Veterinary Kennel Technician

Frontier Veterinary Clinic; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k & matching

Paid vacation

CE allowance

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Referral bonus

Job summary

Frontier Veterinary Clinic is seeking a kennel technician to care for hospitalized and boarding animals, including feeding, medicating, cleaning, bathing and exercising dogs. The role involves assisting the veterinary team with restraint and exams and keeping accurate medication and feeding records.

This position also covers restocking supplies, cleaning and sterilizing instruments, and supporting staff with postoperative care. Training is provided, with opportunities for certification pursuit.

Qualifications

• Experience with cleaning and disinfecting methods.
• Ability to safely restrain animals.
• Ability to learn to administer medications and recognize abnormal conditions.
• Capable of performing moderately heavy physical labor.
• Maintain cooperative relationships with colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Care for hospitalized patients and boarding animals, including feeding and medicating.
• Assist with post-operative patients and examinations.
• Restock supplies and help with surgical instrument sterilization.

Skills

Animal handling

Animal restraint

Disinfection methods

Physical stamina

Recordkeeping

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 hospital, and our clients in the boarding facility. This job involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, and medicating. 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 will 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.

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/.