Animal Nursing Assistant Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Provide clean safe animal accommodation.
• Feed exercise and observe assigned patients.
• Assist handling restraint and patient movement.
• Clean equipment rooms and laundry.
• Report changes and complete care records.

A realistic working scenario

An Animal Nursing Assistant supports husbandry, restraint, cleaning, stock and patient flow under veterinary or nursing direction. Terms should cover species competence, kennel care, feeding instructions, observations, infection control, laundry, waste, instrument support and confidentiality. The assistant should not diagnose, administer medicines or perform reserved nursing tasks without lawful training and delegation.

Outputs to agree

• provide clean safe animal accommodation
• feed exercise and observe assigned patients
• assist handling restraint and patient movement

Records and evidence

• The species departments and competence level.
• The shifts handling and physical requirements.
• The care cleaning and patient-record systems.
• The bite deterioration and emergency routes.
• Work records.
• Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• An Animal Nursing Assistant supports husbandry, restraint, cleaning, stock and patient flow under veterinary or nursing direction. Terms should cover species competence, kennel care, feeding instructions, observations, infection control, laundry, waste, instrument support and confidentiality. The assistant should not diagnose, administer medicines or perform reserved nursing tasks without lawful training and delegation.
• Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

• Email.
• Document systems.
• Phone systems.

Workplace context

• Regulated care, clinical, education or service premises.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• the species departments and competence level
• the shifts handling and physical requirements
• the care cleaning and patient-record systems
• the bite deterioration and emergency routes

Information the employer should prepare

• the species departments and competence level
• the shifts handling and physical requirements
• the care cleaning and patient-record systems
• the bite deterioration and emergency routes
• the RVN veterinary surgeon and supervisor contacts