Kennel Technician

VCA Animal Hospitals; Cape Coral (FL); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Paid vacation/sick days

401(k)

Employee pet discounts

Job summary

VCA Animal Hospitals is seeking a dedicated assistant to support DVMs and hospital staff in caring for hospitalized and boarding pets. You will help with nursing care, feeding, and maintaining clean kennels and hospital areas, while providing excellent client relations.

This role requires a high school diploma, dependable attendance, and the ability to lift 40 pounds. Weekend and holiday shifts are required; comprehensive benefits are available. Equal opportunity employer statement applies.

Qualifications

• Must treat animals with care and respect.
• Must enjoy keeping pets and kennels clean.

Responsibilities

• Client relations and compassionate nursing care for hospitalized or boarding pets.
• Keep kennels clean, orderly and free of odors; feed and exercise patients as scheduled.
• Ensure comfort and cleanliness of hospitalized or boarding pets; assist hospital staff as needed.
• Stock supplies and maintain a clean, professional hospital environment.
• Work weekends and holidays as required.

Job description

Assist DVMs and other hospital staff by providing direct care and maintenance of kennel, hospital and surroundings, feeding and general husbandry of hospitalized or boarding pets.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must treat animals with care and respect and work well with them.
• Must enjoy keeping pets and kennels clean.

Education and Experience:

High school diploma or equivalent.

Physical Requirements:

• Dependable attendance is required.
• Any allergies to animals must be controllable through medication.
• Must be able to lift 40 pounds.
• Must be willing to work long or irregular hours under pressure conditions.
• This position requires the ability to walk, bend, stand and reach constantly during a minimum 8-hour day.
• Visual acuity sufficient to maintain accurate records, recognize people and understand written directions.
• Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand, give information in person and over the telephone.

Duties:

• Client Relations
• Nursing Care
• Housekeeping and Maintenance of Hospital Client Relations:
• Demonstrate excellent relations with clients/pets in waiting or exam rooms and kennel.
• Compassionate nursing care is the tope priority for all patients.
• Keep kennels clean, orderly and free of odors.
• Feed patients as scheduled.
• Exercise (walk) patients
• Ensure the comfort and cleanliness of hospitalized or boarding pets.
• Bath or clean pets immediately that become soiled with urine, blood or feces.
• Housekeeping and Maintenance of Hospital:
• Stock supplies as needed.
• Keep the exterior of the hospital clean and orderly and free of feces.
• Make certain entire hospital including treatment, surgery, kennels and runs are kept extremely clean through the day (so that a client could come back and see his/her pet without any notice.) This includes your own clothing and appearance.
• Must be able to work weekends and Holiday's

Benefits:

We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com