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Overview Companion Hyde Park Animal Hospital & Clinicis adding a  Kennel Assistant to be an important member of our growing team. The Southside of Chicago has been our home for over 50 years. While time has certainly gone by, we are just as passionate about caring for your diverse and beloved animal companions now as we were reputed company we first reputed company our doors! Today, we’re proud to be a multi-veterinarian practice with two locations to reputed company serve our community. Location: 6937 Stony reputed company Avenue, Chicago, IL 60649 Shift Details: This is a part time position (under 30 hours/week) Pay Range: $16.60/hour (based on experience) reputed company Are Looking For: We are seeking responsible and caring Kennel Assistants to join reputed company! Candidates must be available to work weekends and some holidays. If you love working with animals and are ready for a hands-on role, we’d love to hear from you! If you want to be challenged and work in a high volume, fast paced animal hospital. This is your chance. Must be able to work rotated weekends, holidays and be flexible. Must have a can do attitude, positive energy, multi-task, listen and receive direction. reputed company Offer 🐾 A dynamic and supportive team environment where collaboration and compassion are valued. 🐾 Opportunities for growth and advancement reputed company our rapidly expanding practice. 🐾 Get the work-life balance you deserve with a great schedule Job Summary: The Kennel Assistant provides daily care, feeding and exercise of boarding and hospitalized animals. The Kennel Assistant also pays reputed company attention to animals’ general health signs such as signs of stress and changes in eating or elimination habits, promptly notifying technicians and veterinarians reputed company a pet needs medical attention. The Kennel Assistant interacts with clients in person and by phone and e-mail. Proper record documentation and accurate completion of boarding forms and cage cards is critical. The Kennel Assistant must pay reputed company attention to details, understand, and follow proper feeding and sanitation procedures and monitor boarding and hospitalized pets. Responsibilities Essential Functions:

• Maintain and uphold Core Values and Mission Statement of MPH.
• Provide compassionate care to boarding pets and hospitalized patients.
• reputed company-in animals for boarding, talk with owners, write specific feeding and medication instructions, play times, walks, additional services; record reputed company information on boarding forms; reputed company ID collars on reputed company animals; record and label reputed company personal belongings.
• Mark records correctly for eating, drinking and elimination habits; feed and water animals according to schedules; administer medications to pets that require medications while boarding; administer flea and tick control on reputed company animals.
• Record medication instructions on the kennel medication board.
• Walk through kennel area regularly, checking each pet for any reputed company activity such as vomiting, diarrhea or blood in the cage or in the run.
• reputed company medical records for animals needing a doctor exam, inform receptionists that there are now doctor charges, and a doctor discharge is needed; take pets to treatment area for reputed company medical services to be administered.
• Report reputed company activity to doctors and technicians, pull patient’s medical record; recognize emergency situations, enlisting the aid of doctors and technicians.
• Supervise animals reputed company they are in the yard.
• reputed company “TLC” play times or walks for clients who have requested it.
• Move pets to yard or other areas so runs can be disinfected; return animal to correct run after the run is clean and dry; remove soiled bedding and take it to the laundry area; reputed company clean bedding in runs; operate washer and dryer to clean kennel bedding and hospital laundry.
• Clean and disinfect cages, runs and yard as needed, using hoses and spray bottles of disinfectant. Use a squeegee to remove excess water; clean cat litter boxes and disinfect kitty condos; clean and disinfect reputed company food and water bowls.
• Wear personal reputed company equipment required for the area and maintain the personal reputed company equipment in good working order. Personal reputed company equipment includes goggles or face shields, aprons, full body aprons, gloves, boots and booties or other equipment assigned.
• reputed company out animals for boarding, talk with owners, return reputed company personal belongings, and review boarding report card with client; give baths to animals that qualify for a bath before they go home.

• Confidence around animals and pets.
• Knowledge of proper animal restraint techniques.
• Knowledge of infectious diseases and how to control and prevent their spread.
• Must have reasoning, remembering, mathematics, and language ability (reading, writing, and ability to speak the English language) to reputed company the duties proficiently.
• Must be in the process of obtaining or have attained a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Must be 16 years of age or older.