Animal Care Assistant
Shawnee Animal Clinic, Portsmouth, OH, United States
Company Description
Shawnee 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 Description
The Animal Care Assistant is responsible for the care, feeding, and cleaning of our patients in the hospital and boarding facility. The position involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, and walking dogs, restocking hospital supplies, assisting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams, managing special foods, appetite, and behavior issues, and administering medications and recognizing abnormal conditions. Strong verbal and written communication skills are required to follow directions and maintain cooperative relationships.
Responsibilities
Care, feed, and clean patient animals.
Perform cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, and walking duties for dogs.
Restock hospital supplies and assist in maintaining supply inventory.
Assist doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams.
Monitor special foods, appetite, behavior, and address any issues that arise.
Learn to administer medications and recognize abnormal conditions.
Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
Maintain cooperative relationships with colleagues and clients.
Qualifications
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.
Pay Range
$13/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 Assistance Program
Access to a CVA/CVT/CVPM Partnership through Penn Foster
Career Development Opportunities
Referral 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/.
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Shawnee 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 Description
The Animal Care Assistant is responsible for the care, feeding, and cleaning of our patients in the hospital and boarding facility. The position involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, and walking dogs, restocking hospital supplies, assisting doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams, managing special foods, appetite, and behavior issues, and administering medications and recognizing abnormal conditions. Strong verbal and written communication skills are required to follow directions and maintain cooperative relationships.
Responsibilities
Care, feed, and clean patient animals.
Perform cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, and walking duties for dogs.
Restock hospital supplies and assist in maintaining supply inventory.
Assist doctors and assistants with animal restraint and exams.
Monitor special foods, appetite, behavior, and address any issues that arise.
Learn to administer medications and recognize abnormal conditions.
Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
Maintain cooperative relationships with colleagues and clients.
Qualifications
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.
Pay Range
$13/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 Assistance Program
Access to a CVA/CVT/CVPM Partnership through Penn Foster
Career Development Opportunities
Referral 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/.
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