Seasonal Part Time Wildlife Technician

Seasonal full time (40 hours per week) wildlife rehabilitation beginning ASAP and scheduled through early October. This position reports to the Interim Director of Wildlife Rehabilitation and senior staff members within the hospital and will largely provide secondary assistance to a wildlife rehabilitator. Compensation is $20 per hour and the position is non-exempt. Primary duties for this position will include:

Position Duties:

Wildlife Hospital (80%)

• Perform examinations and basic rehabilitation assessments on incoming wildlife patients.
• Administer medical treatments and maintain accurate patient care records and data entry.
• Lead and assist animal care volunteers in fulfilling daily care plans, including, but not limited to, nutritional, housing and medical needs.
• Assist in maintaining complete, accurate and current records for wildlife patients and procedures (surgery, radiology, laboratory, necropsy).
• Ensure cages and facilities are cleaned and maintained daily; enforce feeding schedules and other animal-care needs according to hospital standards.
• Supervise, train, and mentor animal care volunteers and interns; delegate and ensure satisfactory completion of tasks.
• Ensure safe animal handling practices to minimize risk to staff and wildlife patients.
• Enforce protocols to minimize risk of zoonotic disease transmission.
• Admit animals from the public and provide in-person and phone assistance for animal rescues, transport, emergency care, and human-wildlife conflicts.
• Operate Think Wild vehicles, when necessary, to rescue and transport wildlife patients and supplies, and assist in the coordination and release of animals.
• Assist the DWR in revising species protocols and rehabilitation research.
• Collaborate with the Wildlife Veterinarian and interim DWR to assure the safety and health of wildlife patients, assuring that all veterinary procedures are performed in a highly efficient and effective manner.
• Perform daily activities that include patient rounds, emergency and critical care treatment, restraint and handling of animals, routine collection and analysis of laboratory diagnostic samples (in-house and external labs), assist with anesthetic procedures, surgical assisting, and monitoring the vital signs and condition of wildlife patients in the perioperative period.
• Euthanize wildlife patients without the use of controlled substances, according to written policies and procedures.
• Maintain a high level of cleanliness, sanitation, disinfection, and quality control in the treatment, surgery, radiology, and laboratory areas.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the interim DWR.

Wildlife Hotline (20%)

• Answer wildlife hotline during open hours or call back within one hour of call.
• Respond to incoming hotline calls in a timely and professional manner; assess situations, provide accurate information and resolve wildlife issues with members of the public.
• Provide wildlife education advice over the hotline as appropriate, including renesting and reuniting directions, humane exclusion methods, safe capture and transport; follow up via text or email as necessary.
• Respond to patient update follow-up texts and calls.
• Coordinate volunteer rescue and transport of sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife via Slack.
• Encourage donations during intakes, rescues and hotline calls.
• Log all hotline calls in the hotline call log.
• Assist with wildlife drop-off and log wildlife patient admissions in WRMD website.
• Assist with other wildlife rescue and rehabilitation duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Euthanasia Technician license
• Minimum of 1 year time in a wildlife rehabilitation setting