Veterinary Kennel Technician

22 Hours ago • All levels • $33,280 PA - $41,600 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

City Veterinary Care is dedicated to providing top-notch care for dogs and cats in New York City. As a non-profit organization, they also operate The Toby Project, aiming to reduce pet overpopulation in the city. Their team of experienced veterinarians, knowledgeable front desk staff, and skilled veterinary nurses are committed to delivering the best possible care. Services include preventative care, vaccinations, dentistry, 24-hour nursing care, specialty care, and advanced equipment. The Veterinary Kennel Technician role involves the care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of hospitalized patients and boarding facility clients. Responsibilities include cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, medicating, restocking supplies, assisting with post-operative care, and aiding doctors with animal restraint and exams. Accurate recordkeeping of medications, feeding, behavior, and any issues is crucial. The technician will also be trained in sterilizing surgical instruments.
Must have:
  • Knowledge of cleaning methods
  • Proper animal restraint
  • Ability to use cleaning equipment
  • Physical labor capacity
  • Compassion for animals
  • Ability to follow directions
  • Cooperative attitude
Good to have:
  • Administering medications
  • Recognizing abnormal conditions
Perks:
  • Comprehensive Benefits (health, dental, vision, liability, 401k & 401K matching program, life & supplemental insurance, HSA, & FSA)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Vacation and Sick Time
  • Paid Bereavement Program
  • Paid Parental Leave Program
  • Continuing Education Allowance
  • Tuition Assistance Program
  • Career Development Opportunities
  • Referral Bonus Program
  • Personal Pet Discounts
  • Holiday Pay
  • Uniform Allowance
  • Bonuses

Job Details

Company 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 solve New York City's pet overpopulation problem (approximately 10,000 dogs and cats lose their lives each year in our city's shelter system). Our highly acclaimed veterinarians, our knowledgeable and caring front desk staff, and our skilled and compassionate veterinary nursing team 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.

To learn more about us click City Vet!

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

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).
  • 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

Pay range: $16-20/hr

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 Assistance Program 
  • Access to a CVA/CVT/CVPM Partnership through Penn Foster 
  • 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/

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