Iredell County – Job Description

Location: Animal Services & Control

Job Title: Veterinary Technician

Created Date: 12/2018

Revision Date: 8/2020,10/2022

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

Performs a variety of veterinary related tasks, including tracking inventory, entering medical records, cleaning, maintaining and storing of medical equipment, vaccinating and medicating animals, and assisting the Shelter Veterinarian with surgeries, health checks, and other duties. Requires the ability to work independently with little supervision while performing assigned tasks.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS

Employees in this class perform a variety of veterinary related tasks, data entry, cleaning, and shelter support duties. Work generally requires that employees assist the Shelter Veterinarian in all of his/her daily duties which include: Providing for the medical well-being of animals housed in the shelter; surgery; health checking animals; medical related reports; emergency call-back, as necessary; and supporting administration, sheltering and animal control staff in related needs. Employee must independently handle some day-to-day activities such as inventory control, documentation and record keeping, processing information obtained in health check exams performed on the animals, processing surgical equipment, and administering booster vaccines. Work at this level requires more self-initiative and the ability to resolve most issues by applying standard procedures. Unusual situations may be referred to others for guidance. General knowledge is required of the department related County functions, and local and state laws as they pertain to animals. Work is performed under the supervision of the Shelter Veterinarian, and is evaluated through observation, feedback and the quality and effectiveness of work completed.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND TASKS

Handling of controlled substances and administration of controlled drugs for surgery and euthanasia. Assists in maintaining drug logs and preforming required drug inventories.

Assists with surgery, which includes inducing animals for surgery, monitoring animals while under general anesthesia, ensuring animals recover normally post-op, and manages staff assisting in surgery.

Serves as support for Shelter Veterinarian in daily duties including, but not limited to, intake examinations, health check examinations, surgery, administration of vaccinations, administration of prescribed medications, euthanasia, and maintains associated records.

Assists in monitoring the health of the shelter animal population, including assisting in actions that are required to prevent disease transmission to the public and among sheltered animals.

Maintains all surgery instruments, anesthesia machines, and autoclave machines. Advises Shelter Supervisor when machines need to be serviced.

Help control the flow of animals by working with the shelter supervisor, rescue coordinator, and foster coordinator to schedule animals for exams and surgery as requested.

Performs euthanasia and assists Shelter Veterinarian in training staff how to properly euthanize.

Cleaning duties as necessary to ensure the sterility of the surgical suite and pre-op room.

ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES

Provides backup assistance to other roles in the department.

Required to work weekends, evenings, and holidays.

Subject to emergency callback in the event that the Shelter Veterinarian needs assistance in preforming emergency surgery or other emergency treatments.

Subject to emergency callback in the event of a disaster or other local emergency.

Will be required to take on-call schedule as assigned.

Performs related duties as required.

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION GUIDELINES

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Thorough knowledge of Iredell County Shelter practices and procedures.

Ability to communicate effectively in person and by telephone.

Ability to operate office equipment such as computers, typewriter, fax, scanner, and copier.

Ability to use judgment in organizing and establishing priorities of the work assigned.

Ability to maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, employees, and the public.

DESIRABLE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Must possess a High School Diploma or GED, and have one (1) year experience as a Veterinary Assistant. Graduation from Veterinary Technology Program (RVT or CVT) within two (2) years of employment is preferred, but not required.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Please briefly summarize the Physical Requirements of this position:

This position performs basic office tasks and helps move boxes and bags weighing up to 40 pounds. Position also requires retrieving dogs and cats from kennels, sometimes elevated kennels, and sometimes large dogs.

Please review and complete as necessary for this position:

• The PHYSICAL ACTIVITY of this position (please mark ALL boxes that apply):
• CLIMBING: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and lefts and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is import if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.

X

• BALANCING: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

X

• STOOPING: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

X

• KNEELING: Bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee or knees.

X

• CROUCHING: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

X

• CRAWLING: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

x

• REACHING: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

X

• STANDING: Particularly for sustained periods of time.

