Animal Health Technician Position

**The application is at the bottom**

Job Title: Animal Health Technician

Department: Animal Health

Classification: Part-time, non-exempt

Job Relationship: Reports to the Animal Health Manager and Animal Health Co-Manager. Works closely with volunteers and other staff members.

Beginning Wage: $12.75/hr. - Raise after 90-day probation

Hours per week: 28 to 35 hours

Schedule: Sunday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. (Two days off per week), plus two to three evenings per week from 5:00 or 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 or 7:30 p.m.

Purrks (Benefits): One week PTO after 90-day probation, two weeks PTO after one year, At-Cost Veterinary Care for Personal Pets, Retirement Plan after one year, and many sandpaper kisses and wagging tails.

Position Summary: Responsible for administering medications and vaccines, monitoring animal health and behavior, assisting with examinations and treatments, maintaining medical records and ensuring animals receive compassionate care in a safe and sanitary environment.

Essential Job Functions:

Provides optimal standard of care to all animals under the care of the Fayette Regional Humane Society

Perform intake assessments, routine health checks, and daily evaluations
Identify signs of illness, injury, or disease; isolate animals as needed
Administer medication to animals as directed and/or approved by the Veterinary Technician or a Veterinarian
Performs in-house lab testing
Offers supportive care for common conditions such as wounds, parasites, and respiratory issues
Assists during surgical procedures and provides post-operative care and recovery monitoring
Safely restrains and handles animals of varying sizes and temperaments
Feeds and supports cleaning and enrichment while following disease control protocols
Assists with or performs humane euthanasia when necessary, with compassion and adherence to protocols
Accurately updates animal records, including stage and location, in the shelter management program
Tracks supplies and communicates with the clinic when ordering needs arise
Keeps supervisor informed of animal behavior, health, or other concerns
Follows all safety guidelines to ensure a safe work environment for staff and a safe living environment for animals
Takes immediate action to address any safety concern or noncompliance of safety rules that could put an employee, volunteer, client, animal, or the organization at risk

Provides professional client and volunteer care

Represents the Fayette Regional Humane Society in a professional and courteous manner at all times. Provides quality service to clients, volunteers, and staff, recognizing their individual contributions to the success of our organization
Promotes integration and utilization of volunteers
Actively promotes the Fayette Regional Humane Society programs and events to clients and volunteers
Refers clients to appropriate staff for service

Performs other duties as assigned, including but not limited to:

Performs other duties and special projects as assigned

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent preferred
Able to read and understand instructions
Able to work with animals, disinfectants, and cleaning supplies
Able to lift/carry up to 50 lbs.; stand/walk for long periods; bend, kneel, restrain animals; exposure to noise, allergens, chemicals, and potential bites/scratches

Knowledge and Skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a variety of people
Ability to work with a computer and operational software
Knowledge of animal breeds, behavior, and handling
Knowledge of animal health, able to identify illness preferred
Ability to safely handle animals, including those with health and behavioral challenges
Excellent communication skills and ability to follow instructions
Detail oriented and able to prioritize and perform duties efficiently and effectively
Committed to maintaining the Fayette Regional Humane Society’s high standard of animal care and mission to foster compassion and end animal suffering.

Working Conditions

This position involves frequent interaction with animals that may be sick, injured, frightened, aggressive or neglected. Employees may be exposed to emotionally difficult situations, including animal illness, injury, euthanasia, cruelty investigations, abandonment, and other circumstances that may cause emotional stress or compassion fatigue. Work may involve exposure to animal waste, odors, cleaning chemicals, disinfectants, allergens, zoonotic diseases, loud noises, and varying indoor and outdoor environmental conditions. Physical demands may include standing, walking, bending, kneeling, lifting, carrying, restraining, and handling animals of various sizes and temperaments. Employees may need to operate computer or office equipment. Employees must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and exercise sound judgment while maintaining professionalism and humane treatment standards. Work schedules may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and emergency response situations as required by operational needs. The facility operates seven days a week. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position in accordance with applicable law.

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform other job duties as assigned. This document does not create an employment contract implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.

Employment Application - Animal Health

Applicant Information
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Questionnaire
Are you the type of employee who frequently calls off work or late? If yes, you may not match the needs of our organization and we recommend to skip the application process.(Required)
Do you understand that we are nonprofit, nongovernmental organization?(Required)
Do you understand that this position's wage begins at $12.75 per hour?(Required)
Do you understand that we DO NOT offer any medical coverage?(Required)
Do you understand that this is a 28 to 35 hour per week position?(Required)
If necessary for the job, are you available to work past scheduled time and/or overtime?(Required)
If hired, are you available to work on holidays and weekends?(Required)
Have you ever been employed by the Fayette Regional Humane Society?(Required)
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Are you currently a volunteer at the Fayette Regional Humane Society?(Required)
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Employees are exposed to animals in pain and suffering. Are you comfortable with this?(Required)
If it is required to lift and/or carry an animal with a weight up to 50 pounds, are you able to do this?(Required)
Employees may be exposed to handling all types of animals small and large. Are you uncomfortable to handle any certain animal(s)? It is okay to be uncomfortable handling certain types of animals. Please list animal type(s) below:(Required)
Please list animal type(s) below that you have experience handling:(Required)
Employees are occasionally exposed to and must handle aggressive animals. Are you okay with this?(Required)
Are you comfortable with becoming a certified Euthanasia Technician post-hire? This training allows an animal care technician to humanely euthanize (put-to-sleep) animals to end any pain or suffering.(Required)
Are you comfortable administering medications to animals according to veterinary instructions, including oral, topical, and other approved methods?(Required)
Do you have training and/or experience administering medications to animals? It is okay to put no if not. We will be training you.(Required)
If you answered "yes" to the above question, please tell us what training or how you gained the experience below:
Are you comfortable safely restraining and handling animals of different sizes, breeds, temperaments, and behavior levels, including fearful, stressed, painful, or defensive animals?(Required)
Are you comfortable working around animals that may scratch, bite, lunge, vocalize, or otherwise react defensively when being handled?(Required)
Are you comfortable working around blood, urine, feces, vomit, wounds, bodily fluids, parasites, and other potentially unpleasant or hazardous materials?(Required)
Are you comfortable accurately entering and maintaining animal medical, location, stage, and treatment records in a shelter management software program?(Required)
Explain why you want to be an employee at the Fayette Regional Humane Society:(Required)
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Do you have any animals at home?(Required)
If you selected "Yes" to the above question, please list the kind of animals and how many:
If you listed a dog(s) or cat(s), are they spayed or neutered?(Required)
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Employment Application - Animal Health

Applicant Information

Education

Additional Training, Skills, Licenses, Certifications

Employment History (If you've had more than one job, you must list each one)

References (Must list three - no family members)

Questionnaire