Kennel Assistant

Vicar Operating, Inc. dba VCA; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid vacation/sick days

401(k)

Generous pet discounts

More

Job summary

VCA Mountainview is hiring an Animal Care Attendant in Mountain View, CA. The role involves cleaning cages, feeding and caring for dogs and cats, walking dogs, supervising play, bathing, laundry and helping the doctors and technicians as needed.

Compensation is hourly, ranging from $16 to $17 depending on experience, with benefits for eligible employees and potential growth within a friendly, high-performing veterinary team.

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.

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

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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days
• 401(k)
• Generous employee pet discounts
• More!

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

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

A leader in veterinary care, VCA Animal Hospitals is committed to taking care of the future of veterinary medicine. We are a family of hometown animal hospitals determined to positively impact pets, people and our communities. From primary care to emergency, urgent and specialty care, VCA delivers world-class medicine and hometown care to more than four million pets each year. We invest in cutting-edge tools, training and technology that enable Associates across our national network of hospitals to lead the industry today and into tomorrow. Among our talented 35,000 Associates are nearly 7,000 veterinarians – including 500 who are board-certified specialists – nearly 4,000 credentialed technicians and over 10,000 veterinary assistants – all dedicated to giving pets the very best in medical care. The future of veterinary medicine is in our hands. Join us.