Kennel Assistant

VCA Animal Hospitals; Highlands Ranch (CO); On-site; USD 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid vacation/sick days

Employee pet discounts

401(k)

Job summary

VCA MountainView is seeking an experienced Animal Care Attendant to join our team. The position offers a pay range of $16-$17 per hour, depending on experience, with the option for full-time (30-40 hours weekly) or part-time work.

Responsibilities include animal care tasks, cleaning, feeding, walking dogs, supervising play, baths, laundry, and assisting doctors and technicians as needed. Competitive benefits apply for eligible employees.

Responsibilities

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

Job description

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

The pay range for this position is $16-$17 per hour, depending on experience.

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.

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

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

This position is available as either full time (30-40 hours weekly) or part time.

WHY APPLY AT VCA MOUNTAINVIEW?

We are a tight-knit, high performing hospital with very low turnover.

Our medical, kennel and CSR staff work closely together and many are cross trained to assist each other.

Great opportunity for growth! We actively promote our kennel staff into veterinary assistants!

This position will close on 09/30/26

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