Veterinary Assistant - Dentistry

The Veterinary Health Center (VHC) within the College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking a Veterinary Assistant to join our dedicated team to help facilitate exemplary patient care and quality customer service. This is a position primarily assigned to provide assistance to the Dentistry Service on a daily basis, whether it is to enhance help for a busy receiving or surgery schedule, assist with teaching, or to help with a research project. The assistant will help the dentistry clinicians to receive patients, perform exams, assist during dental procedures, and help maintain the dental suite, to include equipment and instruments. Working hours for this position will include Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm.

The Veterinary Health Center is a teaching hospital that offers routine, emergency, and specialty care services. The VHC strives to provide exceptional care for patients from high-quality routine healthcare to state-of-the-art advanced therapy for seriously ill patients. The Veterinary Health Center is located in Manhattan, Kansas which is a vibrant college community with a population of over 55,000 in the Flint Hills. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes 24 vacation days plus other paid time off (holidays, sick, and discretionary), health insurance, life insurance, and retirement plans. To see what benefits are available, please visit: www.ksvhc.org/about/employment/recruitment.html

This position is On-site.

All employees must reside in the United States when they begin working to comply with state law. K-State is unable to provide remote or hybrid work opportunities for residents of the state of Idaho.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires a high school diploma (or equivalent).
• One year of relevant experience. (Requirements may be met through a combination of education and experience.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Veterinary Assistant certification or college study with coursework in animal science or closely related field.
• Ability to handle, restrain, and provide assistance for medical services to senior veterinary students, clinicians, house officers, and veterinary nurses to examine, diagnose, and treat domestic animals including cats, dogs, horses, and other livestock.
• Ability to maintain and use ordinary veterinary medical hospital equipment.
• Ability to perform word processing and data entry procedures on a personal computer.
• Be willing and able to master new techniques.
• Ability to maintain satisfactory working relationships with other employees, professional personnel, and the public.
• Ability to write and interpret written direction.
• Ability to communicate orally with professional and subordinate personnel.

Additional Role Information:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment.

Sponsorship eligibility:

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship.

Please submit the following documents:

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter
3. Contact information for three professional references

Applications close: March 2, 2026

$15.50 - $16.00 per hour