Part-time Veterinary Kennel Technician

St. Francis Animal Hospital - Springdale, AR; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Job summary

St. Francis Animal Hospital in Springdale, Arkansas, is seeking a kennel technician to care for hospitalized and boarding patients, including feeding, cleaning, medicating, and assisting with exams. The position requires weekend availability and comfort handling large dogs, with bilingual English/Spanish a plus.

We offer comprehensive benefits and a supportive team in a fast-paced, client‑focused practice. Responsibilities include recording medications, restocking supplies, cleaning, sterilizing

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cleaning and disinfecting methods.
• Ability to use cleaning materials and equipment with skill and efficiency.
• Ability to learn to administer medications and to recognize abnormal conditions.
• Ability to sympathetically and patiently attend to sick, scared and injured animals.

Responsibilities

• Care for hospitalized and boarding patients: feeding, cleaning, medicating.
• Assist doctors with exams and animal restraint.
• Restock hospital supplies and maintain proper records of medications and special foods.
• Clean and sterilize surgical instruments as needed.

Skills

Cleaning methods

Animal restraint

Cleaning equipment

Physical labor

Compassionate care

Medication administration

Follow directions

Job description

Company Description

St. Francis Animal Hospital is a well-established, progressive, fast paced 2.5doctorcompanion animal and exoticspractice located in beautiful Northwest Arkansas. We offer many services to provide the best comprehensive care to our patients including preventative care, surgery, urgent care, dentistry, cold laser therapy, in-house diagnostics, digital full body radiology, ultrasonography, and boarding.

To learn more about us clickhere.

Job Description

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

The kennel tech is 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.
• Saturday and Sunday availabilityrequired
• Bilingual, English/Spanish a plus!

Additional Information

We offer our staff:

• Comprehensive Benefits (health, dental, vision, liability, 401k & 401K matching program, life & supplemental insurance, HSA, & FSA)
• 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
• Career Development Opportunities
• 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 background check.
• *Note – some benefits may only be available to or vary slightly for full time employment status vs part time status.
• For additional details including our full equal opportunity statement, texting/outreach communication authorization, physical requirements of the job and more, please visithttps://allianceanimal.com/additionaljobdescriptiondetails/.

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