X

• WALKING: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work sit to another.

x

• PUSHING: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

X

• PULLING: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.

X

• LIFTING: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

X

• FINGERING: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

X

• GRASPING: Appling pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

X

• FEELING: Perceiving attributes of objects … such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips.

X

• TALKING: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoke work. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

X

• HEARING: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal spoken word levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound.

X

• REPETITIVE MOTIONS: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

X

• The PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS of this position (please mark ONLY ONE box):

The chart below defines the physical demand levels to assist with marking ONLY ONE box below:

Physical Demand

Level

Lifting Occurrences

Occasional
(0-3 hours)

Frequent (3-6 hours)

Constant (6-8 hours)

Sedentary

Up to 10 lbs.

Negligible

Negligible

Light

Up to 20 lbs.

10 lbs. and/or Walk/Stand/Push/Pull of Arm/Leg controls

Negligible and/or Push/Pull of Arm/Leg controls while seated

Medium

Up to 50 lbs.

10-25 lbs.

Negligible

Heavy

Up to 75 lbs.

25-50 lbs.

10-20 lbs.

• Occasionally is defined as up to one-third of the time.
• Frequently is defined as occurring one-third to two-thirds of the time.
• Constantly is defined as occurring more than two-thirds of the time.
• SEDENTARY WORK: Occasionally lifting up to 10 pounds. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of the time.
• LIGHT WORK: Occasionally lifting up to 20 pounds, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently. Even though the weight lifted may be a lesser amount, a job should be rated light work if: 1) the job requires walking or standing to a significant degree; 2) the job requires sitting most of the time, but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or 3) the job requires working at a west production rate to entail constantly moving a weight less than 10 pounds.
• MEDIUM WORK: Occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds, and/or moving 10-25 pounds frequently.
• HEAVY WORK: Occasionally lifting up to 75 pounds, and/or frequently moving 25-50 pounds, and/or constantly moving 10-20 pounds.

x

• The VISUAL ACUITY REQUIREMENTS of this position (for A and B … mark ALL boxes that apply): The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform one or more of the following:

Preparing and analyzing data and figures

x

Accounting

x

Transcription

x

Computer Terminal

X

Extensive Reading

X

Using measurement devices

X

Other (please specify): ____________________________________________________________

• The work is required to have visual acuity to perform one or more of the following:

Operates machines such as lathes, drill presses, power saws, and mills where the seeing job is at

or within arm’s reach.

Performance mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature such as carpenters,

technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc.

The worker is required to have visual acuity to be the operator of trucks, forklifts, cranes, and

other equipment.

The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of work assigned (i.e. custodial, food services, general laborer, etc.).

X

Other (please specify): ____________________________________________________________

• The CONDITIONS the worker will be subject to in this position (mark ALL boxes that apply):
• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.

X

• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection of weather.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• The worker is subject to noise: there is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.

X

• The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.
• The worker is subject to hazards; includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat, or exposure to chemicals.

X

• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
• The worker is subject to oils: There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.
• The worker is required to wear a respirator.
• The worker frequently is in close quarters, crawl spaces, shafts, man holes, small enclosed rooms, small sewage and water line pipes, and other areas which could cause claustrophobia.

X

• The worker is required to function in narrow aisles or passage ways.

X

• Other (please specify): ____Exposed to potentially dangerous animals.____________________

x

• None: The works is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).
• Occupational exposure to potentially infectious bodily fluids (please mark the following box “if” it applies):

Yes, this applies

x

The worker is in contact with potentially infectious bodily fluids during the performance of his/her duties. If so,

Please list below examples of duties in which possible exposure to potentially infectious bodily fluids occur:

• Exposure to potentially rabid or otherwise infected animals.
• Exposure to blood, urine, feces and vomit from a wide variety of animals.
• _________________________________________________________________________________________

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $36,415.50 - $56,808.17 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Signing bonus

Work Location: One location

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