What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kennel Assistant position at Oak Grove Animal Hospital?
Position Overview:
The Kennel Assistant is a crucial member of an efficient organization dedicated to providing quality care and exceptional service. This position supports veterinarians and technicians in their daily tasks by cleaning and maintaining equipment, feeding, exercising, restraining, and handling pets. The role involves providing compassionate care to pets, ensuring their health and well-being. Additionally, the Kennel Assistant maintains the cleanliness of the hospital, cleans equipment, and ensures the safe use of chemicals. They are responsible for completing various tasks on a regular schedule, such as cleaning cages, runs, wards, and related areas, and changing litter boxes and food/water bowls.
Key Responsibilities:
Requirements:
About Us: PetVet Care Centers, Inc. is one of the nation's leading operators of veterinary hospitals for companion animals. We operate over 450 hospitals across multiple states and employ over 11,000 people, including over 800 veterinarians. Our model focuses on developing a partnership between the hospitals and the company, providing the highest quality medicine and service. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/mental disabilities, military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. EOE, M/F/D/V
The Kennel Assistant is a crucial member of an efficient organization dedicated to providing quality care and exceptional service. This position supports veterinarians and technicians in their daily tasks by cleaning and maintaining equipment, feeding, exercising, restraining, and handling pets. The role involves providing compassionate care to pets, ensuring their health and well-being. Additionally, the Kennel Assistant maintains the cleanliness of the hospital, cleans equipment, and ensures the safe use of chemicals. They are responsible for completing various tasks on a regular schedule, such as cleaning cages, runs, wards, and related areas, and changing litter boxes and food/water bowls.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provides compassionate care to pets
- Feeds animals as prescribed by the attending Veterinarian or as the owner has requested; records appetites; water intake, as well as fecal and urine production
- Recognizes and reports any unusual conditions or abnormal behaviors and monitors pets for signs of distress or disease.
- Assists Veterinarians and technicians with pet restraint
- Maintains the cleanliness of the hospital each day; cleans equipment and facilities using chemicals and supplies; ensures the safe use of chemicals
- Completes the weekly and monthly chore list to maintain hospital cleanliness, equipment, and the overall appearance of the hospital
Requirements:
- Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors
- Must be flexible with scheduling and able to work weekends, overnights, and holidays
- This is a strenuous job that requires a lot of lifting, cleaning, and constant motion
About Us: PetVet Care Centers, Inc. is one of the nation's leading operators of veterinary hospitals for companion animals. We operate over 450 hospitals across multiple states and employ over 11,000 people, including over 800 veterinarians. Our model focuses on developing a partnership between the hospitals and the company, providing the highest quality medicine and service. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/mental disabilities, military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. EOE, M/F/D/V
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