Qualifications
• Integrity & Trust
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds
• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard and operate equipment
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
Responsibilities
• The Pet Care Assistant works with the veterinary medical team to provide and prepare for the best medical care of pets
• Prepare the treatment room for examination of pets and all necessary medical item and supplies (e.g. vaccinations, fecal loops, slides, etc.) for the veterinarian and/or veterinary technician
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• Set up fecals, smears, and skin scrapings as allowed by state rules and regulations
• Serve as support to the Client Services Coordinator, Veterinary Assistant and Veterinary Technician
• Hold or restrain pets during examination, treatment, or inoculation
• Prepare routine in-house laboratory tests (e.g. canine heartworm, feline leukemia, FIV, and canine parvovirus) as allowed by state rules and regulations
• Monitor the comfort of hospitalized patients
• Ensure the comfort of hospitalized patients by "walking", exercising, feeding, and cleaning cages and pet (when approved by the veterinarian or veterinary technician)
• Bathe and dip pets when necessary to treat dermatological conditions (when advised by veterinarian or veterinary technician
• Clean the surgical suite and instruments
• Ensure cleanliness of the hospital including but not limited to housekeeping such as laundry, dishes, mopping, cage cleaning, trash collection and removal and instrument cleaning as outlined by hospital protocols