Patient Care Attendant - Athens, GA

• Spend your shifts providing hands-on care to animals
• Make a meaningful difference for hospitalized and boarding patients
• Work alongside a dedicated veterinary team
• Strengthen your animal-handling and patient-care skills
• Gain valuable experience in a veterinary hospital environment
• Be part of a team that values reliability, compassion, and attention to detail
• Opportunities for professional development and continued learning

• Safely and compassionately handle dogs, cats, and other animals
• Feed, water, and provide daily care for hospitalized and boarding patients
• Monitor patients for changes in behavior, appetite, comfort, or overall condition
• Promptly communicate patient concerns to the veterinary team
• Assist veterinary staff with animal restraint and patient-care tasks as needed
• Clean and disinfect kennels, cages, treatment areas, and other hospital spaces
• Maintain a clean, organized, sanitary, and welcoming hospital environment
• Follow established hospital safety, sanitation, and animal-care protocols
• Provide attentive and compassionate care to every patient

• Previous animal-handling experience is required
• Comfort working with dogs and cats of different sizes and temperaments
• Availability to work weekdays, weekends, and holidays as scheduled
• A reliable and punctual approach to your responsibilities
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Physical ability to stand for extended periods, clean, lift, and safely handle animals
• Compassion, patience, and attentiveness when caring for animals
• Strong attention to detail
• A willingness to learn and continue developing your animal-care skills

This is a hands-on role where the work you do matters. You’ll help provide the food, comfort, cleanliness, observation, and compassionate care our hospitalized and boarding patients depend on every day.

You’ll also have the opportunity to gain valuable veterinary experience while working alongside a team that recognizes how important dependable patient care is to the entire hospital.

If you’re dependable, compassionate, experienced with animals, and ready to play an important role in their daily care, we’d love to meet you.

Bring your animal-handling experience, attention to detail, and willingness to work hard. We’ll provide the opportunity to build your skills while making a meaningful difference for the patients entrusted to our care.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are core values at Good Hands Veterinary Hospital and Vetcor. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all employees. Every team member enriches our diversity by exposing us to various ways to understand and engage with the world. That’s why we’re committed to a workplace culture where employees are comfortable being their authentic selves, feel a complete sense of belonging, and are empowered to reach their highest potential.