Operations and Facilities Assistant - Full Time
The Vacancy
Operations and Facilities Assistant
Salary – Up to £28,000 DOE plus benefits
Join our 24/7 emergency and specialty referral hospital in Glasgow
Vets Now are the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care, providing a trusted service to more than 1400 veterinary practices – from dedicated out-of-hours clinics and three 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. The Vets Now Pet Emergency Hospital in Glasgow provides both a first-class referral service and an out-of-hours emergency service for veterinary practices in and around Glasgow.
Operations and Facilities Assistant role
- Work with the Hospital Director to facilitate the smooth running of the hospital using best practice to improve efficiency, by reducing operating costs whilst increasing productivity
- Supports achievement of operational standards across the Hospital
- To ensure that Health and Safety requirements are met and maintained across the Hospital
Key Priorities
- Support with Contractor visits and operational planned maintenance on site
- Regularly inform the Hospital Director, Clinical Nurse Manager and wider team of upcoming maintenance and operational issues
- Overseeing the general upkeep and maintenance of the building and outside areas
- Ensuring the building and equipment meets health and safety requirements and our facilities comply with legislation
- Ensuring the hospital meets any energy efficiency targets set by the government and continually investigating ways to ensure the hospital is being as energy efficient as possible and complies with any current or future legislation.
- Meeting the operational budget set for the hospital as communicated by the Hospital Manager
The successful candidate in this role will:-
- Be able to develop good working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- Show commitment to professional and ethical standards
- Be analytical and interested in process and operational functions
- Have financial acumen to support sound decision making
- Be able to communicate effectively with all external contractors to ensure sound resolution of any concerns/issues
Working pattern
Typically, Monday to Friday from 08:00/09:00, 8 hours per day. Flexibility is required in line with the needs of the hospital and contractor visits.
Rewards and benefits package
Recognising hard work is really important to us. Our employees are our greatest asset which is why we offer a first-class benefits and rewards package that includes:
- 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
- Your birthday as a paid day off
- Health Cash Plan provided by Simply Health
- UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
- Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
- Death in service of two times annual salary
- Membership of employee wellbeing programme
- Company sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes
The Company
As the UK’s leading pet emergency service, we have a route to an exciting career in emergency and critical care for veterinary surgeons and registered veterinary nurses, no matter where you are in your career.
Vets Now was founded by Richard Dixon, a veterinary surgeon who understood the pressures of being on-call which also trying to maintain a good quality of life.
Today, almost two decades since Richard did his first out-of-hours shift, we’re still just as passionate about emergency and critical care and our clinics are all managed by people who have worked as frontline vets or vet nurses.
In an emergency, pet owners want to know they’ve got the experts on board. And so do we.
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