Reporting directly to the Animal Health Supervisor, responsible for providing care to animals within the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter (WCRAS) by providing a positive quality of life to the animals, administering medical care, customer service to fosters, and always maintaining a clean and safe shelter.

• Conducts daily cleaning and disinfection of the Kitten Nursery, including laundry, washing animal dishware, and other custodial tasks
• Supplies food, water, toys, clean bedding, socialization time, and routine enrichment care
• Offers assistance to fosters with kittens, answers questions, and transports animals to and from kennel areas
• Provides healthcare to all shelter kittens including vaccinating, de-worming, weighing, photographing, performing diagnostic tests, and administering medications

• Administers health checks of kittens, verifies kitten locations in shelter, administers needed medications, and documents any concerns for follow-up
• Assists veterinarian with examinations and medical procedures, microchipping, and performs medical treatments as directed for kittens
• Utilizes shelter software to maintain information about kittens, including medical histories
• Determines disposition on all animals, handles fractious kittens, and assigns handling difficulty levels based on behavior and medical conditions
• Provides medication to sick and injured kittens
• Identifies kittens that are candidates for foster care, adoption, or rescue
• Provides medical care advisement to foster homes, including filling medications, as directed by veterinarian
• Responsible for tasks related to the basic cleaning, feeding, and care of neonatal kittens (0-12 weeks old) with or without their mothers
• Transports animals to other facilities as needed
• Follows all safety measures and policies, including proper animal restraints and reading animal behavioral cues, and promptly reports any safety incidents to leadership
• Performs clerical and customer service duties related to the intake and processing of animals for impoundment, adoption, and redemption
• Maintains accurate inventory of kitten foster supplies, re-stocking the kitten room as necessary
• Assists medical staff with medical workups and vaccinations of animals

• Provides supervision and training to volunteer staff and community service workers by overseeing daily work tasks and offering guidance as needed
• Performs special duties as assigned

ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS

• Reports directly to – Animal Health Supervisor
• Direct Reports – No

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Position requires grasping, repetitive hand movement, and fine motor coordination

• Position involves lifting and carrying of animals and equipment weighing up to fifty (50) pounds, or up to one hundred (100) pounds with assistance, and exertion of up to twenty-five (25) pounds of force to move objects
• Ability to hear and/or see alert cues regarding animal and staff security

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

• Work tasks are conducted indoors and outdoors
• May work outside in inclement weather, including extreme heat, cold and wet conditions
• Frequent handling of animals, including contact with waste and blood
• Exposure to unpleasant smells and a noisy and wet environment associated with a shelter
• Frequent exposure animals that are agitated or injured that may attempt to bite or scratch

IRREGULAR HOURS

• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays is a schedule requirement
• May be deemed essential personnel for emergency situations, at discretion of Director

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified in this position. This job description is subject to change as the needs and requirements of the job change.

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Prior experience providing daily care to domestic animals
• Demonstrated customer service and communication skills

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Required within thirty (30) days of employment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Six (6) months of experience working with animals in an animal hospital, shelter, or related animal facility 
• One (1) year of animal welfare experience
• Knowledge of dog and cat body language cues

EMPLOYMENT TESTING 

Employment is contingent on passing any post-offer pre-employment screening as listed below:

• Criminal background check: Yes
• Motor Vehicle Record check: Yes
• Drug screening: Yes
• Physical exam: No
• Psychological exam: No
• Additional: N/A