Veterinarian for Animal Shelter

About Us:

AdNet/AccountNet Inc. is an 8(a) WOSB LGBTE and WBE owned management consulting firm founded in 1990. We blend the best in people with the ongoing demands of the workplace by providing high quality staffing and executive search services.

Position Description:

Make a profound difference in Nashvilles animal welfare landscape through innovative shelter medicine. Be part of something bigger where your veterinary expertise transforms lives drives positive change and shapes communitywide initiatives. This is shelter medicine where your skills create lasting impact. Ready to combine clinical excellence with community impact

As a veterinary professional you already understand the core responsibilities of clinical practice. What makes this shelter veterinarian role uniquely rewarding is the opportunity to combine your medical expertise with broad community impact. Here are the key areas where youll make a difference:

• Lead HighImpact Medicine: Direct a comprehensive shelter health program performing both highvolume spay/neuter surgeries and complex medical procedures. Youll handle everything from preventive care to emergency surgery making realtime decisions that save lives.
• Drive Program Innovation: Shape and implement protocols that affect thousands of animals annually. Youll develop medical guidelines train staff and collaborate with local universities to advance shelter medicine practices.
• Champion Animal Welfare: Combine your veterinary expertise with forensic work in animal cruelty cases providing expert testimony that brings justice to animal victims. Your medical assessments will directly influence animal protection in our community.
• Guide a Medical Team: Provide leadership and mentorship to veterinary technicians and shelter staff fostering a culture of compassionate care while maintaining high medical standards.
• Build Community Solutions: Work beyond the shelter walls by participating in public health initiatives managing community clinic programs and developing partnerships that expand access to veterinary care across the County.

Required Skills:

• Excellent written and oral communication
• Critical thinking
• Analytical skills to diagnose and treat animals
• Scientific aptitude
• Problem solving

Typical Duties:

• Plans and implements a comprehensive animal health care program including population management environmental sanitation recordkeeping disease surveillance physical examinations vaccination parasite control disease testing disease treatment surgery nutrition outbreak response and environmental enrichment for animals in the shelter and in foster homes consistent with state local policies procedures and guidelines.
• Educates staff and volunteers regarding animal disease and behavior.
• Ensures that each animal receives a physical examination upon intake and that sick and injured animals are diagnosed and treatment is prescribed.
• Assesses and advises as to treatment options for sick or injured animals including risks and costs thereof.
• Performs highquality highvolume spay/neuter surgeries and additional surgeries as necessary including but not limited to enucleations exploratory wound repair tumor removal with biopsy dentals amputations etc.
• Provides emergency medical care as needed including but not limited to IV catheter placement emergency surgery transfusions etc.
• Monitors the health of animals in the shelter (in collaboration with the shelter staff) performs diagnostic procedures and provides appropriate and timely treatment when necessary.
• Provides leadership direction guidance and training for veterinary technicians veterinary assistants and other shelter staff including training and oversight in sedation and euthanasia.
• Develops written protocols for the shelters veterinary clinic including diagnostic and treatment plans and animal disposition guidelines.
• Promotes a caring attitude toward all animals and treats animals humanely and with compassion at all times regardless of circumstances including those that are sick injured feral or aggressive.

• Advises and works with shelter staff in behavior assessment behavioral counseling and animal training and enrichment programs.
• Ensures accurate recordkeeping in the computerized medical records system for all medical/surgical care provided examinations treatment communication and surveillance of disease within the shelter.
• Performs forensic veterinary exams for cruelty/legal cases. This includes but is not limited to crime scene processing evidence collection and handling crime scene/live animal photography live examinations and necropsy and emergency care. Prepare detailed legal veterinary statements. Attend court and testify as expert witness when required. Maintain confidentiality of evidence/records/case information.
• Budgets plans and coordinates veterinary supplies equipment and clinic needs.

• Assists with coordination and supervision of veterinary clinics such as spay/neuter and vaccination of publicly owned animals and feral cats.
• Assists with collaborative programs with colleges and universities including hosting student and professional interns for structured rotations.
• Ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations of the Tennessee Board of Veterinary Medicine and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
• Implements appropriate inventory control procedures for medications and medical supplies. Implements regular maintenance schedules for medical equipment.
• Prepares regular progress reports. Communicates with internal and external stakeholders as needed for visibility and success of the program. Takes initiative to identify and solve problems.
• Performs euthanasia of animals.
• Works cooperatively with the shelter Director and staff.
• Supports and participates in departmental response to disaster and emergency events.
• Treat people (staff volunteers and the public) with respect and courtesy foster a spirit of teamwork and perform duties in a manner that assists the organization in the achievement of its goals and encourages community support of its work.
• Engages in regular and reliable attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or Veterinary Medical Doctor (VMD) degree from an accredited university.

Licensure

• Active Tennessee license to practice veterinary medicine.

• Must possess (or obtain within sixty days of employment) and must thereafter maintain DEA controlled substances registration to administer prescribe and dispense controlled substances.

• Valid class D drivers license.

Vaccinations
Must receive preexposure rabies vaccinations.

Working Environment/Physical Demands:
Regular walking and standing.
Lift up to 50 pounds on a regular and recurring basis.
Perform routine keyboard operations.
Lift and move objects and animals weighing up to 50 pounds for short distances.
Humanely restrain an animal.
Use protective clothing or gear.
Must receive preexposure rabies vaccinations.
May risk exposure to toxic and caustic chemicals and animals/wildlife including exposure to animal bites scratches and diseases such as Rabies Ringworm Lyme disease and other zoonoses.

Candidates with accreditations earned in a foreign institute are encouraged to apply however at the present time we are not sponsoring individuals through any of the US Governments employmentbased immigration programs.

Compensation:

• Competitive annual salary
  
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits including medical dental and vision coverage
• Pension plan
• Employee Assistance Program extending to household family members