Veterinary Kennel Tech - Weekend Shifts, Caring Team

Alliance Animal Health; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits (health, dental

401k & 401K matching program

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Continuing Education Allowance

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Career Development Opportunities

Referral Bonus Program

Job summary

St. Francis Animal Hospital in Northwest Arkansas seeks a kennel technician to care for and medicate patients in hospital and boarding. You will assist with restraints, daily care, and post-operative support, while maintaining accurate medication records.

The position requires weekend availability, attention to safety, and the ability to work with sick or anxious animals; bilingual skills are a plus to serve a diverse client base.

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!

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Cleaning and disinfecting methods

Animal restraint

Cleaning materials & equipment

Moderate heavy physical labor

Attending to sick or injured animals

Administer medications

Follow oral and written directions

Cooperative relationships

Weekend availability

Bilingual English/Spanish (a plus)

Job description

St. Francis Animal Hospital in Northwest Arkansas seeks a kennel technician to care for and medicate patients in hospital and boarding. You will assist with restraints, daily care, and post-operative support, while maintaining accurate medication records.

The position requires weekend availability, attention to safety, and the ability to work with sick or anxious animals; bilingual skills are a plus to serve a diverse client base.