Evening Veterinary Kennel Technician – Care & Boarding

Alliance Animal Health; Martinsburg (WV); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Vacation and Sick Time for ALL Em

Paid Bereavement Program

Paid Parental Leave Program

Competitive Compensation

Continuing Education Allowance

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Referral Bonus Program

Job summary

Paw Spa & Retreat at Shenandoah Veterinary Hospital in Martinsburg, WV seeks a kennel technician for caring and supervising boarders and hospital patients. Duties include feeding, medicating, cleaning, and assisting with exams in a busy, community-focused setting.

Hours are 1pm-9pm. We offer benefits such as paid time off, parental leave, CE allowances, and a referral bonus program. Full-time or part-time positions may apply, with pre-employment screening as applicable.

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 attend to sick, scared and injured animals sympathetically and patiently.
• 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

• The kennel tech is responsible for care, feeding, medicating and cleaning of patients in hospital, and clients in boarding facility.
• Cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, and medicating.
• Restocking hospital supplies, assisting 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.
• Training to clean and sterilize surgical instruments.

Skills

Disinfection methods

Animal restraint

Cleaning equipment

Medication administration

Recordkeeping

Attention to sick/injured animals

Oral/written directions

Team cooperation

Tools

Cleaning supplies

Job description

Paw Spa & Retreat at Shenandoah Veterinary Hospital in Martinsburg, WV seeks a kennel technician for caring and supervising boarders and hospital patients. Duties include feeding, medicating, cleaning, and assisting with exams in a busy, community-focused setting.

Hours are 1pm-9pm. We offer benefits such as paid time off, parental leave, CE allowances, and a referral bonus program. Full-time or part-time positions may apply, with pre-employment screening as applicable.