Animal Care Assistant

22 Hours ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

Shawnee Animal Clinic is seeking an Animal Care Assistant to join their growing, family-oriented practice. The role involves the care, feeding, and cleaning of patients in the hospital and boarding facility, including tasks like cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, and walking dogs. The assistant will also be responsible for restocking hospital supplies and assisting doctors with animal restraint and examinations, monitoring animal appetite, behavior, and any issues that arise. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, willing to learn, and able to multitask in a fast-paced veterinary hospital environment. Knowledge of cleaning methods, animal restraint, and ability to perform physical labor are essential.
Must have:
  • Knowledge of cleaning and disinfecting methods
  • Proper methods of animal restraint
  • Ability to use cleaning materials and equipment
  • Perform moderately heavy physical labor
  • Attend to sick, scared, and injured animals
  • Understand and carry out oral and written directions
  • Maintain cooperative relationships
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
  • Competitive Compensation
  • Continuing Education Allowance (for licensed/registered/certified roles)
  • Tuition Assistance Program
  • Access to a CVA/CVT/CVPM Partnership
  • Career Development Opportunities
  • Referral Bonus Program
  • Additional Benefits May Also Be Available (e.g., Personal Pet Discounts, Holiday Pay, Uniform Allowance, Bonuses)

Job Details

Company Description

Shawnee Animal Clinic is a growing, family-oriented practice with wonderful clients. We currently have eight doctors of veterinary medicine and over sixty support staff between our hospital, grooming facility, and boarding and training facility. Our team is like our family, and we are looking for individuals who are self-starters, have a willingness to learn, and can multi-task in a fast-paced veterinary hospital.

Job Description

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

The Animal Care Assistant is responsible for the care, feeding, and cleaning of our patients in the hospital and boarding facility. This job involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding and walking dogs. You are responsible for restocking hospital supplies, assisting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams. You will be responsible for special foods, appetite, behavior and any issue that may arise while the animal is in our care.

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. 
  • Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
  • Maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of the job. 

Additional Information

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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