Hospital Dog Coordinator- University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Job Description
General Description :
Under minimal supervision, determines, develops and implements hospital dog program to support patients, families and staff through animal assisted therapy, acting as primary dog handler / caregiver during both working and non-working hours.
Essential Responsibilities :
- Represents an innovative hospital therapy / comfort / service dog program at OU Health to the hospital and the community.
- Develops and implements programming for facilitating dog support to patients, families and staff.
- Supports dog program in clinical settings, urgent needs, long-term patients, chronic diagnoses and other high-need populations, as well as play and events that impact patient's socio-emotional needs.
- Creates opportunities for public relations interest, outreach events, fundraisers and educational presentations about both the hospital dog program and volunteer-based pet therapy dog program.
- Collaborates on grants for sustainability of the program.
- Maintains and initiates partnerships in the community.
- Coordinates hospital dog support for health care team.
- Works collaboratively on team and across hospital departments, including collaboration with volunteer-based pet therapy team.
- Serves as primary dog handler / caregiver, responsible for all food, shelter, grooming, veterinary, transportation and daily care needs of the hospital dog both during work and non-work hours (in and out of the facility), in collaboration with a secondary handler.
- Fulfills contract obligations and remains in good standing with Canine Assistants and / or similar oversight organizations.
General Responsibilities :
Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications :
Education : Bachelor’s Degree in Child Life, Psychology, Child Development, Social Work, Public Health, Communication, Public Relations or related field
Experience : At least three (3) years of experience working in hospital setting and / or working with patient's and families
Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
License(s) / Certification(s) / Registration(s) Required : None.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :
- Excellent verbal and writing skills to include excellent interpersonal communication skills. Excellent public speaking and instruction skills.
- Awareness of sensory experiences of the hospital environment.
- Knowledge of animal assisted therapy and / or service dog evidence-based practices, research and theory.
- Working knowledge of patient and family needs and ability to perform basic patient and family assessments.
- Working knowledge of trends and opportunities in outreach, fundraising, health education programming and public relations.
- Good technology skills.
- Ability to care for a dog.
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