Job Title: Hospital Assistant
Division: Animal Care
Reports To: Hospital Manager
FLSA Status: Seasonal
Salary Range: $19.00/hour
Prepared Date: May 2026
Summary: The Hospital Assistant is responsible for ensuring that all communications coming to the emergency ICU line are responded to with accurate information, and assisting the hospital staff in ensuring that all animals at CWC receive adequate and appropriate care.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following (other duties may be assigned):
- Responds to hospital cell phone text messages
- Admits animals from the public and provides assistance both in person and over the phone regarding animal rescues, transport, emergency care and nuisance wildlife situations
- Assists hospital staff in supervising, managing, and training volunteers, interns, and externs
- Assists hospital staff in ensuring that animal care needs are met
- Assists hospital staff in maintaining and updating animal patient care records
- Assists the veterinarian with animal care, treatments, and procedures
- Coordinates animal releases as needed
Other Required Qualifications
- Must be reliable, dependable, and on time to shifts.
- Must be able to work cooperatively with co-workers, volunteers, interns, externs, and the public.
- Must be able to provide a friendly, tolerant environment for staff, volunteers, interns, and externs.
- Must be able to work quickly, efficiently, and calmly under stressful conditions.
- Must be able to handle multiple responsibilities.
- Must possess good verbal and written communication skills.
- Must have a valid California State driver’s license, with a clean record to be insured by the organization’s insurance.
Skills:
- Ability to read and interpret various documents including safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Must be able to effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations
- Must have basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite and Slack. Computer keyboarding skills and data entry are required
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
- May require hiking, climbing, lifting, bending, stooping, pushing and other moderately strenuous activities.
- Prolonged period of standing, walking, sitting.
- Adapt to and perform job duties in various weather conditions, including extreme heat, cold, rain, wind, and snow.
- Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms.
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds at a time.
- Possess visual acuity to perform tasks requiring close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Work effectively in environments with loud noises.
- Regularly work in environments with potential hazards, including exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, zoonotic diseases, aggressive or feral animals, moving mechanical parts, and radiation risks, while adhering to safety protocols and protective measures.
To Apply: