Provides diagnostic and medical treatment for impounded, quarantined, sick or injured animals and performs spay/neuters for adoptable animals at the Augusta Animal Services shelter, within the guidelines of city and department policies and procedures, local ordinances and state laws.
- Spay and neuter animals: Performs necessary surgical alterations and procedures as needed. Oversees pre- and post-operative care of animals undergoing spay/neuter procedures.
- Provides diagnostic and medical treatment for animals: Performs basic examinations, diagnoses, specific animal treatment regimens, and monitoring of treatments as needed along with emergency triage and stabilization from sick/injured animals. Administers rabies vaccinations of adoptable animals and animals returned to owner following impound. Maintains accurate and thorough record keeping of medications and treatments for each individual animal.
- Ensures medical supplies are adequate: Inventories and orders drugs, medical supplies, and equipment. Oversees the maintenance of surgical equipment and of health care clinic.
- Advises Director on shelter issues relating to animals: Assists with the development of policies, procedures, and protocols, which relate to the veterinary needs of animals in care, to include disease prevention. Makes recommendations on shelter disease management protocols, sanitation, and procedures.
- Ensures staff is trained appropriately on various aspects of kennel procedures: Provides training to Animal Services personnel in first aid, disease recognition, and prevention. Annually certifies staff to euthanize animals according to Department of Agriculture requirements.
- Assists Animal Control Officers: Identifies animal cruelty, consults during cruelty investigations, and provides expert witness testimony. Supplies a high level of medical care to neglected/abused animals and ensures thorough documentation of medical findings for criminal prosecution of perpetrators. Conducts observations of animals involved in bite cases while undergoing quarantine to ensure compliance with state Rabies regulations.
Education: Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine
Experience: One (1) or more years of experience in canine and feline medicine and spay/neuter surgeries
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:- Knowledge of health federal and state laws and regulations relative to veterinarian science services.
- Knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of a variety of animal diseases and injuries.
- Knowledge of veterinary clinical and laboratory procedures.
- Knowledge of proper care and handling of animals under stressful situations.
- Knowledge of veterinarian medical terms and medications.
- Knowledge of animal types, species, and breed identification.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Certification/Licensing:- Possess and maintain a Georgia Veterinary Medicine License in good standing for the duration of employment.
- Possess and maintain a Department of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license for the duration of employment.
This position requires staff call up in emergency situations.INSURANCE/BENEFITS: BCBS Anthem, EyeMed, MetLife, Aflac, Nationwide, EAP, WageWorks, GMEBS, Wellness Center, paid continuing education opportunities, paid licensing fees, PSLF eligible employer as well as a flexible work schedule.
PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:- Data Utilization: Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.
- Human Interaction: Requires the ability to work with and apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others to coordinate programs or activities of a project, and resolve typical problems associated with the responsibilities of the job.
- Equipment: Requires the ability to start, stop, operate, and monitor the functioning of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
- Verbal: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information.
- Math: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. May include counting, recording of counts, and basic measuring.
- Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking; to interpret non-verbal symbolism in general application.
- Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving broader aspects of organizational programs and operations, moderately unstable situations, or the direction, control and planning of an entire program or set of programs.
- Physical Abilities: Tasks require the ability to exert moderate, though not constant physical effort, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and prolonged standing, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).
- Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, taste, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
- Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, heights, confined spaces, animal/wildlife attacks, animal/human bites, disease, or rude/irate customer.
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.
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