Staff Veterinarian - Marion County

Direct Jobs • Jasper, TN, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 5m ago

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is looking for a Staff Veterinarian for the Marion County, Tennessee, area. This position will be posted from 10/15/24 - 11/05/24. Under general supervision, Staff Veterinarians are responsible for professional veterinary work of considerable difficulty and administrative work of average difficulty and perform related work as required.

The employee in this class is responsible for assisting in the operations of the Animal Industries Division. This class differs from that of Veterinarian Diagnostician 2 in that an incumbent of the latter is responsible for laboratory work to isolate and identify the causative agents of diseases and performs epidemic investigations and necropsy examinations. This class differs from that of Veterinarian State in that the incumbent of the latter directs the veterinarian program for the state.

Minimum Qualifications:
Education and Experience: Possession of a doctorate in veterinary medicine from an approved school of veterinary medicine and experience equivalent to one year of full-time increasingly responsible professional experience as a Veterinarian.

Other Requirements:
Necessary Special Qualifications: None. Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

Work Activities:

Performing General Physical Activities: Performs bio-security functions, such as cleaning and disinfection of person, clothing, vehicle and equipment (using equipment such as pressure washers, wearing protective clothing, etc.). Efficiently and humanely restrains animals by using physical or mechanical means in order to collect diagnostic samples, inspect for diseases and proper identification.
Handling and Moving Objects: Works with hazardous objects and materials such as scalpels, needles, knives, captive bolt guns, chemicals, disease organisms. Performs sample collections (such as surgical extraction of soft tissue, blood collection, etc.) using fine motor skills.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Incorporating last minute and unscheduled tasks into current workload to ensure timely and accurate completion of work.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Instructs and consults with those under their supervision to ensure compliance with department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, processes and procedures.
Documenting/Recording Information: Obtains affidavits or signed statements from complainants, respondents, witnesses or others for documentation of administrative and criminal investigations.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Completes technical training (such as diagnostic sample collection and submission), on disease investigation and recognition and epidemiology.
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization: Collaborates with other regulatory agencies or authorities during investigations.
Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Inspects animals or poultry on farms or in commercial environments for health and compliance.
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material: Visually inspects animals for signs of transmissible diseases, proper identification, proof of ownership, required documentation.
Scheduling Work and Activities: Participates in state animal emergency response team as required.
Training and Teaching Others: Develops and conducts educational training programs or classes such as DART (Disaster Animal Response Team) orientations/meetings as required to educate new DART members on departmental, State, and federal laws and regulations.

For any additional questions regarding this role please reach out to: Jamye.Freeman@tn.gov

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