Veterinary Kennel Technician
Veterinary Kennel Technician
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Job Description
Job duties include but are not limited to:
The kennel tech is responsible for the care feeding medicating and cleaning of our patients in the hospital and boarding facility. This job involves cleaning laundry bathing feeding walking dogs and medicating patients. You are responsible for restocking hospital supplies helping with post-operative patients assisting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams. You will be responsible for proper recordkeeping of medications special foods appetite behavior and any issue that may arise while the animal is in our care. You may be trained to clean and sterilize surgical instruments.
Qualifications :
We are looking for someone with:
- Knowledge of cleaning and disinfecting methods.
- Proper methods of animal restraint.
- Ability to use cleaning materials and equipment with skill and efficiency.
- Perform moderately heavy physical labor (large dogs bags of litter pet foods etc).
- Ability to sympathetically and patiently attend to sick scared and injured animals.
- Ability to learn to administer medications and to recognize abnormal conditions.
- Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
- Maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of the job.
SPECIAL WORKING CONDITIONS
Ability to sit or stand and work at a computer for long periods of time.
Ability to be confident around animals (i.e. dogs cats birds reptiles etc. Candidate to confirm species treated with practice leadership for additional clarity.)
Client needs and work volume may occasionally require more than 40 hours per week to complete essential duties of this job. This position may require special working hours including working weekends evenings and/or holidays.
Must have mental capacity and processes for reasoning remembering mathematics and language ability (reading writing and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently.
The noise level in the work environment is moderately high. Ear plugs will be available upon request.
Job requires sufficient ambulatory skills in order to perform required duties while working.
Ability to sit stand walk stoop kneel crouch and climb as well as manipulate (lift carry move) up to 50 pounds.
Requires good hand-eye coordination arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to grasp and visual acuity to use a keyboard and operate other equipment as required.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Hospital teammates are routinely exposed to a variety of animals that may bite kick or scratch and on occasion may be exposed to anesthesia radiation biological or zoonotic hazards and/or medication/controlled substances.
Additional Information :
We offer our staff:
- Comprehensive Benefits (health dental vision liability 401k & 401K matching program life & supplemental insurance HSA & FSA)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Vacation and Sick Time for ALL Employees
- Paid Bereavement Program
- Paid Parental Leave Program
- Competitive Compensation
- Continuing Education Allowance (applies to licensed/registered/certified roles)
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Access to a CVA/CVT/CVPM Partnership through Penn Foster
- Career Development Opportunities
- Referral Bonus Program for most positions!
- Additional Benefits May Also Be Available (i.e. Personal Pet Discounts Holiday Pay Uniform Allowance Bonuses etc)
- Hiring eligibility may be contingent to a candidate authorizing and completing a satisfactory background check.
*Note some benefits may only be available to or vary slightly for full time employment status vs part time status.
WE ARE A DRUG-FREE SMOKE-FREE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
Company Policy & Federal & State Laws Forbid Discrimination Because of Age Color Race Religion Sex Disability Sexual Orientation or National Origin
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
