Parttime Veterinary Kennel Technician

Yukon Veterinary Hospital; Crete (NE); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits (health, dental

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Vacation and Sick Time for ALL

Paid Bereavement Program

Job summary

Yukon Veterinary Hospital in Crete, NE seeks a kennel technician to care for hospital and boarding patients, including feeding, medicating, cleaning and recordkeeping. You will assist doctors and staff, restrain animals, and help maintain surgical instruments.

Responsibilities include restocking supplies, walking dogs, bathing, laundry, and observing animals for changes. Weekend availability is required; bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience with cleaning and disinfecting in a veterinary setting.
• Ability to restrain animals safely and calmly.
• Willingness to perform physically demanding tasks.
• Flexible weekend availability.
• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Care for hospital and boarding patients: feeding, medicating, cleaning and restocking.
• Assist doctors and staff with animal restraint and examinations.
• Maintain proper records of medications, meals, appetite and behavior.
• Restock supplies and help with cleaning and sterilizing surgical instruments.

Skills

Cleaning & disinfection

Animal restraint

Equipment handling

Heavy lifting

Animal care

Medication administration

Following directions

Team cooperation

Bilingual Eng/Spa

Job description

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:

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).
• 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.
• Saturday and Sunday availability required
• 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