The Role
Provides compassionate hands-on care for hospitalized and boarding animals, including safe handling, feeding, watering, walking, exercising, cleaning kennels, laundry, restocking, and monitoring patient comfort. Assists the veterinary medical team with outpatient and surgical procedures and patient monitoring while maintaining a clean, safe hospital environment. Requires animal-handling experience, physical stamina, reliability, teamwork, and willingness to learn.
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Doc-Side Veterinary Medical Center
Join our amazing team as our newest Kennel Assistant! We are looking for a compassionate, dependable animal lover to help provide exceptional care for our patients and maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming hospital environment.
As a Kennel Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting both our medical team and the pets entrusted to our care. This position is perfect for someone who enjoys hands-on work, thrives in a team environment, and is passionate about animal welfare.
Some of the responsibilities you will own in this role:
- Safely handle and restrain patients using Fear Free techniques
- Maintain a clean and sanitary hospital environment, including cleaning kennels, laundry, sweeping, and vacuuming
- Feed and provide fresh water to hospitalized pets
- Walk and exercise patients
- Restock supplies and monitor inventory levels
- Ensure the comfort, safety, and overall well-being of all animals in our care
- Assist the medical team with outpatient and surgical procedures, including patient monitoring
- Support daily hospital operations and collaborate with team members to provide outstanding patient care
What You'll Bring:
- Previous experience working with animals is required
- Previous cleaning or custodial experience preferred
- The physical ability to lift and move large pets and equipment, as well as remain active throughout the shift
- A positive attitude and strong team mentality—smiles and laughter are highly encouraged!
- Reliability and the ability to work independently
- A willingness to learn and grow within the veterinary field
- A passion for providing gentle, compassionate care to every patient
Please note: References, background checks, and drug testing are required.
Benefits:
- Employee discounts
- Flexible scheduling
- 401(k) with company match
- Training and career development opportunities
If you're passionate about animal care and want to make a difference every day, we'd love to hear from you! Join the team at Doc-Side Veterinary Medical Center and help us provide exceptional care to pets and the people who love them.
About
Innovetive Petcare owns and operates veterinary practices across the country. Our clinics benefit from our tools, resources, and a dedicated support team to help veterinary practices prosper and grow. We run a successful business so our veterinarians can focus on providing exceptional patient care. We want our veterinarians and staff to enjoy a better work-life balance, a strong, supportive community, and ongoing training and career development.At Innovetive Petcare, it all begins with an unparalleled team. From the veterinarians, veterinary technicians, practice managers, and administrative staff at our clinics to the driven support team in our home office, our team is passionate about pet health. We are a culture-first company, working to redefine the veterinary lifestyle to allow professionals to advance through their veterinary medicine careers without burning out. We don’t just talk about it; we live it!Equal Opportunity Employer Policy Innovetive Petcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We are proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or any other non-merit factor. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Skills Required
- Previous experience working with animals
- Ability to lift and move large pets and equipment
- Ability to remain active throughout the shift
- Positive attitude and strong team mentality
- Reliability and ability to work independently
- Willingness to learn and grow within the veterinary field
- Passion for gentle, compassionate animal care
- Previous cleaning or custodial experience
- References, background check, and drug testing
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The Company
What We Do
We make life easy for veterinary practices. By assisting with the business side of your practice, veterinarians and teams are empowered to provide exceptional patient care. A fulfilling workplace culture is a critical foundation for hospital growth: happier employees do better work, which leads to better patient care. Exceeding client expectations transform into business results. By providing great benefits and career development opportunities, we can help your staff explore their passions and enjoy a healthy work-life balance. Because of this, your practice will be positioned to provide better medicine to even more patients.
