Veterinary Kennel Technician

Frontier Veterinary Clinic; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k & matching

Paid vacation & sick time

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Referral bonus

Job summary

Frontier Veterinary Clinic is seeking kennel technicians to care for dogs and cats, including feeding, walking, bathing and monitoring health. You may assist doctors with procedures and help maintain a clean, safe facility for all pets and clients.

We value compassion, strong communication, and teamwork, with a focus on delivering excellent customer service and educational communication to pet owners during admissions and discharges.

Qualifications

• A love for animals and ability to warmly welcome and care for pets.
• Excellent communication to admit/discharge pets and reassure clients.
• Remain professional and courteous while handling multiple tasks.
• Ability to empathize with clients and maintain composure.
• Understand services and health recommendations and communicate them clearly.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day care of kennel guests, including feeding, watering, cleaning, walking, bathing, and monitoring wellbeing.
• Assist doctors and technicians with pet restraint for procedures as needed.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of the Pet Resort interior and exterior.
• Ensure comfort of animal patients and provide exceptional customer service to clients.

Skills

Excellent communication

Customer service

Empathy

Professionalism

Multi-tasking

Job description

Company Description

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 Description

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

We’re looking for:

• 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

• 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 visithttps://allianceanimal.com/additionaljobdescriptiondetails/.

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