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About the Role
The kennel technician is responsible for the care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of patients in the hospital and clients in the boarding facility. This role involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, and administering medications. You will also be responsible for restocking supplies, assisting with post-operative patients, and supporting doctors and assistants during animal restraint and exams. Proper recordkeeping of medications, special foods, appetite, behavior, and any issues that arise is crucial. You will be trained to clean and sterilize surgical instruments.
Responsibilities
- Care, feeding, medicating, and cleaning of patients in hospital and clients in the boarding facility
- Cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, and medicating
- 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
- Cleaning and sterilizing surgical instruments
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
- Hiring eligibility may be contingent to a candidate authorizing and completing a satisfactory pre-employment screening
Skills
- Cleaning
- Disinfecting
- Animal restraint
- Using cleaning materials and equipment
- Administering medications
- Recordkeeping
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
- Part-time
Education Level
- AVMA Accredited Veterinary Technology Program
Salary/Compensations
- $16-20/hr
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 Reimbursement Program Available to any AVMA Accredited Veterinary Technology Program
- Career Development Opportunities
- Referral Bonus Program for most positions!
- Personal Pet Discounts
- Holiday Pay
- Uniform Allowance
- Bonuses
About the Company
- City Veterinary Care is committed to helping all of New York City's dogs and cats.
- Operates a non-profit organization, The Toby Project, to solve New York City's pet overpopulation problem.
- Approximately 10,000 dogs and cats lose their lives each year in our city's shelter system.
- Highly acclaimed veterinarians, knowledgeable and caring front desk staff, and skilled and compassionate veterinary nursing team.
- Offers comprehensive services including preventative care, vaccines & monitoring, dentistry, 24-hour nursing care, specialty care and State of the Art Equipment.