Parttime Veterinary Kennel Technician

Yukon Veterinary Hospital; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k & matching

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Career development

Job summary

Yukon Veterinary Hospital is seeking a kennel technician to care for patients in the hospital and boarding facility. You will feed, medicate, bathe, walk dogs, restock supplies, and assist with post-operative care, exams, and restraint under supervision.

Strong attention to recordkeeping for medications and treatments is required. Weekend availability (Saturday/Sunday) is mandatory; bilingual English/Spanish is a plus. Training on sterilization and operating procedures may be provided.

Qualifications

• Experience with cleaning and disinfecting methods.
• Ability to restrain animals with care.
• Able to perform moderately heavy physical labor.
• Willing to learn medication administration.
• Capable of following written and oral directions.
• Saturday and Sunday availability required.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a plus.

Responsibilities

• Care for patients in hospital and boarding facility.
• Feed, medicate, bathe, walk dogs, and perform cleaning.
• Restock supplies and assist with post-operative patients.
• Assist doctors and staff with restraint and exams.
• Maintain accurate medication and treatment records.
• Clean and sterilize surgical instruments as trained.

Skills

Cleaning & disinfection

Animal restraint

Medication administration

Recordkeeping

Team cooperation

Bilingual English/Spanish

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
• 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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