Pet Care Assistant
Job ID: R-139532Richfield, Minnesota
Job status: Full time Apply now*Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team.
*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. 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
*Other job duties as assigned.
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