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Animal Care Assistant

Alliance Animal Health

#Disinfection #Medication administration #Client relations #Animal care #Physical labor #Patient monitoring #Animal behavior #Veterinary hospital #Veterinary medicine

Quick overview

The Animal Care Assistant is responsible for the daily care, feeding, and cleaning of patients within the hospital and boarding facility. They also assist veterinary staff with animal restraint, exams, and the maintenance of hospital supplies.

Requirements summary

Candidates must be capable of performing moderately heavy physical labor and possess knowledge of animal restraint and cleaning methods. The role requires the ability to sympathetically attend to animals and a willingness to learn medical support tasks.

CleaningDisinfectingLaundryCommunicationMulti-taskingFeedingBathingMedication administrationPatient monitoringAnimal carePhysical laborAnimal restraintRestocking supplies

Job description

Company DescriptionShawnee Animal Clinic is a growing, family-oriented practice with wonderful clients.
We currently have eight doctors of veterinary medicine and over sixty support staff between our hospital, grooming facility, and boarding and training facility.
Our team is like our family, and we are looking for individuals who are self-starters, have a willingness to learn, and can multi-task in a fast-paced veterinary hospital.Job DescriptionJob duties include, but are not limited to: The Animal Care Assistant is responsible for the care, feeding, and cleaning of our patients in the hospital and boarding facility.
This job involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding and walking dogs.
You are responsible for restocking hospital supplies, assisting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams.
You will be responsible for special foods, appetite, behavior and any issue that may arise while the animal is in our care.QualificationsWe 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.
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.
Additional InformationPay Range: $13/hrWe offer our staff:Comprehensive Benefits (health, dental, vision, liability, 401k & 401K matching program, life & supplemental insurance, HSA, & FSA)Employee Assistance ProgramPaid Vacation and Sick Time for ALL EmployeesPaid Bereavement ProgramPaid Parental Leave ProgramCompetitive CompensationContinuing Education Allowance (applies to licensed/registered/certified roles)Tuition Reimbursement Program Available to any AVMA Accredited Veterinary Technology ProgramCareer Development OpportunitiesReferral Bonus Program for most positions!Additional Benefits May Also Be Available (i.e.
Personal Pet Discounts, Holiday Pay, Uniform Allowance, Bonuses etc)Hiring eligibility may be contingent to a candidate authorizing and completing a satisfactory background check.*Note – some benefits may only be available to or vary slightly for full time employment status vs part time status.For additional details including our full equal opportunity statement, texting/outreach communication authorization, physical requirements of the job and more, please visit https://allianceanimal.com/additionaljobdescriptiondetails/.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Paid vacation

FSA

HSA

Holiday pay

Life insurance

Paid sick time

Continuing education allowance

Supplemental insurance

Employee assistance program

Tuition reimbursement program

Uniform allowance

Paid parental leave program

401k matching program

Liability insurance

Paid bereavement program

Personal pet discounts

Animal Care Assistant

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