What are the responsibilities and job description for the Veterinary Kennel Technician position at Swansboro Animal Hospital Emergency & Trauma Center?
Job Description
Job duties include, but are not limited to :
The kennel tech is mainly responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of our hospital. You are responsible for restocking hospital supplies, cleaning the facility, cleaning patient cages and housing areas, laundry, assisting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams, and unpacking shipments. You will also be trained to clean, wrap and sterilize surgical instruments.
Qualifications
We are looking for someone with :
- 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.
- 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 :
Hiring eligibility may be contingent to a candidate authorizing and completing a satisfactory background check.
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