Animal Care Attendant

VCA Animal Hospitals•Metairie, LA

About The Position

VCA Causeway Animal Hospital is currently recruiting for a dependable and outgoing Animal Care Attendant to join our Team. This full-time opportunity includes a range of responsibilities which directly attributes to the efficient and effective daily operation of the department. A few attributes and qualifications are: · Caring for our patients; feeding, walking and offering a gentle voice of assurance · Ensure animal housing or enclosure is clean, sanitary and comfortable · Create a warm and welcoming atmosphere for patients and pet parents · Excellent customer service skills; a real aptitude for putting pets and pet parents at ease and creating a welcoming environment · General housekeeping duties · Willingness to learn more regarding veterinary services and updated medical procedures · Compassion and a nurturing attitude · Ability to remain calm in stressful situations and maintain a high quality of care in a busy environment · Ability to adapt to changing situations · Working with a team focus, assisting the veterinary staff with various procedures, tasks and treatments · Our departments provide thorough training to all new staff members to ensure the success of all new team members! If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs. Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more! The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development). We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com. A leader in veterinary care, VCA Animal Hospitals is committed to taking care of the future of veterinary medicine. We are a family of hometown animal hospitals determined to positively impact pets, people and our communities. From primary care to emergency, urgent and specialty care, VCA delivers world-class medicine and hometown care to more than four million pets each year. We invest in cutting-edge tools, training and technology that enable Associates across our national network of hospitals to lead the industry today and into tomorrow. Among our talented 35,000 Associates are nearly 7,000 veterinarians – including 500 who are board-certified specialists – nearly 4,000 credentialed technicians and over 10,000 veterinary assistants – all dedicated to giving pets the very best in medical care. The future of veterinary medicine is in our hands. Join us.

Requirements

Excellent customer service skills; a real aptitude for putting pets and pet parents at ease and creating a welcoming environment
Willingness to learn more regarding veterinary services and updated medical procedures
Compassion and a nurturing attitude
Ability to remain calm in stressful situations and maintain a high quality of care in a busy environment
Ability to adapt to changing situations
Working with a team focus

Responsibilities

Caring for our patients; feeding, walking and offering a gentle voice of assurance
Ensure animal housing or enclosure is clean, sanitary and comfortable
Create a warm and welcoming atmosphere for patients and pet parents
General housekeeping duties
Assisting the veterinary staff with various procedures, tasks and treatments