Pet Care Kennel Assistant | Flexible Hours & Growth

Heartland Veterinary Partners; Baltimore (MD); Vor Ort; USD 22.000 - 25.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

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

Zusammenfassung

Eastern Animal Hospital in Baltimore, MD, is seeking a Kennel Assistant to support grooming and boarding services. You will admit patients, follow client instructions, and document feeding, appearance, and behavior during visits.

The role involves lifting duties, walking dogs, and maintaining clean kennels to ensure safety and comfort. Responsibilities include restraining difficult patients as needed, providing exercise times, and ensuring the return of personal belongings at exit.

Qualifikationen

• Ability to work on weekends as required.
• Previous veterinary experience preferred.
• Ability to lift patients up to 25 pounds; ability to lift patients over 25 pounds with assistance.

Aufgaben

• 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 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.

Kenntnisse

Weekend availability

Veterinary experience

Lifting patients

Jobbeschreibung

Eastern Animal Hospital in Baltimore, MD, is seeking a Kennel Assistant to support grooming and boarding services. You will admit patients, follow client instructions, and document feeding, appearance, and behavior during visits.

The role involves lifting duties, walking dogs, and maintaining clean kennels to ensure safety and comfort. Responsibilities include restraining difficult patients as needed, providing exercise times, and ensuring the return of personal belongings at exit.