Kennel Assistant

BluePearl Pet Hospital; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Northeast Portland is seeking a dedicated Kennel Assistant to join the team. The role involves caring for hospitalized animals, keeping the facility clean, and assisting with basic patient care under supervision.

You will help with feeding, walking dogs, restraining patients when needed, and maintaining equipment. Candidates should have shelter, rescue, boarding, or doggy day care experience and a passion for animals.

Qualifications

• Experience providing basic animal care in a clinical, shelter, rescue, boarding, or daycare setting.
• Ability to assist with basic patient handling and care under supervision.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced, team environment.

Responsibilities

• Attend to the basic needs of hospital patients and clean the facility, equipment, and tools.
• Assist with basic patient care, including safe restraint during treatment.
• Observe patients for health concerns and report findings to senior staff.
• Disinfect areas to maintain high standards of care and cleanliness.
• Prepare patient meals, clean cages and bedding, and maintain litter boxes.
• Walk dogs and provide routine patient attention as needed.
• Maintain and clean hospital equipment and tools.
• Patrol the facility to ensure cleanliness and safety.

Skills

Animal care experience

Team player

Passion for animals

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital is seeking a dedicated Kennel Assistant to join their team in Northeast Portland!

Schedule

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday & Every Other Wednesday from 10am - 8pm

• Do you have a passion for animals?
• Do you have shelter, rescue, boarding or doggy day care experience?
• Would you enjoy working in a fast-paced, team environment?

If you answered "yes" to the questions, then we would love to hear from you.

A Kennel Assistant attends to the basic needs of animals that are patients of the hospital and cleans the hospital facility, equipment, and tools. The role may include assistance with basic patient care such as the safe restraint of patients during treatment.

As a Kennel Assistant, You Will

• Observe patients for obvious signs of health concerns and report any findings to senior staff.
• Clean and disinfect areas of the hospital as often as is necessary to maintain high standards of care.
• Prepare patient meals, clean patient cages, and bedding, and maintain litter boxes.
• Safely approach and restrain cooperative patients as needed during treatments.
• Provide routine attention to patients, including walking dogs.
• Effectively clean and maintain hospital equipment and tools.
• Quantify patient voids and report findings to senior Veterinary Assistant or Technician.
• Remove and wash soiled laundry and keep clean laundry stocked.
• Patrol facility regularly to ensure cleanliness.

Why BluePearl?

• Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career.
• To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
• We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Parental leave benefits
• Flexible work schedules
• 401k and retirement planning
• Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans
• Health and well-being resources to assist with stress management, mental health awareness, compassion fatigue, burnout, communication, and conflict management skills
• We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or sponsorship transfer. Applicants must possess unrestricted, current authorization to work in the U.S. and not require future sponsorship for an employment-based green card.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.