Veterinary Kennel Technician

About the role

The kennel tech is responsible for the care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of our patients in the hospital and boarding facility.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, and medicating patients
• Restocking hospital supplies
• Helping with post-operative patients
• Assisting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams
• Proper recordkeeping of medications, special foods, appetite, behavior and any issue that may arise while the animal is in our care
• May be trained to clean and sterilize surgical instruments

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

Benefits

• 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)

Additional Information

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.