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Kennel Technician

Valdosta Veterinary Associates, LLC
Valdosta, GA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/7/2024 CLOSED ON 6/6/2024

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kennel Technician position at Valdosta Veterinary Associates, LLC?

Valdosta Veterinary Associates is a 24/7/365 brand new, state-of-the-art emergency veterinary hospital located at 3815 Old Us Highway 41 N in sunny Valdosta, Georgia. Our current focus is small animal medicine (canine/feline). We also offer boarding & daycare. 

Valdosta Veterinary Associates was founded by Jillian Courson, DVM. Our Kennel has 46 runs & we have a Cattery as well. We are currently seeking to add a kennel technician. If you have a huge appetite for learning and growing and you are an excellent team player, VVA might be the team for you!

A positive work culture has been intentionally curated with a focus on excellence, collaboration, progress, innovation, & leadership. We work together to "provide high-quality comprehensive veterinary medicine and compassionate care to every patient, every time. To be here when we are needed most, from that precious first wellness visit to the hardest goodbye & through the journey of life in-between."

Responsibilities

  • Providing basic animal care for boarding cats and dogs including walking, cleaning kennels, runs, and litter boxes, feeding, and watering
  • Organizing and supervising play groups for daycare patients.
  • Administering oral, topical, otic, and ophthalmic medications to boarding patients.
  • Providing basic grooming services such as bathing, nail trimming, ear cleaning, and anal gland expression.
  • Cleaning, organizing, and maintaining all Kennel areas.
  • Meeting and greeting clients in lobby to pick up and drop off boarding patients.
  • Weighing boarding patients at intake and ensuring veterinary assistants are aware of medical services needed during boarding.
  • Documenting all aspects of patient care into electronic patient care flowsheet program.
  • Assisting veterinary assistants as needed in restraining patients for procedures and cleaning main hospital areas.
  • Guiding tours of kennel areas for established and potential clients.
  • Any additional tasks as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent. Will consider high school students with dual college enrollment for pre-vet program.
  • Excellent attitude & communications skills, great attention to detail, a high level of conscientiousness & pride in your work, compassion & empathy, movement with purpose & initiative to stay productive at all times, dependability, confidence in handling potentially fractious & aggressive cats & dogs, a passion for learning & growing always.
  • Open availability from 7am to 9pm, 7 days a week for FT. Must have open availability outside of class schedule for PT.

Part Time Benefits

  • 30% Employee discount after 30 days
  • Uniform Allowance after 180 days, reissued annually.

Full Time Benefits

  • 30% Employee discount after 30 days
  • Eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Accidental, Disability, and Life Insurance after 90 days
  • Two weeks equivalent of PTO after 180 days, reissued annually
  • Uniform Allowance after 180 days, reissued annually.

Visit our business websites at:

https://m.facebook.com/vva247/?ref=page_internal

Immediate consideration. Please email your resume to Crystal Broyles, Practice Administrator, at cbroyles@vva247.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

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