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Posted: March 2, 2026 (1 day ago)

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Animal Care Assistant 1

Metro Nashville

Health

Reactivated

Location

Salary

$48,064 - $48,064

per year

Closes

May 31, 2026

Job Description

Summary

This job involves taking care of animals in a Nashville animal shelter by feeding them, cleaning their spaces, grooming, exercising, and watching for any health or behavior problems to report to a supervisor.

It also includes helping visitors and staff handle animals safely and keeping records of daily activities.

A good fit would be someone who loves animals, stays calm under pressure, and doesn't mind physical work in a busy environment.

Key Requirements

  • Perform daily animal care tasks including feeding, providing water, grooming, bathing, and exercising animals
  • Monitor animal health, behavior, and temperament, reporting issues to supervisor immediately
  • Clean animal cages, runs, and perform general shelter housekeeping
  • Assist with animal handling, intake, evaluation, and basic medical treatments as directed
  • Maintain accurate records, logs, inventories, and reports on animal care
  • Demonstrate knowledge of basic animal welfare standards and safe handling procedures for domestic and wild animals
  • Promote humane treatment of animals with compassion, even for sick, injured, or aggressive ones

Full Job Description

Responsible for the daily care of animals; provides appropriate food and water; grooms, bathes, and exercises animals; monitors the behavior and health of animals; reports health, behavior or temperament issues to supervisor; and performs general housekeeping of shelter.

This position will work at the location listed below:
Animal Care & Control
5125 Harding Pl

Nashville, TN 37211


If you have any questions about this position please contact MPHD HR at (615)-340-5640.

Requirements

  • Perform animal care and related duties, such as feeding, cleaning, exercising, and monitoring the behavior and health of animals in shelter custody.
  • Responsible for the daily care of animals, including providing appropriate food and water, as well as basic grooming and bathing; cleans animal cages, runs and performs general housekeeping of shelter.
  • Assists shelter patrons, animal control officers and outreach staff with animal handling, to include transferring and relocating animals from vehicles, cages and housing units.
  • Monitor animals and immediately reports health, behavior or temperament issues to supervisor.
  • Assist with animal intake, evaluation and medical treatments as directed, including disease prevention and reduction efforts.
  • Maintain animal care reports and documentation.
  • Maintain daily log sheets and inventories, completes intake and care reports, and prepares related reports or record keeping as required.
  • Responds to patron inquiries related to animal health education and related programs; provides humane education pamphlets or materials.
  • Must have and be able to demonstrate knowledge of: -basic animal welfare standards, including safe animal handling procedures for domestic and wild animals. --proper use, secure storage, and disposal of lethal chemicals, syringes and related equipment.
  • Promote a caring attitude toward all animals and treat animals humanely and with compassion at all times, regardless of circumstances, including those that are sick, injured, feral, or aggressive.

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or its equivalent.
Must be a Certified Animal Euthanasia Technician (CAET), or obtain that certification within six months of hire.
Must receive pre-exposure rabies vaccinations.



Working Environment/Physical Demands:
  • Medium to heavy work that involves walking, standing, bending, stooping, lifting, and exerting up to 50 pounds of force on a regular and reoccurring basis, including restraint of animals of varying size, age, and physical condition.
  • Must use protective clothing or gear.
  • 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 Zoonosis .
Candidates with accreditations earned in a foreign institute are encouraged to apply, however at the present time MPHD is not sponsoring individuals through any of the US Government’s employment-based immigration programs.

MPHD seeks to be a socially and culturally responsive organization that acknowledges and addresses historical and current inequities in our public health promotion and practice. Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to work with multicultural communities.

Additional Information

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  • Associates degree or higher.

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Posted on NEOGOV: 3/2/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 12/5/2025

Source: NEOGOV | ID: neogov-nashville-5120106