Kennel Assistant

Island Animal Hospital is seeking an employee for a kennel assistant. This individual must be responsible, hard-working, detail-oriented and have a passion for the care and well-being of animals. A desire to provide exceptional customer service is also required. This person would be in charge of the care of pets in the boarding kennel on a daily basis.

Job Description, Requirements and Responsibilities for this position include:

• Physical ability to lift up to approximately 50 pounds and walk dogs of up to 130 pounds
• Provide compassionate care for all pets
• Check in/out boarders
• Feeding/watering animals
• Cleaning dog suites and cat condos
• Cleaning floors
• Cleaning the boarding areas
• Doing laundry
• Washing and sanitizing all pet dishes
• Responsible for charting and ensuring daily activities of animals being boarded are completed
• Responsibility to observe good health and hygiene practices/procedures including disinfection, cleaning and maintaining all indoor and outdoor boarding areas
• Observe and report any animal abnormalities to management
• Administer medications to boarding pets
• Help pet owners in or out with their pets
• Speak with pet owners about the status of their pets during boarding
• Supervising and monitoring behavior of pets in outdoor play area
• Responsible for maintenance of equipment and grounds as directed by management
• Other duties may be required at the discretion of management

The ideal candidate for this position would have prior kennel experience.