Veterinary Infection Control Assistant

Queen Mother Hospital

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