Veterinary Kennel Assistant

Paws and Claws Animal Hospital

Veterinary Kennel Assistant

Wilmington, NC
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    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

    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 attend to sick, scared and injured animals sympathetically and patiently.
    • 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.
    • Must be at least 18 years old

    Additional Information

    ** Position type: part-time**

    ** Pay $11-13/hr**

    ** Schedule: _holidays & weekends are mandatory _**

    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 visithttps://allianceanimal.com/additionaljobdescriptiondetails/. ******