Part-time Veterinary Kennel Technician - Alliance Animal Health : Job Details

Part-time Veterinary Kennel Technician

Alliance Animal Health

Job Location : Newton,IA, USA

Posted on : 2024-11-28T08:19:42Z

Job Description :

Company Description

Newton Animal Clinic is a well-established, progressive, fast paced multi-doctor general small animal practices located in Newton, Iowa with a sister clinic in Bondurant, Iowa. We offer many services to provide the best comprehensive care to our patients including Preventative Care, Surgery, Urgent Care, High Speed Dentistry, In-House Diagnostics, Digital full body and dental radiology, Endoscopy and Ultrasonography, Medical and/or Vacation Boarding. We are proud to say that both of our locations are AAHA certified hospitals.

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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 the hospital and boarding facility. This job involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, and medicating patients. 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 may be trained to clean and sterilize surgical instruments. Must be able to work weekends. Average weekly hours are 10-15.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with:

* Knowledge of cleaning and disinfecting methods.

* 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

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.

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