Operation Kindness Humane Society is seeking a Part time Kitten Nursery Technician to join our team! Operation Kindness is a pioneer in Texas for assisting animals in need of veterinary care, companionship and most of all, a home.
Sunday and Monday 7:30am-6:30pm
We provide a fun and rewarding work environment with excellent benefits. Spanish speaker a plus! Hourly employees receive time and a half pay if scheduled to work on 10 company designated holidays.
Reporting Relationship: Reports to Kitten Nursery Manager and Kitten Nursery Lead
Position Overview: The Part-Time Kitten Nursery Technician provides lifesaving neonatal feline medical care. Our new life-saving program for providing kittens care, will be an around-the-clock nursery for neonatal (newborn) kittens. Nursery Technicians provide excellent care for in-house patients in order to help us save kitten lives and find homes for these kittens when they are of age to be adopted. The nursery is a highly controlled environment in terms of policies, procedures, and processes. Neonatal kitten care is intensive and requires a high degree of attention to detail. This position is specialized medical care aimed at saving the most fragile lives.
Position Responsibilities:
Kitten Nursery
- Efficiently and safely bottle-feeding multiple litters of kittens, aged form 1 day to 6 weeks, adhering to established feeding and disease control protocols at all times.
- Follows strict sanitation procedures to prevent disease transmission between litters.
- Carrying out daily cleaning tasks to keep the nursery a sterile, contagion-free environment.
- Training nursery volunteers in feeding and sanitation procedures. Monitoring critical patients while maintaining feeding of nursery population at large.
- Administers medications and provides treatment, including care for critical patients. This may include assisting in physical examinations, administering injections, oral medications, fluid therapy, syringe feeding and enemas.
- Follows medical protocols outlined by Operation Kindness.
- Aids staff in working with Foster Coordinator to ready kittens from the Kitten Nursery for placement in Foster homes.
- Keeps animal records current, including intake paperwork, feeding charts and medical logs.
- Assists in managing inventory of all Kitten Nursery supplies, ensuring all necessary supplies are always stocked and available.
- Assists staff in working with veterinarians to determine proper treatment of sick or injured kittens in Kitten Nursery.
General Responsibilities
- Ideal personality traits: methodical, detail-oriented, capable, consistent, and calm.
- Punctuality and reliability are an absolute must.
- Reports suspicion of animal abuse or neglect to any manager or above immediately.
- Reports any unsafe working conditions to any manger or above immediately.
- Maintains client, donor, volunteer, and staff confidentiality at all times.
- Follows SOPS, and other safety regulations at all times.
- Completes all necessary and requested training in a timely manner in accordance with shelter policy.
- Attends staff meetings.
- Participates in shelter events as requested by supervisor.
- Performs other duties as requested or assigned.
Position Requirements:
Education Requirements:
- Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent.
Experience Requirements:
- One year of experience working with cats in a medical capacity, either through employment or volunteer work.
- Familiarity with concepts of disease transmission and prevention.
- Experience handling neonatal patients, administering oral medications, monitoring temperature and vital signs, giving subcutaneous injections, and weighing kittens. (preferred)
- Euthanasia certification required, may be obtained within first 6 months
Personal Requirements:
- Feels and expresses a genuine liking for animals and for working in an animal care environment.
- Supports Operation Kindness's mission and understands how it is organized and functions as a non-profit organization.
- Is able to work equally well with paid staff members, clients and volunteers.
- Is able to work equally well with paid staff members, client and volunteers.
- Is able to relate well to persons with varied backgrounds and beliefs.
- Has a positive attitude; is open to new ideas.
- Physical Effort: Position requires lifting and carrying animals and shelter materials weighing up to 40lbs; when animals or materials weigh over 40lbs; another staff member will assist in the lifting and carrying. Position also requires sitting or standing for extended periods of time.
- Working conditions: May be exposed to unpleasant odors, noises, and animal feces. May be exposed to bites, scratches, and animal diseases.
Compensation:
- Position is part-time and hourly, non-exempt.
- Compensation varies.
Physical Effort: Position requires lifting and carrying animals and shelter materials weighting up to 40 lbs.; when animals or materials weigh over 40 lbs., another staff member will assist in the lifting and carrying. Position also requires sitting or standing for extended periods of time.
Working Conditions: May be exposed to unpleasant odors, noises, and animal feces. May be exposed to bites, scratches, and animal disease
Background checks and drugs screens are part of the hiring process.
Operation Kindness is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics or status.
