Fear-Free Veterinary Kennel Technician & Care Aide

Alliance Animal Health; Kearney (NE); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; 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

Personal Pet Discounts

Holiday Pay

Uniform Allowance

Job summary

West Villa Animal Hospital of Kearney, a well-established small animal hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, is seeking a kennel tech to support doctors and staff with patient care, mobility, and daily operations.

The role involves feeding, medicating, cleaning, and assisting with restraint and exams, while maintaining careful medication logs and records. This position offers benefits and opportunities for growth within a busy, compassionate team.

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, 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

• The kennel tech is responsible for the care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of our patients in the hospital and boarding facility.
• You will be 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.

Skills

Cleaning and disinfecting methods

Animal restraint

Medication administration

Recordkeeping

Team cooperation

Physical stamina

Job description

West Villa Animal Hospital of Kearney, a well-established small animal hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, is seeking a kennel tech to support doctors and staff with patient care, mobility, and daily operations.

The role involves feeding, medicating, cleaning, and assisting with restraint and exams, while maintaining careful medication logs and records. This position offers benefits and opportunities for growth within a busy, compassionate team.