Animal Assisted Intervention Specialist

Animal Assisted Intervention Specialist

Position will close 12 / 14 / 2025

Position Summary :

The Animal-Assisted Intervention and Facility Dog Program Specialist leads Craig Hospital’s comprehensive animal-assisted intervention (AAI) and facility dog services on campus and in the community. This role integrates animal-assisted intervention into patient care as part of the rehabilitation team, developing patient-centered goals that support recovery, well-being, and family engagement. The Specialist also oversees the volunteer AAI program and drives the growth of facility dog services, ensuring safe, compassionate practice and strong collaboration across disciplines.

Position Requirements :

• Licensure / Certification / Registrations : Current BLS for the Health Care Provider certification from the American Heart Association required. A Colorado driver's license is in good standing and insurable.
• Education : Minimum Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university. Preferred degree in a healthcare or health-care related field. Minor in AAI, similar certification / training or previous related professional experience preferred.
• Experience : 1–3 years experience working with Brain Injury and / or Spinal Cord injured patients strongly preferred.
• Skills & Abilities : Excellent organization and customer service skills. Ability to successfully handle multiple priorities and prioritize and schedule according to forecast workloads. Must be able to successfully and effectively communicate with a variety of personnel. Ability to teach subject matter to others, or train others through explanation, demonstration, and supervised practice or make recommendations on the basis of technical disciplines. Ability to use proper body mechanics, tools, or special devices to work, move, guide, or place patients, objects or other equipment safely. Skilled in safe and prudent operation of hospital vehicles (small vans, 15 passenger buses). Requires proficiency in Microsoft Office, writing and problem-solving skills. Must be able to operate standard office equipment.

Essential Functions :

Craig Hospital Benefits :

Benefit Eligible Positions :

At Craig Hospital, we offer a wide range of outstanding benefits that allow our employees to tailor a benefits package that meets their individual needs. Planning a family or looking forward to retirement, we have options. Our medical insurance is a self-funded plan administered by Allegiance Benefit Plans with a CIGNA network of providers offering two different comprehensive plans. We offer dental insurance through Delta Dental, and vision insurance through EyeMed . Craig offers Health Care and Dependent Care Spending Accounts . Craig also provides, and pays for both Short Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance plans for every benefit-eligible employee. We offer generous time off benefits to allow you to enjoy your time away from work too! Additionally, we have a 403b Retirement Plan with a generous matching contribution through Empower Retirement that you are eligible for upon hire. Do you want to go back to school? We have Tuition Assistance. Unexpected emergency? We have Employee Assistance Programs . For Craig, we believe in offering best-in-class benefits, and we prioritize benefits to support you.

Pay Range : $23.80 / Hour — $34.28 / Hour

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