Part-time Veterinary Kennel Technician

Newton Animal Clinic•Newton, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Newton Animal Clinic is seeking a part-time Veterinary Kennel Technician. This role is responsible for the care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of patients in the hospital and clients in the boarding facility. The job involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, and administering medications. The technician will also be responsible for restocking hospital supplies, assisting with post-operative patients, and aiding doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams. Proper recordkeeping of medications, special foods, appetite, behavior, and any issues that arise is crucial. Training will be provided for cleaning and sterilizing surgical instruments. The average hours worked per week is 10-15.

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 hospital and boarding facility.
Cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, and walking dogs.
Administering medications.
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 issues.
Cleaning and sterilizing surgical instruments.