Surgery Barn Admissions & Barn Crew - Hagyard Equine Medical Institute

Pet Vet Care Centers' Hagyard Equine Medical Institute is currently seeking a Surgery Barn Admissions & Barn Crew to join their team!

At Pet Vet 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.

Hagyard Equine Medical Institute is seeking a compassionate, organized, and customer focused Surgery Barn Admissions & Barn Crew to join our Surgery Barn Team. This is a first point of contact for many of our clients and plays an essential role in ensuring smooth arrivals and departures. The ideal candidate is comfortable working in a fast-paced veterinary environment, enjoys helping people, and has ample experience handling horses.

Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky, is an internationally recognized leader in equine medicine, combining cutting‑edge technology with a collaborative team dedicated to advancing equine health and performance.

• Have excellent customer service, communication and horse handling skills.
• Be attentive to trailers arriving, greet clients promptly and care for their needs.
• Safely load and unload horses from trailers
• Checking horses in and out of the hospital which includes (but is not limited to):
  • Correctly and accurately document patient information and contact information
  • Placing the patient in the correct and clean location
  • Administrative responsibilities such as creating charts and correctly imputing patients into the system
  • Effectively and promptly communicating any questions, comments, or concerns to the appropriate doctor or member of staff
• Provide clients with necessary information regarding hospital procedures, policies, and expectations (i.e. visiting times, biosecurity policies, admission and discharge procedure)
• Maintain a knowledge of the hospital layout to direct clients appropriately.
• Remain calm and professional during emergencies and other high stress situations.
• Ensure patients’ belongings are accounted for upon admission and discharge
• Working with all staff to ensure discharges and/or medications going home with the patient are organized appropriately upon discharge
• Ensure outpatients are monitored and communicate effectively with hospital staff about patient status and needs.
• Ensuring admission and discharge materials (i.e. lead ropes, white boards) are clean and organized
• Perform husbandry needs (feeding, watering, cleaning stalls)
• Assisting with cleaning, bedding, and disinfecting stalls
• Keeping the barn clean and organized
• Keeping hay and straw barn tidy
• Operating a tractor
• Mow fields and operate a weed eater
• Assist with general maintenance
• Perform any other duties as assigned to support the hospital, surgery barn, and patient care team.

• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this position
• Equine handling and restraint
• Comfortability with horses
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to multitask
• Basic computer skills
• Comfortable working with clients who may be experiencing emotional situations
• Ability to work as a team.
• Professional, dependable, and a positive attitude.
• Ability to safely handle all…