Parttime Veterinary Kennel Technician

St. Francis Animal Hospital - Springdale, AR; Fayetteville (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development Opportunities

Referral Bonus Program

Background Check

Job summary

St. Francis Animal Hospital in Springdale, AR is seeking a kennel tech to care for patients in the hospital and boarding facility. Responsibilities include feeding, medicating, cleaning, and recording medications and patient data with attention to safety and animal welfare.

Qualifications emphasize cleaning methods, animal restraint, ability to perform physical labor, and a willingness to learn medication administration. Weekend availability and bilingual skills are a plus for this role.

Qualifications

• Experience with 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 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.
• Weekend (Saturday and Sunday) availability required.
• Bilingual, English/Spanish a plus.

Responsibilities

• Care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of patients in hospital and boarding facility.
• Assist with post-operative patients, animal restraint, and examinations.
• Maintain proper medication and treatment records and track special foods, appetite and behavior.
• Restock hospital supplies and help with cleaning, sterilization of instruments as needed.

Skills

Cleaning & Disinfection

Animal Restraint

Medication Administration

Physical Labor

Animal Patient Care

Recordkeeping

Bilingual English/Spanish

Weekend Availability

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

• 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
• 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 visit https://allianceanimal.com/additionaljobdescriptiondetails/.

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