Veterinary Medical Technology Kennel Assistant (PT Temp)

At Central Carolina Community College, we create transformative lifelong learning opportunities!  We expect all employees to find ways to remove barriers to student success and provide all students a pathway to achievable dreams. Our employees are charged to recognize the challenges we face and to respond to them with empathy, understanding, and a willingness to help.   

Diversity Policy:  Central Carolina Community College believes the college experience is greatly enriched through diversity; therefore, the college encourages diversity of thought within the student body and staff. Furthermore, the college seeks to promote awareness of diversity and the respect for all individuals, and the college pledges to adhere to this mission in its relationship with the community.     

Assist the VMT Animal Facilities Manager, attending VMT veterinarians, and VMT students with, but not limited to: 

• Daily check-in with supervisor to see if there are any tasks to be completed 
• Perform daily walk-through inspections using the SOP checklist
• Verify any daily colony animal medication administrations as prescribed by the supervisor or attending veterinarians
• Manage the kennel phone for student contact
• Report any animal health or behavior concerns to the AFM and attending veterinarians
• Perform weekly to monthly animal facilities task as per SOP’s
• Maintain cleanliness in all areas of the facility to USDA standards
• Provide coverage for animal care shifts involving absent students, holidays, student breaks, college closure dates and inclement weather
• Under the direction of the supervisor or attending veternarian, administer monthly flea, tick, and heartworm preventatives to colony animals
• Assist the supervisor or attending veterinarians in new animal processing tasks (vaccines, fecal floats, microchips, etc.)
• Perform student training of required animal care duties including:
  • Kennel Duty
  • Cat ward duty
  • Lab animal duty
  • Isolation
  • Enrichment
• Assist with monthly inventory of medications, supplies etc. to cull expired items and to determine medications, supplies etc. to re-order
• Rotate stock and alerting the supervisor with regards to food, litter, and bedding orders
• Compile monthly colony animal status reports for the supervisor 
• Facilitate colony animal adoptions
• Conduct application reviews and phone screening of adoption applications
• Meet potential adopters for Cougar Pets “Meet and Greet” sessions
• Aid in maintenance of the colony animal Facebook and website pages (www.cougarpets.org )
• Serve as a resource and point of contact for students.
• Follow and support College activities, policies, procedures, and philosophies.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High School diploma or higher, and
• At least six months to one year of animal care experience.

• Attention to detail
• Proven work ethic and reliability
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office computer applications
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrate flexibility and positive demeanor in the face of change
• Ability to interact professionally with students, supervisors, and veterinarians at all times

• Experience using a digital patient medical record system
• Experience using BlackBoard