Animal Shelter Health Attendant

St Mary's County Government; California (MD); Presencial; USD 59 000 - 102 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

St Mary's County Government seeks a skilled animal shelter technician to assist in routine paramedical care and shelter operations. You will examine, document, and photograph incoming animals, track them with IDs, and coordinate with veterinarians for treatment when needed.

The role includes maintaining medical logs, preparing medications, and ensuring sanitary kennels. A high school diploma is required, with three years of hands-on animal handling experience and potential euthanasia

Qualificações

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Three years of direct professional animal handling experience in a veterinary facility or animal shelter.
• Certification in Humane Euthanasia preferred or obtainable within six months of hire.

Responsabilidades

• Examine and document intake conditions including health, temperament, and housing location.
• Photograph animals for files and owner identification.
• Place identification on incoming animals to track them.
• Perform routine tests to detect diseases at intake or pre-adoption screening.
• Receive animals and separate those requiring observation for rabies or other diseases.
• Check incoming animals against lost and found reports.
• Investigate ownership and contact owners to facilitate redemption quickly.
• Coordinate with Animal Shelter staff to post properties to contact owners.
• Maintain medical logs and prepare medications; oversee inventory of pharmaceuticals and supplies.

Conhecimentos

Animal handling

Documentation

Communication

Formação académica

High school diploma or GED

Vet tech certification preferred

Ferramentas

Animal management software

Microsoft Office

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Provides routine paramedical treatment to animals in the County Animal Shelter. Cares for, places, or determines dispositions of animals, maintains kennels in a sanitary condition, and performs related duties as required.

The hiring salary for this position is $59,114 annually.

1. Examines and documents, at the time of intake, the condition of incoming animals to include, physical condition, the need for veterinary treatment, behavioral temperament, and housing location within shelter;
2. Photographs every animal for animal file and owner identification;
3. Places identification on incoming animals to track them while in the shelter;
4. Performs routine tests to determine the presence of suspected disease at the time of intake or the screening of animals prior to adoption;
5. Receives animals and separates for observation all animals that show signs of rabies or other diseases;
6. Checks every incoming animal against lost and found reports submitted to the Animal Shelter;
7. Thoroughly examines incoming animals for any type of owner identification to include checking for tattoos, microchips, and tags.
8. Investigates ownership and immediately attempts to contact the owner of the animal by phone and/or email to allow for animal redemption as quickly as possible;
9. Works with Animal Control Officers to coordinate the posting of properties to contact owners of animals in the shelter;
10. Inspects and documents the condition of shelter animals on a daily basis documenting abnormality in diet, temperament, or physical condition;
11. Make decisions for housing location changes or referring to veterinarian for treatment when daily observations and exams determine necessity;
12. Coordinates with the Animal Shelter Operations Supervisor to provide care to animals by a Veterinarian when necessary;
13. Provides health care to animals held at the animal shelter and renders emergency care within the scope of duties as directed by a veterinarian;
14. Ensures adherence to procedures and substances protocols, for the injection and the subsequent removal of animals for purposes of euthanasia;
15. Maintains State and Federal mandated medical logs and prepares medication for use;
16. Maintains inventory of and conducts or allows inventory inspections of all pharmaceuticals, equipment, and supplies;
17. Writes intake reports for animals evaluated that could be or are part of animal cruelty investigations;
18. Completes forensic style photographs for use in potential animal cruelty investigations;
19. Counsels individuals and provide resource information to owners in order to keep pets in the home of owners wishing to surrender their animals to the shelter;
20. Works with Animal Shelter Operations Supervisor and the Volunteer Coordinator to determine animal pathways through the shelter to prevent unnecessary long-term housing of animals;
21. Oversees trustees from inmate work detail and participates in maintaining sanitary kennels and shelter facilities;
22. Acts as Animal Shelter Operations Supervisor in their absence;
23. Performs other duties as assigned.

1. Knowledge of modern principles, practices and techniques of the clinical care of animals;
2. Knowledge of hazards and safety practices involved in dealing with animals;
3. Knowledge of computer applications, such as animal management software and Microsoft Office Suite;
4. Ability to determine animal requirements by conducting examinations and interviews;
5. Ability to maintain animal records by documenting animal conditions, treatment, reactions, and changes.
6. Ability to maintain a safe, secure, healthy, and humane environment.
7. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with those encountered in the work including County officials and employees, animal owners, and the public;
8. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing;
9. Ability to deal effectively with the public.

1. High school diploma or GED equivalent;
2. Three years of direct professional animal handling experience in a veterinary facility or animal shelter;
3. Any acceptable combination of education, training and relevant experience that provides the above knowledges, abilities and skills may be substituted on a full-time year for year basis.

Additional Requirements:

1. Must possess a valid Maryland Driver’s Licenses;
2. Must be 18 years of age;
3. Subject to call-back in emergency situations;
4. Ability to safely operate a County owned vehicle;
5. Must be able to obtain Certification in Humane Euthanasia at County Expense within six (6) months of hire;
6. License Veterinary Technician preferred;
7. Obtain a pre-exposure rabies vaccinations upon hire;
8. Negative drug screen;
9. Successfully pass a physical, hearing and vision exam;
10. Successfully pass a psychological fitness examination with favorable results;
11. Successfully pass extensive background investigation with favorable results.
12. Position is classified as safety-sensitive and shall be subject to random drug and alcohol testing.

Physical and Environmental Conditions:

Ability to control, lift and carry animals handled at the facility; requires long periods of standing, frequent walking indoors, repeated bending, crouching, stooping, stretching or reaching; recurring lifting of objects up to 50 pounds and handle dogs weighing up to 200 lbs.; operation of keyboard devices; work may be physically or emotionally demanding.

Also, workers are exposed to hazards of dealing with dangerous, frightened, or diseased animals, and exposure to cleaning and disinfecting agents.

Requires working non-standard schedules including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Workers must be willing to assist in euthanasia procedures (the humane destruction of animals).

Requires call-back and working during emergency weather events or other emergency situations that close the shelter and require the operation of an emergency pet shelter.

Work is subject to frequent interruptions.

Full salary range for this position is $59,114 - $101,691 annually. The full salary range does not reflect the anticipated hiring salary for this position. The anticipated hiring range is $59,114annually.