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Shelter Veterinary Technician
Animal Rescue League of Berks County
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Birdsboro, PA 19508
Description
Examples of Duties and Responsibilities:
- Low stress handling, restraint and triage all animals entering the shelter
- Oversee the general medical procedures for sheltered animals according to established protocols
- Successfully performs intake examinations, including accurately aging, sexing, and breed identification
- Gives direction on special feeding for individual animals as circumstances dictate
- Assigns medications, as stated in our protocols, and follows up with treatment logs daily
- Administers vaccines, injections, medications and microchips per protocols
- Input and review detailed treatment notes, ensuring completeness and accuracy
- Maintains a high level of communication with leads, supervisors and veterinarians to keep them abreast of the conditions of all sheltered animals
- Communicates effectively with all departments to coordinate medical care and flow
- Sets and communicates to staff specific treatments and medication schedules for individual animals
- Maintain inventory of medical supplies and communicate needs proactively
- Contribute input regarding rounds; provide patient updates and recommendations
- Reviews animal records daily to ensure that all medical or treatment records are up to date and accurate
- Trains staff in technical skills as related to humane animal restraining and medicating/treating sheltered animals
- Pursue advanced trainings and certification as assigned and relevant to shelter medicine
- Schedules vet visits either in our surgery center or with our outsourced Vet partners
- Assists with adoptions when medical information is needed
- Assists with the medical care of animals in our foster program
- Medicate orally, SQ and IM as directed by the Veterinarian
- Collect appropriate samples and perform basic laboratory tests, including decapitation for rabies testing
- Performs Euthanasia
- Properly record all drug activity, DEA logs, and statistics, as required by law and ARL’s policy
- Maintain accurate and complete medical records, including computer data entry and documentation of cruelty cases
- Cleaning of medical areas, equipment, kennels and cages as needed
- Maintain medical equipment
- Other job duties as assigned
How to Apply
Contact Leann Quire, Chief Engagement and People Officer, at either Lquire@berksarl.org or 610-621-2831 and go to https://berksarl.org/careers/ for more info on our open positions.
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