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The calls you miss are the ones that go somewhere else.

After hours, at lunch, or when the desk is three deep, a receptionist who sounds like one of your team answers in your clinic's name, books real appointments into your diary, and knows the pet by name before the owner says it.

Australian voices · Books into your practice software · Never gives medical advice · Puts people through to your team

Northside Vet Clinic · Sunday 8:14pm
A
Hi Sarah, it's Amelia at Northside. How are you going?
S
Good thanks. Max needs his booster, is there anything Saturday?
A
I've got 9:20 or 11:20 with Dr Nguyen. And his Metacam looks like it runs out this week, want me to put a repeat in while I've got you?
S
Yes please, and 11:20.
Booked into the practice diary · repeat sent to the vet · text on its way
Why it exists

Nobody plans to miss a call. It just happens at 6:15pm.

A vet clinic's phone rings most when the team can least answer it: the first hour, the last hour, and the whole of the weekend. Every one of those calls is someone who has already decided to bring their pet to you. Voicemail turns a decision into a maybe.

After hours

Evenings, weekends and public holidays. She books for the next open day, takes the message, or gives the emergency route. Nobody hears a voicemail.

When the desk is busy

Forward on no answer, and the second and third lines never ring out. Your team finishes the client in front of them; she handles the one on the phone.

When it is urgent

A dog hit by a car does not get a booking for tomorrow. Your team is texted and emailed, and in hours the caller is through to you within seconds.

How it works

Your number, your rules, our receptionist.

1 · You keep your number

Your phone system forwards to us on the rules you choose: no answer, busy, after hours, or every call. Switch it off at your end any time.

2 · She knows who is calling

A client on file is greeted by name. Their pets, their upcoming appointments, the medication they are on and the vaccination that is due are all in front of her before she says hello.

3 · She does the job

Books a real slot from your diary, moves or cancels an existing one, takes a message, requests a repeat, reads back the vet's care plan, or texts the client a link to the app.

4 · You see everything

Every call lands in your back office with a summary, the transcript and the recording. Anything that needs a person becomes a task for your team.

The difference

"Hi Sarah, how's Max been since the check-up?"

Most phone assistants treat every caller as a stranger. Ours is built on the same record as your booking page and the pet owner app, so a returning client is recognised from the number they ring on.

  • Knows the household

    Which pets they have, when they were last in, what is running low and what is due next.

  • Uses it like a receptionist would

    "Max's tablets look like they run out this week, want me to put a repeat in?" One helpful aside, never a list.

  • Checks before it shares

    Ringing from a different phone? She asks one confirming question first. A clinical record is not read out to whoever knows a phone number.

What she sees before she says hello
Sarah Mitchell
Client since 2023 · has the app
Recognised
Max · Labrador
Check-up 12 days ago · Metacam, 3 days left
Booster due
Pixie · Domestic shorthair
Vaccination 4 months ago · nothing due
Invented client for illustration.
Because it is one platform

A phone answerer bolted on can take a message. Ours can finish the job.

She is not a separate product wired up to your clinic. She sits on the same record as your booking page, your consult notes and the pet owner app. That is why she can do things a standalone phone bot cannot, and why every one of them lands where your team already works.

Same diary as your booking page

The slots she offers are the same live availability your website shows, from your practice software. What she books is what your front desk sees, with the same notice rules, deposits and screening.

  • Real times, by vet and appointment type
  • Moves and cancellations inside your rules
  • A booking note written to your PMS

Same notes as your consult room

When the vet sends a care plan from a consult, she can read it back to the owner who rang about it, tell them what the pet is on, and text them the link to it. Nothing retyped, nothing guessed.

  • The vet's care plan, word for word
  • Current medications and last recorded weight
  • Repeat requests straight to the vet for approval

Same app in the owner's pocket

She knows whether the caller has the app. If they do, she points them to what is already there. If not, she offers to text the link. Messages and callbacks she takes become tasks your team already works from.

  • Knows who has the app and who does not
  • Texts the download link only when asked
  • Messages land in the inbox your team uses

One login, one record, one bill. The receptionist is the fourth thing on it, not a fourth vendor.

How a call goes

Two calls, word for word.

Taken from real test calls, with the names changed. Nothing tidied up.

Sunday, after hours

A booking, with a vaccination she noticed

Amelia: Hi Taraneh, it's Amelia at Harbourside. How are you going?

Caller: Good thanks. I want to book a check-up for Miso.

Amelia: Course. Anything bothering her, or just a general look over?

Caller: Just a check-up. Is there anything on the 19th?

Amelia: I've got 9:20, 10:40 or 11:20 on Saturday the 19th. Which suits?

Caller: 11:20.

Amelia: Miso, check-up, Saturday the 19th at 11:20. Lock it in?

Caller: Yes please.

Amelia: That's done, you'll get a text. See you and Miso Saturday.

Sunday, after hours, urgent

An emergency, handled in four lines

Amelia: Hi Taraneh, it's Amelia at Harbourside. How are you going?

Caller: My dog's been hit by a car.

Amelia: Right. The team's been alerted and you'll get a text with the emergency vet's details. Don't wait on us, get him straight there now. Can you get there?

