Veterinary Doctor's Assistant (EMERGENCY) in Los Angeles, CA
Job title from VCA Animal Hospitals: Veterinary Doctor's Assistant (EMERGENCY)
Source: VCA Animal Hospitals job site (www.vcacareers.com). This job is posted on the company's own site; we last checked it on Nov 4, 2026.
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This job pays USD 4.25 an hour more than the typical USD 21.25 an hour for veterinary assistant jobs in California (192 jobs that list the pay).
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VCA Animal Hospitals has 20 more open veterinary jobs in Los Angeles, CA.
Typical pay at VCA Animal Hospitals in California: USD 23.25 an hour (63 jobs that list the pay).
Job description from VCA Animal Hospitals
VCA Animal Specialty Group (ASG) is seeking an experienced Doctor’s Assistant (DA) for our ER dept. ASG is located in Los Angeles, Glendale adjacent.
Primary skills required for this position:
Triage patients, including STAT calls as needed
Communicate with clients to obtain histories, explain estimates, discharges and euthanasia paperwork
Create estimates and present to clients
Thoroughly relay patient histories to doctors and technicians
Help maintain the flow of the doctor's schedules & triages
Create treatment sheets in Smart Flow per doctor's instructions
Fill prescriptions to go home with clients
Answer calls, and send and receive emails/text messages
Manage daily tasks (lab & radiology reports, filing, call backs/updates, enter charges, export Smart Flow discharges into Woofware, etc.)
Ensure patients are clean and comfortable
Help clean and maintain the overall treatment floor and hospital
Why You Should Consider VCA Animal Specialty Group:
Shifts: 10-hours, 4 days/week
Shift Hours: 4pm - 230am
Competitive compensation from $23-$28
Hands on patient handing opportunities once trained
Complete benefits package, including medical/dental/vision insurance (after 30 days of employment)
Accrued vacation and sick time
Paid holidays *
401k (with company matching)
Employee pet discounts
Health and wellness resources
and much more!
If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.
Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!
The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com
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