Veterinary Kennel Technician

Alliance Animal Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Referral Bonus Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Personal Pet Discounts

Job summary

City Veterinary Care in New York City seeks a kennel technician to care for our hospitalized and boarding patients, perform cleaning, feeding, medicating, and help maintain a clean, safe environment.

You will restock supplies, assist veterinarians and staff, document medications and observations, and learn to sterilize instruments. Prior experience is helpful; training is provided. Pay ranges $16–$20 per hour with benefits for eligible staff.

Qualifications

• Experience with cleaning and disinfecting methods.
• Ability to restrain animals safely and compassionately.
• Willingness to administer medications and follow written directions.
• Able to perform moderately heavy physical labor (large dogs, bags, etc.).
• Maintain calm, caring handling of sick or injured animals.
• Learn to follow oral and written instructions and cooperate with staff.

Responsibilities

• Care for patients in hospital and boarding facility; feed, medicate, and clean.
• Restock hospital supplies and assist with post-operative patients.
• Assist doctors and staff with animal restraint and examinations.
• Maintain accurate medication records and note animal appetite, behavior, and issues.
• Learn to clean and sterilize surgical instruments.

Skills

Cleaning methods

Animal restraint

Cleaning equipment

Physical labor

Animal care

Medication administration

Reading directions

Teamwork

Job description

City Veterinary Care is committed to helping all of New York City's dogs and cats. We operate a non-profit organization, The Toby Project,the objective of which is to solveNew YorkCity's pet overpopulation problem (approximately 10,000 dogs and catslose their liveseach year in our city's shelter system). Our highly acclaimed veterinarians, our knowledgeable and caring front desk staff, and our skilled and compassionate veterinary nursingteam instill, with confidence, what every pet owner desires--the best possible care for their pets. We offer many services to provide the best comprehensive care to our patients including preventative care, vaccines & monitoring, dentistry, 24-hour nursing care, specialty care and State of the Art Equipment.

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

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).
• Abilityto 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

Pay range:$16-20/hr

We offer our staff:

• 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.