Part-time Animal Caretaker

Wedington-Animal-Hospital; Fayetteville (AR); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Vacation and Sick Time for ALL Em

Paid Parental Leave

Continuing Education Allowance

Referral Bonus Program

Bonuses etc

Job summary

Wedington Animal Hospital in Fayetteville, AR is seeking an Animal Caretaker to help care for patients in hospital and boarding, including feeding, medicating, cleaning and daily care of dogs and other animals. The role involves assisting with restraints, post-operative support, and accurate recordkeeping of medications, foods, appetite and behavior.

Responsibilities also include restocking supplies, sterilizing instruments, performing routine cleaning tasks, and contributing to a safe,

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).
• 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, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of patients in hospital and boarding facility.
• Assist with post-operative patients and animal restraint during exams.
• Restock hospital supplies and maintain accurate medication/food/behavior records.
• Assist doctors and staff with animal handling and exams.
• Potentially learn to clean and sterilize surgical instruments.

Skills

Disinfection methods

Animal restraint

Cleaning equipment use

Heavy physical work

Compassionate animal care

Medication administration (training)

Follow directions

Team collaboration

Job description

Wedington Animal Hospital is a well-established, progressive, twelve doctor general practice located in Fayetteville, AR. We offer many services to provide the best comprehensive care to our patients including Wellness Services, Preventative Care, Urgent Care, Emergency & Critical Care, General & Orthopedic Surgery,Internal/External Medicine, Digital Full Body and Dental X-Ray, Dedicated Dental Suite, Ultrasound, Full In-House Laboratory, In-House Pharmacy, Cold Therapy Laser, Medical and/or Vacation Boarding, Grooming & more.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

The Animal Caretakeris responsible for the care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of our patients in the hospital and boarding facility. This job involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, and medicating patients. You are 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.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with:

• 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).
• Abilityto 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.

Additional Information

We offer our staff:

Pay- Starting at $13/hr + depending on experience

• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Vacation and Sick Time for ALL Employees
• Paid Bereavement Program
• Paid Parental Leave Program
• Competitive Compensation
• Continuing Education Allowance (applies to licensed/registered/certified roles)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program Available to any AVMA Accredited Veterinary Technology Program
• Referral Bonus Program for most positions!
• Additional Benefits May Also Be Available (i.e. Personal Pet Discounts, Holiday Pay, Uniform Allowance, Bonuses etc)
• Hiring eligibility may be contingent to a candidate authorizing and completing a satisfactory pre-employment screening.

*Note – some benefits may only be available to or vary slightly for full time employment status vs part time status.