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Patient Care Attendant - Swing

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Bakersfield, CA
18-18 Hourly
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Bakersfield, CA
18-18 Hourly
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Provides overnight care for boarded and hospitalized dogs and cats, including feeding, walking, bathing, cage cleaning, laundry, and facility maintenance. Assists veterinarians and technicians as needed. Requires availability for swing shifts, nights, weekends, and alternating holidays.
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VCA Bakersfield Animal Hospital is seeking an experienced Patient Care Attendant (Kennel Assistant) to join our team.


Location: 8610 Harris Rd, Bakersfield, CA 93311

Schedule: Full-time, Swing shifts

Salary: $17.50 per hour, shift differential for applicable shifts

The successful candidate will share our commitment to delivering exceptional service to our loyal clientele and the highest quality care to their boarded and hospitalized pets.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Cleaning cages. 
• Feeding and caring for dogs and cats. 
• Walking dogs.  
• Bathing dogs. 
• Doing laundry.
• Cleaning and maintaining hospital premises. 
• Assisting Doctors and Technicians when necessary.


Shift Differential: Additional $2/hr for hours worked between 6p-12a and an additional $3/hr for hours worked between 12 am - 5 am

Schedule: Must be available nights and weekends and alternating holidays


We offer competitive compensation and great benefits for eligible employees, including medical/dental, generous personal pet care discounts, and more!


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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. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com.

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