What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kennel Assistant at Omro Animal Hospital position at Heartland Veterinary Partners?
Practice
Omro Animal Hospital was founded in 1954 as a mixed animal practice. As of 2007, the decision was made to make the practice a companion animal practice. We perform routine exams, vaccinations, and surgeries and have our Winneconne location that can do routine wellness exams by appointment.
We are excited to announce the construction of a brand-new facility! Our new home will help us continue to provide compassionate, quality pet care to our patients and the community.
More About The Role
The Kennel Attendant ensures the boarding area is clean and safe for all patients by cleaning cages, runs, and ward areas and washing laundry. This role would be an excellent entry job into the veterinary field, especially for a high school student. Anticipated schedule is 10-15 hours/week - 2pm-5pm Monday - Friday with no weekends.
Competencies
Pay Range
USD $11.00 - USD $11.00 /Hr.
Omro Animal Hospital was founded in 1954 as a mixed animal practice. As of 2007, the decision was made to make the practice a companion animal practice. We perform routine exams, vaccinations, and surgeries and have our Winneconne location that can do routine wellness exams by appointment.
We are excited to announce the construction of a brand-new facility! Our new home will help us continue to provide compassionate, quality pet care to our patients and the community.
More About The Role
The Kennel Attendant ensures the boarding area is clean and safe for all patients by cleaning cages, runs, and ward areas and washing laundry. This role would be an excellent entry job into the veterinary field, especially for a high school student. Anticipated schedule is 10-15 hours/week - 2pm-5pm Monday - Friday with no weekends.
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.
- Gather, wash, dry, fold, and put away laundry
- Regularly clean, disinfect, and maintain kennels, cages, and runs as often as is necessary to ensure no cages are soiled and odors are not apparent
- Wash and sterilize water and food bowls
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Ability to lift patients/objects up to 25 pounds; ability to lift patients/objects over 25 pounds with assistance
- Practices OSHA safety techniques including proper PPE
- 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
Pay Range
USD $11.00 - USD $11.00 /Hr.
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