Vetting - Heartworm Team

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Heartworm Team Coordinator

Team Description. Case managers handles all vetting for all HW+ AAUPR dogs. CMs work with fosters and adopters and vet offices. Coordinates with Vetting Team on complex cases.

Position Title- HW Team Coordinator

Position Description: Volunteers are assigned to HW+ dogs and handle everything (paperwork, phone calls, emails, vets, fosters, etc.) to get the animal through treatment. Coordinators handle all the vetting for HW+ dogs. Handle all surgery for HW+ dogs including spay/neuter, dental, orthopedics. Educate/instruct fosters about heartworms and treating the dogs with heartworms. Make decisions about which vet, whether to spay/neuter first, etc.; Work with transport team when necessary for helping to get dogs to/from vet. Keep up with where each dog is in their treatment process and contact fosters plenty of time in advance to schedule appointments. Coordinators are responsible for sending dog's vet records to new vets. Volunteers remind fosters about appointments, and making sure dogs are taking necessary meds. Coordinators keep the vet team updated on HW+ dogs.

Qualifications: Must be organized and dependable. Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken. Phone/Computer and Internet access needed. Need to be to be able to access Facebook, Internet for Cloud based database (iShelters), must be able to access Google sheets and documents and Gmail. Must be able to speak with vet offices and anxious fosters. Should be familiar with or at least some knowledge of Heartworm medicines, HW Treatment processes, and AAUPR policies. The more knowledge the better but you will be trained on how AAUPR handles.

Availability needed: TBD depends on availability and how many dogs volunteer feels comfortable handling in their case load.

Can volunteer can be a virtual volunteer from out of area/state: Yes.