REGISTERED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN

Shelter Services – Full Time
Salary: $5,152.36 - $6,942.56 Monthly

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Conducts physical examinations to determine the nature of illness, injury, and abnormality.
• Administers medications and immunizations orally and by intramuscular, intravenous, and
subcutaneous injections, as prescribed by a veterinarian.
• Takes and records temperature, pulse, and respiration.
• Collects and labels specimens of blood, urine, sputum, feces, brain tissue and various kinds
of smears for culture or microscopic examination.
• Administers whole blood or plasma to animals.
• Assists veterinarians in surgery by correct equipment, instruments, and packs, and assuring
that monitoring and support equipment such as cardiac monitors, scopes, and breathing
apparatus are operable.
• Renders emergency treatment to animals; determines need to send animal for private
veterinarian assistance in the absence of the animal care center/shelter veterinarian.
• Maintains inventory of all pharmaceutical, equipment, and supplies.
• Maintains records of all animal treatment or disease investigations.
• Assists in the maintenance of animal health care programs within County animal control
facilities.
• Establishes procedures for the proper housing and feeding of animals and the cleaning of
kennels.
• Maintains effective relations with other County departments, outside agencies, and the
public.
• Assists departmental personnel in investigation and retrieval of animals in the field by
anesthetizing or euthanizing animals when necessary.
• Scans for and applies microchip and other special identification media.
• Assists public health veterinary unit staff in zoonosis activities including decapitation of
rabies suspect animals for brain tissue testing.
• Provide limited technical direction to animal control personnel an animal health matters as
needed.
• Advise animal control personnel on the development of programs related to the retention and
relocation of animals as needed.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

LICENSE (s) REQUIRED:

A valid Registered Veterinary Technician Certificate issued by the California Veterinary Medical Board.

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS INFORMATION:

Applicants must attach a legible photocopy of their California State License to practice Veterinary
Medicine to the application at the time of filing or within 15 calendar days of filing.

The required license MUST be current and unrestricted; conditional, provisional,
probationary or restricted license will not be accepted.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE FILED ONLINE ONLY. APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY U.S. MAIL,
FAX, OR IN PERSON WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.