Animal Care Technician

Alliance Animal Health; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Education assistance

401k matching

Job summary

Lake City Animal Health and Wellness Center is seeking a dedicated Animal Care Technician to care for animals in our hospital and boarding facility. Responsibilities include feeding, medicating, cleaning, and assisting veterinarians with examinations and procedures.

The role requires compassion for animals, ability to perform moderately heavy physical work, and excellent recordkeeping. We offer comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional development in Warsaw, Indiana.

Qualifications

• Experience with cleaning and disinfecting procedures.
• Ability to restrain and handle animals safely.
• Willingness to learn medications administration and recordkeeping.

Responsibilities

• Care, feed, medicate, and clean patients in hospital and boarding.
• Assist doctors and technicians with restraint and examinations.
• Restock supplies and maintain accurate medication and recordkeeping.
• Support post-operative care and instrument sterilization.

Skills

Cleaning and disinfecting methods

Animal restraint

Medication administration

Recordkeeping

Physical stamina

Job description

Company Description

Lake City Animal Health and Wellness Center is a full-service community animal hospital. Our goal is to provide high quality veterinary service in a personable and accommodating manner by consistently focusing on accurate diagnostics, effective communication, compassionate treatment of animals, and client education.

Company Description

Lake City Animal Health and Wellness Center is a full-service community animal hospital. Our goal is to provide high quality veterinary service in a personable and accommodating manner by consistently focusing on accurate diagnostics, effective communication, compassionate treatment of animals, and client education.

Lake City Animal Health & Wellness Center offers many veterinary services including Wellness exams, Surgery, Onsite Laboratory, Radiology, Dermatology, Intensive Care, Vaccinations, Microchipping, Behavioral Counseling, Nutritional Counseling, Internal Medicine, Dentistry, Pain Management, and much more!

Our practice is located in Warsaw, Indiana, known as the “Orthopedic Capital of the World” for its many long-standing orthopedic device manufacturers that call the city home. Warsaw is about 2 hours southeast of Chicago, IL in the northeast section of Indiana. Whether you’re into history, outdoor lakes and beach adventures, dining or culture, Warsaw has something for everyone. Higher educational opportunities are available at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana University-South Bend and Indiana Wesleyan University. The downtown area is also very busy with an award winning craft brewery and multiple restaurants! Come check us out – we’re confident you’ll love it and want to stay.

To learn more about us, click here: https://lakecityanimalclinic.com/

Full-time and part-time opportunities available!

Job Description

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

The animal care technician 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.

Additional Information

Pay Range:$13-$14/hr

Job Type: Full-time and part-time opportunities available

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 Reimbursement Program Available to any AVMA Accredited Veterinary Technology Program
• 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.

For additional details including our full equal opportunity statement, texting/outreach communication authorization, physical requirements of the job and more, please visit https://allianceanimal.com/additionaljobdescriptiondetails/.