Kennel Assistant (Part-time)

At Friendly Animal Clinic our team members all share the same passion for making and keeping animals healthy.

Our hospital truly is an excellent place to work with a highly skilled team focused on best in practice veterinary care.

We are very supportive of individuals looking to grow their veterinary careers and look forward to hearing from you.

Position Overview

• The Kennel Assistant supports and adds value to an efficient organization dedicated to quality care and exceptional service. This position supports veterinarians and technicians in their daily tasks by cleaning and maintaining equipment; feeding exercising restraining and handling pets.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides compassionate care to pets
• Feeds animals as prescribed by the attending Veterinarian or as the owner has requested; records appetites; water intake as well as fecal and urine production
• Recognizes and reports any unusual conditions or abnormal behaviors and monitors pets for signs of distress or disease.
• Assists Veterinarians and technicians with pet restraint
• Maintains the cleanliness of the hospital each day; cleans equipment and facilities using chemicals and supplies; ensures the safe use of chemicals
• Follows a regular schedule for cleaning and sanitizing all cages runs wards and related areas; changes litter boxes and food/water bowls
• Completes the weekly and monthly chore list to maintain hospital cleanliness equipment and the overall appearance of the hospital
• Correctly prioritizes tasks
• Maintains laundry for the kennel and hospital
• Provides patients with fresh clean bedding when appropriate
• Walks patients according to schedule
• Understands and carries out oral and written directions
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Remain professional and courteous to clients and co-workers while handling multiple tasks at once with many interruptions.
• Learn and understand our services and health recommendations and be able to clearly communicate these to clients.
• Be able to deal with difficult and/or aggressive patients in an effective manner meanwhile keeping yourself the pet and co-workers safe
• Performs other duties as assigned by Manager.

Qualifications (Required)

• 1 year of veterinary kennel experience

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)

• More than 2 years of veterinary kennel experience

Schedule

• Part-time
• Day shift with 2-3 weekends per month