What are the responsibilities and job description for the Animal care coordinator position at Bedford Veterinary Medical Center?
Job Description
Job duties include, but are not limited to :
This job involves dog daycare playtime, cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, monitoring dog behavior, and medicating.
You may be tasked with restocking hospital supplies and assisting doctors and assistants with needed tasks. You will be responsible for proper recordkeeping of daycare registrations and reservations, medications administered, special diets, appetite, behavior, and any issue that may arise while the animal is in our care.
Qualifications
We are looking for someone with :
- Knowledge of cleaning and disinfecting methods.
- Has worked in an animal setting for at least 6 months.
- Experience in canine body language.
- 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 attend to sick, scared and injured animals sympathetically and patiently.
- 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 Information
Job Type : Full-time preferred, will consider Part-time for right candidate
Hospital Hours : Monday Friday : 7 : 00 am 6 : 00 pm, Saturday 7 : 00 am 4 : 00 pm, Sunday 9 : 00 am 3 : 00 pm; Weekends are required
Pay : Competitive pay, based on experience
We offer our staff :
- 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 / .
Last updated : 2024-08-15