Palm City Animal Medical Center is looking for an Lead Kennel Assistant to run our beautiful facility.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

The lead kennel tech is responsible for the care, feeding, medicating and cleaning of our patients in hospital, and our clients in the boarding facility. This job involves cleaning, laundry, bathing, feeding, walking dogs, and medicating. You will be responsible for proper recordkeeping of medications, special foods, appetite, behavior and any issue that may arise while the animal is in our care. You will oversee the bathing of all pets that present for grooming services and coordinate with the groomers to provide an exceptional experience for all of our clients. 

We are looking for someone with:

• Prior management skills
• Knowledge of cleaning and disinfecting methods.
• Proper methods of animal restraint.
• Ability to use cleaning materials and equipment with skill and efficiency.
• Perform moderately heavy physical labor (large dogs, bags of litter, pet foods, etc).
• Ability to sympathetically and patiently attend to sick, scared and injured animals.
• Ability to learn to administer medications and to recognize abnormal conditions.
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• Maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of the job.
• Create and manage schedules for kennel and bathing staff.