Animal Care Technician - Caring Role with Growth & Benefits

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Parental Leave

Job summary

Lake City Animal Health and Wellness Center in Warsaw, IN, is seeking an Animal Care Technician to join our full-service veterinary team. You will care for hospitalized pets, assist veterinarians with exams and treatments, and help with feeding, medicating, grooming, and daily care in a busy hospital and boarding facility.

Role requires compassion, attention to detail, and the ability to perform physical tasks including lifting.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Care for patients in hospital and boarding facility: feeding, medicating, and cleaning.
• Assist doctors and staff with animal restraint and exams.
• Restock hospital supplies and maintain medication records.
• Clean and sterilize surgical instruments as needed.
• Monitor post-operative patients and document care.

Skills

Cleaning & Disinfection

Animal Restraint

Heavy Lifting

Compassionate Care

Medication Administration

Following Instructions

Teamwork

Job description

Lake City Animal Health and Wellness Center in Warsaw, IN, is seeking an Animal Care Technician to join our full-service veterinary team. You will care for hospitalized pets, assist veterinarians with exams and treatments, and help with feeding, medicating, grooming, and daily care in a busy hospital and boarding facility.

Role requires compassion, attention to detail, and the ability to perform physical tasks including lifting.