Caller: Yes.

Amelia: Go now. The team will call you first thing in the morning.

Behind that: the on-call vet and the clinic were texted and emailed, and an urgent task was raised, before the second line was spoken.

What she can do

The whole front desk, over the phone.

  • Book an appointment into your practice software, with the right vet and the right appointment type
  • Offer named vets and real times, and ask which the client prefers
  • Move or cancel an existing appointment, inside your notice rules
  • Take a message or arrange a callback, as a task your team sees
  • Request a repeat prescription for a medication the pet is already on
  • Recognise an emergency, alert your team, and put the caller through
  • Read the vet's care plan back, word for word, to the owner who received it
  • Tell an owner what their pet is on and what the last recorded weight was
  • Text a client a copy of a care plan the vet has already sent them
  • Quote your prices, in your words, only where you have said she may
  • Answer the questions you have approved, and only those
  • Ring a client after a procedure to check on the pet, and email the vet a report
What she will not do

A receptionist, not a vet.

No medical advice. Ever.

Not a dose, not a diagnosis, not whether something is serious, not whether to keep giving a medication. Those go to your vet, every time, and she says so plainly.

Your words, not hers.

Anything clinical she says is a line your clinic wrote and a registered vet signed off. If there is no approved answer, she says she is not sure and has someone call back.

Nothing invented.

Never a phone number, a price, an opening hour or a policy that is not written in your back office. If it is not written down, she does not know it.

When someone wants a person

"Can I speak to someone?" is honoured, not managed.

  • Open: straight through

    During opening hours she puts them through without asking why. If nobody picks up she comes back on the line and offers a message, a callback or a booking.

  • Closed: honest about it

    She does not pretend there is someone there. She says the clinic is closed, offers a callback first thing, and can still book them in.

  • Urgent: none of that waits

    Your team is texted and emailed and an urgent task is raised. In hours the caller is through to you in seconds. After hours she gives your on-call number or the emergency hospital you chose, and texts the details.

admin.apexhq.com.au · Phone
Sun 12:15pm · Taraneh R.
Dog hit by a car, sent to emergency vet, team alerted
Emergency
Sun 11:51am · Taraneh R.
Cancelled Baghali's Saturday appointment, text sent
Cancelled
Sun 10:58am · Taraneh R.
Booked Miso for a check-up, Saturday 11:20
Booked
Every call: summary, transcript, recording, minutes used.
It is your receptionist

Every word she says is one you chose.

Name, voice and pace

Australian voices, with a premium set for clinics who want it. Preview each one in the back office before you pick.

What she may quote

Prices per appointment type, and whether to say "starts at". Leave one blank and she says the team will confirm.

What she may answer

A library of common questions, switched off until you turn each one on, with a vet's sign-off on anything clinical.

Your screening rules

They apply on the phone exactly as they do online. A booking that should not be made without a call is not made.

Teach her from a transcript

Hear something you did not like? Press "this wasn't right", say what she should have done, and she does it from then on.

Every call, in writing

Summary, transcript, recording, and the minutes used against your plan. Search by client, pet or day.

Pricing

From $249 a month. No setup fee.

Both plans include the whole receptionist; the difference is how many minutes you need. Add-on to the Clinic plan, which is what lets her book into your diary and recognise your clients.

After hours

$249 / month
AUD, excl. GST. 150 minutes, about 60 calls.
  • After hours and when the desk is busy
  • Books, cancels and moves appointments
  • Recognises your clients and their pets
  • 35c a minute beyond 150

Always on

Most clinics
$399 / month
AUD, excl. GST. 300 minutes, about 120 calls.
  • Everything in After hours, plus overflow in opening hours
  • Puts callers through to your team
  • Outbound check-in calls after a procedure
  • 35c a minute beyond 300

Clinic plan and Always on together: $649 a month, saving $49. Premium voices use two minutes for every minute of call. See all pricing

Questions clinics ask

The honest answers.

Does it sound like a robot?

Judge for yourself from the calls above. She speaks in short, natural sentences, uses the pet's name, and reacts to the person before the business. She tells callers she is the clinic's assistant if they ask, and never claims to be human.

Will it give my clients medical advice?

Never. Dosing, diagnosis, whether something is serious, whether to change a medication: all of it goes to your vet. The only clinical lines she says are ones your clinic wrote and a registered vet approved.

Does it book into my practice software?

Yes. Real slots from your diary, by vet and appointment type, with the same notice rules, deposits and screening as your online booking page. A booking she makes looks exactly like one your front desk made.

Do I need a new phone number?

No. You keep yours. Your phone system forwards to us on whatever rules you choose, and you can switch the forwarding off at your end at any time.

How are minutes counted?

Time on the call with the assistant. Premium voices use two minutes for every minute of call. The back office shows minutes used as you go.

Why is it an add-on?

Because she books into your practice software and recognises your clients from the same record as your booking page and the pet owner app. Without the Clinic plan there is no diary to book into and no client to recognise.

Hear her answer your clinic's phone.

A 20-minute demo, no obligation. We set her up on a test number with your appointment types and let you ring it.