Stylist - Dog Groomer: Pets at Home in Hedge End

• Stylist - Dog Groomer: Pets at Home in Hedge End

Stylist - Dog Groomer: Pets at Home in Hedge End

Pets at Home Hedge End Retail Park, Tollbar Way, Hedge End, SO30 2UH Start Date30/10/2026

Pets at Home is recruiting a full-time Stylist - Dog Groomer for its Pet Care Centre at Hedge End Retail Park, Tollbar Way, Hedge End, SO30 2UH. The role sits within the store's grooming operation, where the successful stylist will provide dog grooming services and customer care. Pay is £13.10 per hour. The role is on-site and permanent.

The Hedge End centre provides in-store grooming and veterinary services, alongside the pet shop. The vacancy is aimed at a qualified dog groomer who can work safely with customers' dogs and deliver grooming services to the required standard. Information was verified on 30 October 2026 from the Pets at Home grooming careers page and the employer's live job-search service.

• Location: Hedge End Retail Park, Tollbar Way, Hedge End, SO30 2UH
• Salary: £13.10 per hour
• Employment: Full-time, permanent
• Working pattern: On-site
• Business type: Pet shop with in-store grooming and veterinary services
• Contact: 0345 600 2609

Grooming Work At Hedge End

The stylist works in The Groom Room operation at a Pet Care Centre serving local pet owners. Core work includes bathing, brushing, clipping and nail trimming, with customer service forming part of the store-based role. The centre’s dog grooming jobs listing is filtered to the verified role category and location.

Safe animal handling depends on reading each dog's behaviour before and during a groom. A stylist checks coat condition, skin and paws, manages restraint calmly, keeps tools hygienic, and records or explains any concern that needs a customer's attention. The employer's grooming operation covers stores and standalone salons across the UK.

Skills Used In The Groom Room

The role calls for practical grooming ability, steady handling and clear communication with pet owners. A stylist must adapt the grooming process to different coat types, sizes and temperaments while maintaining safe working practices around dogs, colleagues and customers.

The advertised pay and full-time permanent arrangement suit a qualified groomer seeking a store-based position. The vacancy does not publish a driving requirement, fixed weekly hours, a closing date or a start date or a policy allowing staff to bring their own dog, so none of those terms are included here.

Training And Employee Benefits

Pets at Home provides learning and development tailored to the role and career goals. Grooming colleagues may also be covered by a discretionary annual bonus scheme. The employer publishes its broader employee benefits separately from individual vacancy details.

Published benefits include at least 28 days of annual leave including bank holidays, rising to 33 days after two years, subject to contracted hours. Other listed benefits include a pension contribution of at least 4% when eligibility conditions are met, pet-related discounts, Pet-ernity leave, birthday leave and access to wellbeing support. Role-specific eligibility can vary.

The Hedge End Pet Care Centre

The store is a Pet Care Centre at Hedge End Retail Park, Tollbar Way, with the postcode SO30 2UH. Its local services include in-store grooming and veterinary care, placing the stylist's work alongside other pet professionals. The Hedge End pet care centre lists 0345 600 2609 as its public telephone number.

Pets at Home is a UK pet retailer selling food, treats, equipment and animal healthcare products. Its dog care range includes coat, skin and paw products, which gives the grooming team a retail setting for conversations about routine care without turning the role into a veterinary position.

The employer's public application route uses business-area, role-type and town filters, with Pets Grooming available as a business area. The application page is live and publicly accessible, while the vacancy details should be checked there before an application is submitted.

The Hedge End role combines hands-on grooming with customer-facing work in a pet care centre. The verified salary is £13.10 per hour, and the published vacancy type is full-time and permanent. Pets at Home's main company site identifies the business as a UK pet shop, while the local centre provides the grooming setting.

Hedge End Retail Park, Tollbar Way, Hedge End, SO30 2UH

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