REGISTERED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN

Shelter Services – Full Time
Salary: $4,892.00 - $6,592.28 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 State Board of
Examiners in Veterinary Medicine. 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 the application at the time of filing or within 15 calendar days of filing.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

- An AA degree in Animal Science from an accredited college.
- A BS degree in Animal Science from an accredited college.
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.