Experienced Wildlife Casualty Manager required

[wildliferescuer]

We will shortly be requiring a Wildlife Casualty Manager to start early 2010.

Duties to include the assessing & treating of wildlife casualties admitted to the hospital, calculating treatment/medication regimes & making sure all casualties within the hospital receive the correct treatment on a daily basis.

Assessing the readiness of rehabilitated casualties for release & organising their return to the wild when fit. Experience in treatments & medications used in the treatment of wildlife casualties is essential (knowledge of different drugs e.g. antibiotics, steroids, wormers etc.). Experience of anaesthetising & x-raying an advantage.

You will also be required to oversee the day-to-day running of the hospital & supervise & train Care Assistants & volunteers.

Some weekends & nights on-call will be required.

Must have AT LEAST 2 YEARS experience in all the above as well as experience of managing a team of staff.

There is no accommodation available with this position.

Salary: Minimum £15,000 pa initially (fully negotiable for the right applicant).


Please apply in writing, with your CV to:

Martin Brookes, Assistant Manager, Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre, Station Road, Beckford, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 7AN or email martin@vwr.org.uk

Closing date for applications: 18 December 2009.

[wildliferescuer]

Originally Posted by wildliferescuer

Salary: Minimum £15,000 pa initially (fully negotiable for the right applicant).

Sincere apologies folks, the salary quoted was a mistake (I edited this job description from an old one for a different position but forgot to change the salary.

It should read 'Salary negotiable, depending on experience'.