Kennel Assistant - Cat and Dog Hospital of Columbia
Company: Heartland Veterinary Partners LLC
Location: Columbia
Posted on: September 4, 2024
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Job Description:
About Cat and Dog Hospital of Columbia
Voted Howard County's Best Veterinary Practice of 2010! We are a
great team in a fun and easy going atmosphere! We provide weekly
lunches and breakfast for our staff while they take on interesting
medical cases! - Come and join our team!
Hours of operation: - ------------------M-F 8 -7:30 and Sat 8-1;
Kennel Staff must be able to work weekends and Holidays.
Pay range: Starting at $18 p/hr, depending on experience. -
Benefits Offered for our full-time team members
Paid time off
Health insurance; dental insurance; vision insurance
Retirement benefits or accounts
Bonus incentive
Flexible work schedules
Career and professional development
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Referral Program
Position Purpose
We are seeking an experience Kennel Assistant who is able to assist
our technicians, maintain our boarding facility and is able to keep
up with the clearning, laudry and sterlization of instruments.
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Reporting into the Practice Manager, the Kennel Attendant provides
care to address the needs of patients that are visiting the
practice for grooming and / or boarding. - The Kennel Attendant
ensures that the boarding area is clean and safe for all patients
by cleaning cages, runs, and ward areas and washing laundry. - The
Kennel Attendant walks, feeds, and administers medication to
patients (as needed and supervised by Doctor or Technician and
based on confidence and experience).
Kennel Assistant Competencies
Patience & Compassion: Remaining professional while still making
Doctors, teammates, clients, and patients feel as comfortable as
possible regardless of the situation or challenges presented.
Collaboration & Teamwork: Carefully coordinating actions with
practice team members. - Quickly incorporating feedback to ensure
positive results. - Sharing ideas and being open to other's ideas.
- Continually looking for ways to help others.
Communicating: Conveying boarding outcomes to clients and teammates
to ensure successful client care.
Active Listening: Following the expressed wishes of clients.
Client Satisfaction: Ensuring all activities and interactions
result in the highest level of client satisfaction.
Essential Responsibilities
Provides great care for patients visiting the practice for grooming
and / or boarding.
Ensures patients are admitted noting the client's specific
instructions to ensure a quality outcome including contact
information and pick up time.
Accurately and legibly records information related to the patient
such as feeding schedules, appearance, and behavior during practice
visit.
Observes patient's appearance and activity for general physical
condition, obvious signs of illness, disease and discontent.
Appropriately handles patients and as needed, properly restrains
hard-to-control patients.
Walks patients several times a day to provide exercise and time for
elimination of bowels and bladder.
Applies knowledge of normal food and liquid requirements and as
required, provides special food and liquids.
Ensures patients are clean and fresh smelling and have been checked
by a Technician / Doctor prior to discharge; ensures patient has
all personal property upon exit.
Ensures cages and patients are properly numbered and identified and
that personal property (toys, treats, blankets, leashes) are stored
in the proper areas and identified.
Regularly cleans, disinfects and maintain kennels, cages, runs and
stalls as often as is necessary to ensure no cages or kennels are
soiled and odors are not apparent. - Performs general cleaning in
other areas of the hospital to control the spread of disease.
Washes and sterilizes water and food bowls.
Launders and dries towels and blankets.
Walks hospital grounds regularly and cleans any trash and stool
material; empties trash throughout the practice and grounds.
In some practices and based on veterinary practice experiences and
confidence:
Assists with the administration of medications under the
supervision of Doctors or Technicians; assists with the
administration of medications, post-operative care or preparation
of samples for laboratory examination, collect specimens, clean
instruments, fill prescriptions as authorized.
Provides bathing and grooming services.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements / Qualifications
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