Veterinary Kennel Technician

Company Description

Join the Brandon Animal Hospital Team!

Brandon Animal Hospital is a full-service small animal practice providing comprehensive medical, surgical, and emergency care. Our three dedicated veterinarians — Dr. Joe Scott Houston, Dr. Melissa Thompson, and Dr. Beth Boyd — work alongside skilled veterinary technicians, friendly receptionists, and attentive kennel staff to provide exceptional care for every patient.

As a veterinary kennel technician , you’ll play an important role in keeping our hospitalized and boarding patients comfortable, healthy, and well cared for. This is a hands-on position that’s ideal for someone who genuinely enjoys working with animals and wants to be part of a supportive veterinary team.

What Makes Our Hospital Special

We’re proud of our close-knit, family-like culture. Many of our team members have been with Brandon Animal Hospital for years, and our staff is cross-trained across the hospital. Everyone plays an important role, and we work together to support one another and provide the best possible veterinary care.

Our hospital is equipped with digital radiology, in-house laboratory diagnostics, advanced dental equipment, and laser technology , allowing our veterinary team to provide everything from routine wellness care to complex procedures and hospitalization.

We also have a climate-controlled boarding facility with a covered walking area, giving our boarding patients a comfortable environment year-round.

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Job Description

What You’ll Do

As a veterinary kennel technician , you’ll be responsible for the daily care and comfort of patients staying in our hospital and boarding facility. Your responsibilities will include:

- Feeding, walking, bathing, and caring for hospitalized and boarding animals.
- Cleaning kennels, treatment areas, and other hospital spaces to maintain a safe and sanitary environment.
- Providing medications as directed and accurately documenting medication administration.
- Monitoring appetite, behavior, elimination, and overall condition and communicating concerns to the veterinary team.
- Assisting with post-operative patients and providing supportive nursing care.
- Helping veterinarians and veterinary assistants with safe animal restraint during examinations and treatments.
- Restocking hospital and kennel supplies.
- Maintaining accurate records regarding medications, special diets, appetite, behavior, and patient concerns.
- Learning to properly clean and sterilize surgical instruments as needed.
- Recognizing abnormal conditions and promptly communicating changes to the veterinary team.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a compassionate, dependable veterinary kennel technician who is comfortable working with animals of different sizes, personalities, and medical needs.

- Previous veterinary, kennel, boarding, or animal care experience is a plus.
- Knowledge of appropriate cleaning and disinfecting practices.
- Comfortable safely restraining animals or willing to learn proper veterinary restraint techniques.
- Able to learn medication administration and recognize changes in patient condition.
- Comfortable performing physical work, including lifting large dogs and bags of food or litter.
- Patient and compassionate when caring for sick, scared, or injured animals.
- Able to follow written and verbal instructions accurately.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with the veterinary team.
- Self-motivated and eager to continue learning and developing your veterinary knowledge.

This is an active veterinary environment, so you should be comfortable working around animals and potential exposure to unpleasant odors and noises, bites, scratches, animal waste, and contagious diseases.

If you’re looking for a veterinary kennel technician role where you can make a difference in the daily lives of animals, learn from an experienced veterinary team, and become part of a family-like hospital culture, we’d love to meet you!

Additional Information

We offer our staff:

Pay: $10-12/hr depending on experience

- 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 Reimbursement Program Available to any AVMA Accredited Veterinary Technology Program
- 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/ .