Veterinary Kennel Technician

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Abilene (TX); Hybride; USD 17 000 - 18 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Paid Bereavement Program

Paid Parental Leave Program

Competitive Compensation

Continuing Education Allowance

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Referral Bonus Program

Personal Pet Discounts

Holiday Pay

Uniform Allowance

Bonuses

Résumé du poste

Frontier Veterinary Clinic in Abilene, TX seeks a kennel technician to provide day-to-day care for kennel guests and ensure a clean, safe environment for pets. You will assist doctors and technicians with procedures as needed and communicate health recommendations to clients.

Ideal candidates are passionate about animal welfare, deliver excellent client service, and maintain professionalism while multitasking in a fast-paced setting. Benefits and pay reflect experience and dedicated service.

Qualifications

• Love for animals and ability to warmly welcome and compassionately care for pets.
• Excellent communication and client service to admit/discharge pets and reassure anxious owners.
• Remain professional and courteous to clients and coworkers while handling multiple tasks.
• Empathize with clients and remain compassionate under all circumstances.
• Convey belief in quality of care and communicate this to clients.
• Learn and communicate our services and health recommendations to clients.
• Physically able to lift/move heavy pets, handle medications, and monitor distress or disease.

Responsabilités

• Day-to-day care of kennel guests, including feeding, watering, walking, bathing, and monitoring well-being of dogs and cats.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of the Pet Resort interior and exterior.
• Assist doctors and technicians with pet restraint for procedures or anesthesia induction when needed.

Connaissances

Compassionate pet care

Excellent communication

Client service

Multi-tasking

Professionalism

Empathy toward clients

Description du poste

Frontier Veterinary Clinic is a full service veterinary hospital that provides thorough, compassionate, modern, and affordable care for your animals. Formerly known as Mobile Veterinary Clinic, we have been serving Abilene's pets and their families since 1976. It is our mission to positively impact people's lives through the health and wellness of their pets.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

Kennel technicians are responsible for the day-to -day care of pet resort guests and for the cleanliness and sanitation of the Pet Resort interior and exterior. This includes feeding, watering, cleaning, walking, bathing, and monitoring the well-being of dogs and cats. The kennel tech will also occasionally assist doctors and technicians with pet restraint for procedures or anesthesia induction.

Qualifications

• A love for animals and the ability to warmly welcome and compassionately care for pets is essential.
• Kennel technicians need excellent communication and client service skills in order to admit and discharge pets and reassure nervous “parents” that their pets are well-cared for at our facility.
• The kennel techmust remain professional and courteous to clients and co-workers while handling multiple tasks at once with many interruptions.
• kennel techs must be able to empathize with clients and remain compassionate and well-mannered under all circumstances.
• kennel techs should have a firm belief in the quality of care we provide and communicate this sense of assurance to our clients.
• The kennel techmust learn and understand our services and health recommendations and be able to clearly communicate these to our clients.
• Kennel techs must have sufficient physical strength, mobility, and stamina to lift and/or move heavy pets and objects, the dexterity and confidence to handle and administer medications or bathe pets who may be scared or aggressive, and the ability to monitor pets for signs of distress or disease.
• Ensuring the comfort of our animal patients and instilling confidence in our human clients is the foundation of our mission here at Frontier. We proudly accomplish this through exceptional customer service, compassionate animal skills, as well as through the routine sanitation of the entire facility- from the inside-out.

Additional Information

We offer our staff:

Pay: $12-13 based on experience

• 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
• 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 pre-employment screening.

*Note – some benefits may only be available to or vary slightly for full time employment status vs part time status.