Job Description
**Veterinary Assistant**
**Location: Ottawa, ON**
**Employment Type: Contract Full-time**
**Role Type: Existing**
**Compensation:** **$17.85 to $25.00 per hour, depending on experience.**
**Ottawa Veterinary Hospital** is seeking a full-time **Veterinary Assistant** to join our 24- hour emergency care team.
The Veterinary Assistant is a full-time, fixed-term contract to cover maternity. Hours of work will vary by week, with a mixture of evenings, overnights, and weekends.
**Your role will be:**
+ Assisting Veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians with various tasks and the treatment of pet patients
+ Providing compassionate care duties, including feeding and walking patients
+ General hospital maintenance, including cleaning kennels
+ Assessment, triage, and care of ill patients
+ Hourly treatments including feeding, administering medications, assessing pain/status, restraint, and liftin...
**Location: Ottawa, ON**
**Employment Type: Contract Full-time**
**Role Type: Existing**
**Compensation:** **$17.85 to $25.00 per hour, depending on experience.**
**Ottawa Veterinary Hospital** is seeking a full-time **Veterinary Assistant** to join our 24- hour emergency care team.
The Veterinary Assistant is a full-time, fixed-term contract to cover maternity. Hours of work will vary by week, with a mixture of evenings, overnights, and weekends.
**Your role will be:**
+ Assisting Veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians with various tasks and the treatment of pet patients
+ Providing compassionate care duties, including feeding and walking patients
+ General hospital maintenance, including cleaning kennels
+ Assessment, triage, and care of ill patients
+ Hourly treatments including feeding, administering medications, assessing pain/status, restraint, and liftin...
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- Location Ottawa, ON
- Job Type Full-time
- Category other-general
- Posted Date June 03, 2026
- Application Deadline June 09, 2026