Kennel Assistant

The Animal Care Center of Polaris is seeking a dedicated, hardworking, and animal-loving Kennel Assistant to join our team. Your primary focus will be ensuring that all boarding and daycare animals are kept safe, clean, fed, and comfortable. This is a critical role that maintains the highest standards of cleanliness throughout our facility and directly impacts the health and happiness of our patients.

This is an entry-level position with excellent opportunities to learn and grow within the veterinary field.

• Daily Maintenance: Feed, water, and exercise patients and boarding animals according to specific instructions and schedules.
• Walking & Solitary Time: Provide safe leash-walking for dogs in designated outdoor areas and ensure cats receive proper litter box maintenance and attention.
• Patient Monitoring: Observe animals closely for any signs of illness, discomfort, or changes in behavior (such as lack of appetite or lethargy) and immediately report findings to the veterinary team.
• Comfort & Grooming: Bathe patients as requested and ensure all cages and runs are stocked with clean, dry bedding.

• Kennel Sanitation: Deep-clean, scrub, and disinfect cages, runs, and cat condos using hospital-grade cleaners to prevent the spread of disease.
• Laundry Management: Run continuous loads of laundry to keep the clinic stocked with clean towels, and blankets.
• General Housekeeping: Sweep, mop, take out trash, and maintain clean common areas, treatment areas, and outdoor pet waste stations.
• Stocking Supplies: Keep food storage areas, cleaning supply closets, and kennel areas organized and fully stocked.

• Experience: No prior veterinary experience required; prior experience in animal shelters, doggy daycares, or pet grooming is highly valued. We are happy to train the right candidate!
• Education: High school diploma or equivalent (or currently enrolled student if applying for part-time/weekend shifts).
• Physical Requirements: Must be comfortable lifting up to 50 lbs unassisted and spending the majority of the shift standing, bending, lifting, and walking.
• Availability: Ability to work a flexible schedule, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays to ensure continuous animal care.
• Attributes: A strong work ethic, attention to detail, compassion for animals, and a positive, team-oriented attitude.

National Veterinary Associates (NVA) is a leading North American pet health care company with nearly 1,300 locations spanning general practice veterinary hospitals, Ethos emergency and specialty hospitals, and pet resorts and equine veterinary care. With approximately 40,000 team members, we care for pets and support pet families in communities across the United States and Canada. Our purpose is to give pets and the people who love them more quality years together, and our mission is to make care more personal, easy and accessible while advancing medicine and care across every stage of life.

Across NVA, we support our teams with the resources, expertise and opportunities they need to deliver exceptional care and help shape the future of veterinary and pet care.

Purpose
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Give pets and the people who love them more quality years together

Mission
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Transform the pet family experience to be personal, easy and accessible, while advancing medicine and care across every stage of life.

Values
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Care Deeply, Do What’s Right, One Team, Own It, Shape What’s Next

One NVA:
Bringing General Practice & Ethos Together

NVA is built to make care personal, easy and accessible, while advancing medicine across every stage of a pet’s life.

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