Veterinary Kennel Technician

Job duties include but are not limited to:

The kennel tech is responsible for the care feeding medicating and cleaning of our patients in hospital and our clients in the boarding facility. This job involves cleaning laundry bathing feeding walking dogs and medicating. 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 will 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. 

Additional Information :

Job type: both Full-Time and Part-Time positions available

We offer our staff:

• Comprehensive Benefits for Full Time team (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! 
• Holiday Pay
• *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.

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Employment Type :

Full-time