Description

Kennel Attendant - Part-Time

Hickory Small Animal Hospital

Independence, LA

Hickory Small Animal Hospital is looking to add a part-time Kennel Attendant to their team!

Hickory Small Animal Hospital in Ponchatoula provides full-service veterinary care for dogs and cats in Ponchatoula, Hammond, and Springfield. Our team offers complete primary care, including wellness exams, vaccinations, dental care, diagnostics, surgery, grooming, and boarding.

Since opening in 2009, we’ve grown into one of Tangipahoa Parish’s most trusted and advanced veterinary hospitals. We continuously invest in new technology, updated medical protocols, and an experienced, compassionate team to ensure pets receive the highest level of care.

Experience & Skills Requirements:

• Has experience working as a kennel technician
• Experience handling or caring for dogs and cats in a professional or volunteer setting.
• Ability to administer oral and topical medications to animals.
• Comfortable handling animals of all sizes and temperaments.
• Strong attention to detail for monitoring animal health and maintaining accurate electronic records.
• Ability to perform physical tasks, including walking dogs frequently and standing for long periods.
• Willingness to assist with cleaning and sanitation duties.
• Team-oriented mindset with the ability to collaborate across different departments (boarding, salon, veterinary).
• Basic computer skills for electronic record-keeping.

Role Responsibilities:

• Individuals in this role work in our boarding and salon departments and perform such duties as:
• Feeding, medicating, and walking our furry guests (dogs and cats).
• Offering boarding guests emotional support and love while their owners are out of town.
• Maintaining clean and sanitized conditions so that our furry guests remain healthy and comfortable during their stay.
• Giving baths and doing nail trims.
• Keeping accurate electronic records that detail a guest’s eating habits, eliminations, appetite, change in behavior, etc.

You’ll Grow with Us

Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

• Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
• Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
• A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital

And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.

Benefits - our care in action

We provide benefits spread comprehensively across your mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:

• Paid time off including 8-weeks of full-pay parental leave, bereavement to grieve both humans and pets, and time off for new pet adoptions
• Top quality medical, dental, and vision insurance plus health savings account and flexible spending account
• Pet perks including free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations
• Generously subsidized backup and ongoing care support for children, adults, and pets
• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions
• 401k with employer contribution and no enrollment waiting period
• Continuing education and development support through our library of free CE courses
• and so much more!

About Thrive

Thrive Pet Healthcare is one of the first veterinary services offering a comprehensive continuum of care for pets’ primary, specialty, and acute needs. Through a nationwide community of over 360 veterinary providers, and an industry-leading membership program, Thrive Pet Healthcare provides personalized, accessible care through every stage of a pet’s life and health. Founded by veterinarians, the organization provides industry-first benefits for practice staff while elevating privately held veterinary hospitals with innovative service and technology solutions. By focusing on the needs of care providers and professional collaboration, Thrive Pet Healthcare is supporting the well-being of the industry and raising the national bar for veterinary excellence.

Thrive Pet Healthcare is united by our mission to create the future of pet well-being through medical excellence, innovative technology, and a connected community of teams and partners. We exist to nurture both pets and people through meaningful relationships and exceptional veterinary care.

Our Support Office teams power that mission by supporting our hospitals through operational excellence, innovative programs, people-centered culture, and forward-thinking business solutions - all while having plenty of fun along the way.

We nurture pets & people through meaningful relationships and exceptional pet care-and we are united by a shared set of values.

• Service - delivering exceptional service
• Empathy - leading with care
• Accountability - achieve meaningful outcomes
• Joy - be a source of light
• Exploration - learn to fuel growth
• Team - connect for success

At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we are committed to creating a culture where everyone from any background can be heard, respected, and valued. We pledge to build an inclusive environment nurtured by respectful curiosity to support, encourage, and celebrate the diverse voices of our teams and the communities we serve.