Raptor Tech
Raptor Tech
Please send a cover letter and resume to scooper@carolinaraptorcenter.org
Title: Raptor Tech
FLSA Status: Non-exempt, hourly
Shift: Any shifts during open hospital hours including evenings, weekends and holidays.
Reports to: Hospital Manager
Department: Bird Care / Raptor Hospital
Employment Status: Part-time
Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes
Location: Carolina Raptor Center, Huntersville NC
Compensation: $13.81/hour
Summary
Raptor Techs provide general support to the raptor hospital's operations with primary focus on the rehabilitation of wild raptors. Responsibilities may include but are not limited to: engaging with the public and responding to wildlife inquiries, coordinating raptor rescues, performing intake examinations, assisting and consulting with contract veterinarians, participating in raptor husbandry, assisting with enclosure maintenance, participating and coordinating enclosure cleaning, performing medical treatments and diagnostics, capturing and restraining raptors for medical care, record keeping, assisting with anesthesia, opening and closing duties in the hospital, supervising interns and volunteers as a shift lead, assisting with public hospital tours, preparing raptor diets and diet distribution, and presenting rehabilitation focused keeper chats for the public. Rehab Techs also provide supportive care and medical treatments as needed for Carolina Raptor Center’s avian ambassadors.
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily
Individuals must also have the ability to work with or around sick and injured raptors, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors
If you are immunocompromised or pregnant/planning to become pregnant, you should obtain medical clearance from your physician.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Minimum Qualifications
1 year of experience in animal husbandry, animal medical field, or related experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Knowledge of wildlife rehabilitation ethics
• Ability to work on a team
• Ability to perform rehabilitation and/or veterinary techniques
• Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint software programs
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and time manage efficiently
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to perform to high standards with tight and demanding schedules
• Ability to lead, coach, and train new staff members, volunteers, and interns
• Ability to receive, apply, and provide feedback
• Ability to lead educational presentations for the public
Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervise volunteers and interns as a shift lead during assigned work shifts
Essential Functions
PATIENT CARE
• Perform new patient and follow-up examinations
• Perform diagnostic procedures on patients that may include fecal float analysis, phlebotomy,
CBCs, and radiographs
• Perform basic husbandry of patients, including diet preparation, diet distribution enclosure cleaning, and enclosure maintenance
• Assist Curator of Birds and the Avian Ambassador Team as needed for routine and non-routine medical procedures on ambassador birds
• Provide care for nestling and fledgling raptors and assist with re-nesting
• Assist and consult with contract veterinarians as needed
• Create treatment plans, follow treatment plans and update treatment plans for patients.
• Perform medical procedures that may include monitoring anesthesia, wound care and wound debridement, bandaging and/or splinting, performing physical therapy, administering fluids and medications, physical examinations, and performing eye examinations.
GENERAL HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
• Manage and supervise hospital volunteers as a shift lead
• Train volunteers and interns in basic concepts of raptor rehabilitation
• Oversee cleaning and upkeep of medical facilities
• Answers public inquiries to the hospital via phone; coordinates with the public and volunteers to arrange transport of injured birds
• Compiles hospital-related statistics on a weekly basis for annual report
• Assist with SOP writing
Physical Demands
• The physical demands of the job and the work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Work involves walking, talking, bending, squatting, hearing, feeling with hands, hand dexterity, hand strength, operating objects, tools or controls, reaching with hands and arms. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may be required to push, pull, lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds.
• The noise level in the work environment can vary from moderately quiet to loud dependent on patients
Work Environment
Exposure to weather including extreme heat or cold, high noise intensity level, exposure to radiation via x-ray machine, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, wet and/or humid conditions, vibration, proximity to moving mechanical parts, working high exposed places, working with sharps/needles, exposure to deceased animals, exposure to anesthesia, and exposure to zoonotic disease