Kennel Assistant at Stoneside Veterinary Hospital

Heartland Veterinary Partners; Waller (TX); On-site; USD 14,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement benefits or accounts

Bonus incentive

Flexible work schedules

Career and professional development

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Stoneside Veterinary Hospital in Texas is seeking a Kennel Assistant to support grooming and boarding services. You will help keep cages, runs and wards clean, walk and monitor patients, and assist technicians and doctors as needed.

The schedule is 15–20 hours per week over three days, with no weekend shifts. Prior veterinary experience is preferred, and you must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.

Qualifications

• Patience & Compassion: maintain professionalism while ensuring clients and patients are comfortable.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: coordinate actions with the practice team and adapt to feedback.
• Communication: clearly convey boarding outcomes to clients and teammates.
• Active Listening: follow the expressed wishes of clients.
• Client Satisfaction: strive for highest level of client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Provides care for patients visiting for grooming and/or boarding.
• Admit patients with instruction notes, contact information and pick-up times.
• Record feeding schedules, appearance and behavior during visits.
• Observe patients for illness or discomfort and report findings.
• Handle patients safely and restrain when needed.
• Walk patients several times daily for exercise and elimination.
• Provide food and liquids per needs and special diets.
• Ensure patients are clean and checked by staff before discharge; account for belongings.
• Keep cages, toys, leashes organized and disinfected; store belongings properly.
• Regularly clean kennels, cages, runs and stalls to prevent odor and disease spread.
• Launder towels and blankets; maintain hospital grounds and discard trash.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job description

Practice

At Stoneside Veterinary Hospital, you can expect state of the art medical care for all small animal companions. Our clients can expect to be greeted by a courteous receptionist, clean exam rooms, friendly doctors, and caring technicians.

Practice

At Stoneside Veterinary Hospital, you can expect state of the art medical care for all small animal companions. Our clients can expect to be greeted by a courteous receptionist, clean exam rooms, friendly doctors, and caring technicians.

We hold ourselves to the highest standard of excellence and are proudly part of a small group of AAHA accredited hospitals.

More About The Role

Reporting into the Practice Manager, the Kennel Assistant provides care to address the needs of patients that are visiting the practice for grooming and / or boarding. The Kennel Assistant ensures that the boarding area is clean and safe for all patients by cleaning cages, runs, and ward areas and washing laundry. The Kennel Assistant walks, feeds, and administers medication to patients (as needed and supervised by Doctor or Technician and based on confidence and experience).

The anticipated schedule for this role is 15-20 hours per week, 3 days per week. Must be available until close. No weekends required.

Competencies

• Patience & Compassion: Remaining professional while still making Doctors, teammates, clients, and patients feel as comfortable as possible regardless of the situation or challenges presented.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Carefully coordinating actions with practice team members. Quickly incorporating feedback to ensure positive results. Sharing ideas and being open to other’s ideas. Continually looking for ways to help others.
• Communicating: Conveying boarding outcomes to clients and teammates to ensure successful client care.
• Active Listening: Following the expressed wishes of clients.
• Client Satisfaction: Ensuring all activities and interactions result in the highest level of client satisfaction.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provides great care for patients visiting the practice for grooming and / or boarding.
• Ensures patients are admitted noting the client’s specific instructions to ensure a quality outcome including contact information and pick up time.
• Accurately and legibly records information related to the patient such as feeding schedules, appearance, and behavior during practice visit.
• Observes patient’s appearance and activity for general physical condition, obvious signs of illness, disease and discontent.
• Appropriately handles patients and as needed, properly restrains hard-to-control patients.
• Walks patients several times a day to provide exercise and time for elimination of bowels and bladder.
• Applies knowledge of normal food and liquid requirements and as required, provides special food and liquids.
• Ensures patients are clean and fresh smelling and have been checked by a Technician / Doctor prior to discharge; ensures patient has all personal property upon exit.
• Ensures cages and patients are properly numbered and identified and that personal property (toys, treats, blankets, leashes) are stored in the proper areas and identified.
• Regularly cleans, disinfects and maintain kennels, cages, runs and stalls as often as is necessary to ensure no cages or kennels are soiled and odors are not apparent. Performs general cleaning in other areas of the hospital to control the spread of disease. Washes and sterilizes water and food bowls.
• Launders and dries towels and blankets.
• Walks hospital grounds regularly and cleans any trash and stool material; empties trash throughout the practice and grounds.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Previous veterinary experience preferred
• Ability to lift patients up to 25 pounds; ability to lift patients over 25 pounds with assistance
• Practices OSHA safety techniques including proper PPE

Benefits Offered

• Paid time off
• Health insurance; dental insurance; vision insurance
• Retirement benefits or accounts
• Bonus incentive
• Flexible work schedules
• Career and professional development
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program

Benefits offered may vary depending on full or part time employment status according to company policy.

Pay Range

USD $10.00 - USD $12.00 /Hr.