Boarding Assistant

VCA Animal Hospitals; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid vacation/sick days

401(k)

Pet care discounts

Job summary

VCA Animal Hospitals in Baton Rouge seeks an experienced Animal Care Attendant to join our team. You will support clinicians by keeping kennels clean and caring for boarded and hospitalized pets, ensuring comfort and safety throughout their stay.

The role involves feeding, walking, bathing dogs and cats, laundry, and helping with general hospital sanitation. We offer competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in animal care preferred.
• Ability to perform kennel cleaning, feeding, walking, bathing and laundry.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning cages.
• Feeding and caring for dogs and cats.
• Walking dogs.
• Bathing dogs.
• Doing laundry.
• Cleaning and maintaining hospital premises.
• Assisting Doctors and Technicians when necessary.

Skills

Animal care

Cage cleaning

Dog walking

Team player

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Animal Care Attendant to join our team.

The successful candidate will share our commitment to delivering exceptional service to our loyal clientele and the highest quality care to their boarded and hospitalized pets.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Cleaning cages.
• Feeding and caring for dogs and cats.
• Walking dogs.
• Bathing dogs.
• Doing laundry.
• Cleaning and maintaining hospital premises.
• Assisting Doctors and Technicians when necessary.

We offer competitive compensation and great benefits for eligible employees, including medical/dental, generous personal pet care discounts and more!

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com