Veterinary Kennel Technician

22 Hours ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

Moffett Veterinary Hospital is seeking a Veterinary Kennel Technician to provide care, feeding, medication, and cleaning for patients in the hospital and boarding facility. Responsibilities include cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, medicating, restocking supplies, assisting with post-operative patients, and supporting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams. Accurate recordkeeping of medications, feeding, behavior, and any issues is crucial. The role also involves training in cleaning and sterilizing surgical instruments.
Must have:
  • Knowledge of cleaning methods
  • Animal restraint skills
  • Ability to use cleaning equipment
  • Perform physical labor
  • Attend to sick/injured animals
  • Administer medications
  • Follow directions
  • Maintain cooperative relationships
Perks:
  • Comprehensive Benefits for Full Time (health, dental, vision, liability, 401k & matching, 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
  • Tuition Assistance Program
  • Access to CVA/CVT/CVPM Partnership
  • Career Development Opportunities
  • Referral Bonus Program
  • Holiday Pay

Job Details

Company Description

At Moffett Veterinary Hospital we provide a wide range of services for dogs and cats from preventive care, surgery including general surgery and some orthopedics, routine dental cleaning and dental radiographs, in-house labs, boarding, bathing, grooming and more! 

To learn more about us, click here!

 

*** Full-Time & Part-Time positions available!

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

*** Full-Time & Part-Time positions available!

We offer our staff:

  • Comprehensive Benefits for Full Time team (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! 
  • Holiday Pay
  • *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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