Veterinary Kennel Technician

About the role

Bellevue Animal Clinic is a well-established, progressive, fast-paced 3 doctor small animal practice located in Little Rock, AR. We offer many services to provide the best comprehensive care to our patients including Preventative Care, Surgery, Urgent Care, High Speed Dentistry, Cold Laser Therapy, In-House Diagnostics, Digital full body and dental radiology, Ultrasonography, Medical and/or Vacation Boarding and more. We are proud to be accredited by the American Animal Hospital Association.

Responsibilities

• The kennel tech is responsible for the care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of our patients in the hospital and boarding facility.
• This job involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, and medicating patients.
• 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 may be trained to clean and sterilize surgical instruments.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cleaning and disinfecting methods.
• Proper methods of animal restraint.
• Able to use cleaning materials and equipment with skill and efficiency.
• Perform moderately heavy physical labor (large dogs, bags of litter, pet foods, etc).
• Able to sympathetically and patiently attend to sick, scared and injured animals.
• Ability to learn to administer medications and to recognize abnormal conditions.
• Able to understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• Maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of the job.

Benefits

• Pay: Starting at $13/hr depending 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 Information

• We offer our staff: 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.