Role
Location
Description
Overnight Wards (Kennel Assistant)
At PetVet Care Centers, our mission is to improve the lives of animals and people — providing exceptional and compassionate care at every stage — for all the moments that matter.
Because life is better with pets.
We deliver the Ultimate Care Experience — every pet, every client, every time. That starts with a Culture of Care that supports our team members as much as the pets and clients we serve.
With more than 420 locally led hospitals and over 11,000 team members nationwide, we offer:
- Local autonomy with national support
- Career mobility and development opportunities
- A collaborative, inclusive environment where your wellbeing comes first
You care for pets. We care for you.
Position Overview
Under direction of lead technicians/lead assistants, provides for the constant cleanliness of cages, runs, and all areas of the hospital. Ensures proper feeding and patient care of all hospitalized animals assigned. Assists in all departments.
Specific Duties:
- Ensuring patients are in clean kennels with clean bedding. They have food and water when appropriate. Extra walks if needed.
- Clean and sanitize all cages and runs. Check potty yard and walk ways for feces/urine. Clean as needed.
- Recognize and inform team of any unusual condition or abnormal behavior of patients.
- Keep breakrooms clean and neat.
- Receives animals to be admitted and is responsible for their proper identification.
- Releases animals to owners as directed by DVM or tech and insures that patient is clean, properly groomed and required medications and belongings are there. Verify for any bandages and ask DVM/tech when they need to be removed. Inform client of this info.
- Assist DVM, techs, and assistants with the administration of medications and patient restraint.
- Responsible for laundry in wards, surgery, and treatment.
- Assist in overall hospital cleaning and organization. This includes checking corners and hallways for dust bunnies, taking trash/recycling out, putting away loose items. Clean window seals and Windex window of the fishbowl and recovery.
- Check lab area for leftover blood tubes. Check with tech/asst in tx/ICU if they should be tossed or kept.
- Go through the lab hold drawer and toss items depending on date. Check the list on the drawer for reference.
- Run lab work
- Restock treatment area and complete cleaning list
- Clean, sterilize, wrap instruments in treatment (Will be trained to do within time)
- Clean, sterilize, wrap and autoclave instruments in SX (Will be trained to do within time)
- Completing and folding surgeries surgical laundry (Will be trained to do within time)
- Answering the phone (Will be trained to do within time)
- Charging our client (Will be trained to do within time)
Qualifications (Required)
- High school diploma or GED
- Working independently and as a team
- Able to complete cleaning, janitorial and restocking without oversight.
- May consider an equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and/or experience
- Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors
- Must be flexible with scheduling and able to work weekends, overnights and holidays
- This is a strenuous job that requires a lot of lifting, cleaning, and constant motion
- Depending on functional area of assignment, tasks may include standing for long period of times/walking
- May involve some stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling
- Some tasks involve the periodic performance of moderately physically demanding work, usually involving lifting or carrying moderately heavy animals (up to 50 pounds)
Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)
- Animal handling not required but a plus!
Schedule
- Sunday to Wednesday from 11PM-7:30AM
- Able to work some holidays and a consistent schedule.
What We Offer
We care deeply about supporting our team members — professionally and personally. Benefits include:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid Parental Leave (birth, adoption, foster)
- 401(k) with discretionary contribution
- Team Member Pet Discounts
- Emotional wellbeing support — including Calm app access and 24/7 EAP
- CE stipends and career development resources
- Grant Circle — a relief fund for team members facing personal hardship
- Local hospital culture backed by national resources
At PetVet Care Centers, we’re committed to a Culture of Care — for pets, for the people who love them, and for the team members who make it all possible. With more than 420 hospitals across the U.S. and a team of over 11,000 dedicated professionals, including 1700+ veterinarians, we offer a unique blend of local leadership and national support that helps our hospitals thrive.
Our model is built on partnership, collaboration, and local medical autonomy, empowering each hospital to deliver high-quality care while benefiting from shared resources and a strong professional community. Whether you’re providing care in a hospital or supporting operations behind the scenes, PetVet is a place where you can grow your career, stay connected to your purpose, and make a meaningful impact.
You care for pets. We care for you.
PetVet is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/mental disabilities, military status or any other basis prohibited by law. EOE, M/F/D/V
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