Boarding Kennel Assistant Employment Contract UK

Day-to-day operating brief

What Kennel Assistant (Boarding) work looks like in practice

A Kennel Assistant cares for boarded dogs through feeding, cleaning, exercise and observation. Terms should cover identity, diets, owner property, vaccination policy, medicine support, dog compatibility, lead and gate control, isolation, bites, escapes and records. The assistant should not mix dogs casually or alter care and treatment instructions without authority. Kennel Assistant (Boarding) is a veterinary role focused on workflow coordination, document control, calendar and correspondence, data accuracy, service-request escalation, kennel, assistant, role duties. The contract should describe the role's practical duties, reporting route, records, standards and compliance obligations without importing wording from another industry The Employee is employed as Kennel Assistant (Boarding) in the Employer's Veterinary business. The role requires reasonable skill, care, accuracy, cooperation with management instructions and attention to the records, risks and standards specific to kennel assistant (boarding) work The Employee must follow the veterinary operational controls that apply to kennel assistant (boarding) work, including patient safety, clinical records, consent procedures, medicines controls where authorised and incident reporting, accurate record keeping, escalation and safe working requirements The Employee must protect patient, clinical, prescription, treatment, appointment, medication, safeguarding and regulated health records, including any personal data, customer or client information, operational records, pricing, credentials, security information, business plans and role-specific records accessed while performing kennel assistant (boarding) duties Kennel Assistant (Boarding) work in Veterinary must follow the Employer's policies, data protection controls, health and safety rules, role records, escalation routes and training requirements relevant to workflow coordination, document control, calendar and correspondence. Family: clinical Kennel Assistant (Boarding) Clinical accuracy Patient confidentiality Regulatory awareness Canine boarding requires lead transfer points, exercise-yard inspection and observation of barking, pacing, stiffness and toileting. Dog-to-dog compatibility must consider size, play style and resource guarding. Cleaning schedules should preserve dry resting areas while controlling noise and cross-contamination.