Part-time Veterinary Kennel Technician
About the Clinic
Crete Veterinary Clinic is a well-established, progressive, fast-paced 2-doctor mixed animal practice located in Crete, Nebraska. We currently see 60% large animal and 40% small animal. Services include Preventative Care, Surgery, Urgent Care, Dentistry, In-House Diagnostics, Digital Radiology, Ultrasonography, Vacation Boarding, and after-hours Large Animal Emergency services. The large animal practice consists mainly of cow/calf and small stocker/feedlots, equine primary care and breeding, and some small ruminants, swine, and poultry. The support team includes a practice manager/tech and 3 additional technicians.
Responsibilities
- Care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of patients in the hospital, barns, and boarding facility outside of normal business hours
- Cleaning inside and outside the clinic
- Laundry duties
- Feeding and watering animals
- Walking dogs
- Administering medications to patients
- Proper recordkeeping of medications, special foods, appetite, behavior, and any issues that arise while animals are in our care
Requirements
- Knowledge of cleaning and disinfecting methods
- Proper methods of animal restraint
- Ability to use cleaning materials and equipment with skill and efficiency
- Perform moderate to heavy physical labor (e.g., move large dogs, bags of litter, pet foods, scrape cattle pens, muck out horse stalls)
- Ability to sympathetically and patiently attend to sick, scared, and injured animals
- Ability to learn to administer medications and recognize abnormal conditions
- Understand and carry out oral and written directions
- Maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of the job
- Morning, evening, weekend, and holiday availability required
Benefits
- Pay: $15/hr
- Comprehensive benefits (health, dental, vision, liability insurance)
- 401k & 401k matching program
- Life & supplemental insurance
- HSA & FSA options
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid vacation and sick time for all employees
- Paid bereavement program
- Paid parental leave program
- Continuing Education Allowance (for licensed/registered/certified roles)
- Tuition Reimbursement Program for any AVMA-accredited Veterinary Technology Program
- Career development opportunities
- Referral bonus program for most positions
- Additional benefits may include personal pet discounts, holiday pay, uniform allowance, and bonuses
Note: Some benefits may vary slightly for full-time vs. part-time employment status. Hiring eligibility may be contingent on a satisfactory background check.