Kennel Assistant (PT)

Dutch Fork Animal Hospital is a 7 DVM practice located in Irmo, South Carolina, just minutes from the shores of beautiful Lake Murray and 20 minutes from downtown Columbia.

Whether you enjoy the city or suburban life, you will have the best of both worlds! Columbia offers a multitude of activities for the city lifestyle to include local artwork at the Columbia Museum of Art, craft breweries, and football games at Williams Brice Stadium.

For a more relaxing and suburban lifestyle, join the community of Irmo and Lake Murray! Lake Murray provides a variety of activities for all types to include boating, paddle-boarding, kayaking, or simply relaxing and taking in the views on the shore.

Looking for fun day trips nearby? Columbia is only a 1.5 hour drive to the gorgeous South Carolina beaches and only 2.5 hours from the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain Range in Asheville, NC.

Dutch Fork Animal Hospital was founded in 1985, we are a full-service animal hospital providing veterinary care to dogs and cats.

We utilize electronic medical records (Cornerstone), have Idexx out lab and Idexx in house diagnostics including Sedivue, digital dental x-ray and DR x-ray.

Our facility boasts a large, double table surgical suite, an ICU, isolation, ultrasound- fast scans, wellness screens, abdomens, echos, and preventative care diagnostics.

We enjoy internal workups vs. referring out! Our goal is to provide the highest quality of medical care for our clients and patients by listening to their needs, and by giving exceptional client services in a professional and compassionate manner.

We have a collaborative, supportive DVM approach to provide the highest level of medicine. Our values are WAG - Work Together.

Amaze. Grow. We live by these values and expect all teammates to treat each other, clients and patients with a WAG mentality.

We nurture the bond between humans and animals by teaching our clients how to better care for their pets, thus enabling them to live longer, healthier lives.

If you are a passionate and caring team player, please apply today!

The Kennel Assistant is responsible for providing a clean, efficient and healthy environment for the animals being treated or boarded at the hospital.

A day in the life of a Kennel Assistant :

• Maintain the cleanliness of the hospital, including kennel area, runs, treatment area, and outside grounds.
• Feed hospitalized animals and boarders.
• Monitor and record important information about the animals’ conditions, behavior and habits (elimination, eating, etc.).
• Walk animals three times a day.
• Notify the Doctor or a Veterinary Assistant of unusual medical or behavioral problems.
• Clean treatment, exam, surgery and lab areas daily.
• Maintain laundry throughout the day and keep laundry area neat.
• Assist the Doctor and Veterinary Technicians / Assistants with restraint and treatment of animals.
• Monitor and maintain the kennel inventory to include food, cleaning supplies, laundry supplies, etc.
• Perform other duties as assigned that assist the Doctor, Receptionist and Veterinarian Technicians / Assistants in the smooth flow and operation of the clinic, care of clients and service to the clients.
• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Flexible schedule including some weekend / holiday shifts.
• Must have computer skills, including a working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Must possess strong communication skills, good judgment and be able to manage stressful situations.
• Must have the physical and mental capacity to perform in a fast paced and challenging environment.
• Must be able to lift 50+ lbs.
• Previous experience as a kennel technician.
• Pay range of $12-$13 / hour based on experience
• Discounted Veterinary Care
• SVP offers educational assistance for qualified teammates to enroll in AVMA-CVTEA accredited veterinary technician programs
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• A large network of over 5,000 veterinary professionals who all share common interest in promoting a collaborative working environment and individual career growth
• Opportunity to make an impact in your community while tackling a challenging, variety of tasks and the ability to help animals among a great team of people!

Our team’s continuous dedication has rewarded us with remarkable growth, and Southern Veterinary Partners now employs more than 8,000 employees nationwide.

The organization’s success has not gone unnoticed, landing us recognition as #19 on Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplaces list in 2022.

Additionally, we have ranked among Inc. 5000’s List of "Fastest Growing Companies in America" (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022) and the Birmingham Business Journal's "FastTrack 30" of the Fastest Growing Companies in Birmingham (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021).