Compassionate Vet Kennel Tech — Weekend Care & Boarding

Alliance Animal Health; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

Liability insurance

401k & 401K matching

Life & supplemental insurance

HSA

FSA

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Paid Bereavement Program

Paid Parental Leave Program

Continuing Education Allowance

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Career Development Opportunities

Referral Bonus Program

Job summary

Alliance Animal Health's St. Francis Animal Hospital in Northwest Arkansas is seeking a kennel tech to care for our hospitalized and boarding patients.

You will feed, medicate, clean, and monitor animals, restock supplies, and assist doctors with exams and restraint as needed. This fast-paced position requires the ability to perform physical tasks, attention to recordkeeping, and a patient, compassionate approach to ill or fearful animals.

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 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.
• Saturday and Sunday availability required
• Bilingual, English/Spanish a plus

Responsibilities

• The kennel tech is responsible for the care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of our patients in the hospital and boarding facility.
• Restocking hospital supplies, helping with post-operative patients, assisting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams.
• 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.

Skills

Cleaning methods

Disinfection methods

Animal restraint

Physical labor

Medication administration

Recordkeeping

Bilingual English/Spanish

Job description

Alliance Animal Health's St. Francis Animal Hospital in Northwest Arkansas is seeking a kennel tech to care for our hospitalized and boarding patients.

You will feed, medicate, clean, and monitor animals, restock supplies, and assist doctors with exams and restraint as needed. This fast-paced position requires the ability to perform physical tasks, attention to recordkeeping, and a patient, compassionate approach to ill or fearful animals.