Veterinary Kennel Technician

Alliance Animal Health•Vicksburg, MS

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Animal Medical Clinic of Vicksburg is a mixed animal practice that opened a new hospital in July of 2006. The facility features a larger waiting room, 5 exam rooms, an expanded treatment area, a state-of-the-art Surgical Suite, and an ICU. It also provides more spacious rooms for boarding, an exercise yard, and an indoor large animal treatment area with stalls, aiming to offer better facilities to patients and clients. The clinic provides a range of services including preventive care, internal medicine, surgery, dermatology, in-house lab for bloodwork, radiology, and ultrasound. The Kennel Technician is responsible for the comprehensive care of patients within both the hospital and boarding facility, which includes feeding, medicating, and cleaning. Key duties involve general cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding and walking dogs, and administering medications. The role also requires restocking hospital supplies, assisting with post-operative patients, and supporting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams. Accurate recordkeeping for medications, special foods, appetite, behavior, and any issues that arise during an animal's stay is essential. Training for cleaning and sterilizing surgical instruments may also be provided.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of patients in the hospital and boarding facility
Cleaning
Laundry
Bathing
Feeding and walking dogs
Medicating patients
Restocking hospital supplies
Helping with post-operative patients
Assisting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams
Proper recordkeeping of medications, special foods, appetite, behavior and any issue that may arise while the animal is in our care
Clean and sterilize surgical instruments (may be trained)

Benefits

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)