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Bottle Baby ICU Vet Tech

Position Overview

Provide care and treatment for neonatal kittens. Bottle feed kittens, track feeding and care activities, and ensure kittens are kept warm and thriving. Will guide and lead volunteers who are assisting. Duties may include caring for other animals at the shelter and related duties as assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

• Perform bottle feeding, cleaning, burping and all necessary care for neonatal kittens.
• Administer treatments identified by AHS personnel as prescribed.
• Assist in training volunteers or AHS employees as needed.
• Keep Bottle Baby ICU clean and orderly; restock supplies as needed.
• Complete and maintain tracking of activity and records.
• Clean and disinfect kennels if needed.
• Make sound decisions while independently caring for animals.
• Follow departmental procedures for euthanasia including administration of drugs.
• Answer emergency phone calls from fosters and provide assistance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Education / Certifications / Licenses:

1. High school diploma/GED and completion of Veterinary Technician program or 6 months experience in a Veterinary Hospital required.
2. Strong communication skills.
3. Experience feeding kittens or puppies. Must love kittens and demonstrate safe and humane handling while caring for them.
4. Comfortable working with volunteers. Self-starter who can perform and make a positive impact without direct supervision.

Experience:

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

Language Able to speak, read, write and understand English.

Mathematical Basic

Technical Proficient with windows computer systems. Able to learn programs such as Chameleon (software used with animals in a shelter environment and enter information accurately and completely).

Other:

Regular attendance. Access to reliable transportation. The person in this position will interact with hospital staff and other shelter personnel.

Work Environment / Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

There will be exposure to dust, heat, cold and temperature changes; occasional wet floors, animal noises, odor and dander. Most time will be spent in a typical air conditioned and heated office environment.