Location: Remote in Navajo Nation (Kayenta Township) Hiring Range: This position’s hiring range is anticipated to be $23.00 to $25.00 hourly, depending on experience, plus great benefits! Shift: TBD - Flexibility is a must, some weekends are included. Manager interviews will occur weekly until the position is filled (recruiter phone screens will occur before a manager interview). Position Summary: The Veterinary Technician for the Sanctuary Outreach program provides high quality medical care for animals in Best Friends outreach and veterinary programs. Responsible for providing medical and operational support to the outreach program; acting with urgency to accomplish important tasks, making on the spot decisions, and playing a direct role in achieving Best Friends Animal Society’s No Kill mission and organizational success. Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support for the Sanctuary Outreach mobile spay and neuter clinic including but not limited to scheduling, check-in and discharge, preparation of surgery drugs, induction, surgery, recovery, wellness, animal care, resupply processes, maintaining mobile unit and medical equipment, record keeping, client follow up, and providing high quality client services.
• Perform basic medical care including but not limited to intravenous injections, blood draws, medicating, vaccinating, subcutaneous fluids, catheter placement, microchipping, and wound care under the direction of a veterinarian; have a comprehensive knowledge of sterile techniques, basic knowledge of surgical instruments, and general pharmacology, anesthesia monitoring, surgical induction and recovery; skilled understanding of humane restraint for medical procedures and emergency stabilization procedures. Maintain a clean and disinfected work environment, maintain controlled substance logs, accurately record patient and client medical data. Communicate professionally with clients and colleagues.
• Participate in the coordination and implementation of vaccination and wellness clinics including door-to-door events.
• Provide support for transport and foster programming as well as animal control and partner group activities that will advance Best Friends lifesaving goals.
• Direct, empower, and enable volunteers to support the Sanctuary Outreach events and programming with the goal of utilizing volunteers to the greatest extent possible to expand Best Friends lifesaving capacity; deliver and lead superior customer service.
• Work collaboratively with and assist Best Friends’ team members in all areas of operations to develop, evolve, and implement efficient processes to achieve lifesaving goals; follow policies, procedures, and task lists,including accurate and timely communications, work completion, data entry, and recordkeeping.
• Treat people around you with Kindness and Compassion, build trust by demonstrating authenticity and following through on your commitments, prioritize your well-being like you do our mission, and work to build strong relationships with your colleagues by participating in communication loops to share and receive honest feedback. You are responsible and accountable for the culture you add to your team dynamic.
• Maintain a safe workplace, valuing and modeling safe work practices, adhering to organizational safety practices and rules, and communicating about unsafe practices and conditions.

Skills and Experience:

• A minimum of 1-year prior experience working as a Veterinary Technician, working in a Veterinary clinic and or high volume spay/neuter clinic, or relevant education and or certifications.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to act independently and decisively in difficult and changing situations, and to identify and escalate critical issues as necessary.
• Prior work and/or volunteer experience within the Navajo Nation preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively in Navajo/Diné a plus.
• Experience and skilled in starting and maintaining effective relationships with customers, clients, partners and fellow staff.
• Resourceful, get-it-done attitude; ability to adapt to new situations or processes; problem solving, seeking answers independently and enthusiastically; flexibility to persist until goals are achieved.
• Strong interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations; positive attitude, a team player, personable, professional, and able to get along with people from different backgrounds.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with well-developed organizational skills to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands; with accurate, appropriate, clear and concise written and verbal communication skills; and strong listening skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, and veterinary software with the ability to learn and use new applications quickly.
• Travel to various communities within the Navajo Nation is expected.

Physical Requirements:

• Routinely lift and handle animals of varying sizes and species and perform st