of practice systems
- Obtain relevant health history and information from clients and maintain medical charts
- Use safe restraining techniques, follow standard protocols, and sustain clean, sterile, organized treatment areas, exam rooms, and labs
- Be willing to guide, mentor, and support fellow team members
You’ll Grow with Us
Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:
- Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
- Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
- A program designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.
Benefits - our care in action
Thrive offers a suite of benefits to support team members’ emotional, physical, professional, and financial wellbeing. In addition to our health and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability plans, we offer eligible team members:
- Competitive pay
- 401(k) with employer match
- Mental health resources, including easy access to therapy through Lyra Health
- Paid parental leave
- Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet
- Subsidized backup childcare and elder care
- Expert advice, support and network discounts for fertility and family planning
- FREE CE courses
- Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
- Student loan support tools and assistance
*Some benefits shown are only for full-time team members who work 30 hours or more per week. Certain benefits may be subject to waiting periods or length of service requirements.
Compensation is negotiable based on credentials and experience with an hourly pay rate starting at $18 - $22/hour.
The actual rate offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
About Thrive
Thrive Pet Healthcare creates the future of pet well-being through medical excellence, innovative technology, and a connected community of teams and partners. Today, its network of 360+ primary, emergency, and specialty hospitals across the U.S. cares for pets of all ages and health needs, while portfolio companies provide tools and technology that help veterinary teams work smarter and deliver better care. Thrive invests in its people—through mentorship, leadership programs, continuing education, and well-being initiatives—so teams can grow and feel supported. For pet owners, convenient solutions such as a mobile app, Thrive Plus membership, HereFurYou Helpline, online booking, and flexible financial options make accessing quality care simpler— giving families the peace of mind their pets deserve. Learn more at thrivepetcare.com.
We welcome you to join our story and join where #WeThriveTogether.