Animal Care and Control Shelter Veterinarian
Metro Nashville
StalePosted Oct 22
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Posted: February 11, 2025 (338 days ago)
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Animal Control Officer 1
Metro Nashville
Health
Location
Nashville, Tennessee, 37210
Salary
$52,414 - $52,414
per year
Type
Closes
Not specified
Job Description
Summary
This job involves patrolling areas in Nashville to handle animal-related issues, such as rescuing strays, investigating cruelty complaints, and enforcing local laws by issuing citations or testifying in court.
Officers also manage animal bites, maintain records, and sometimes educate the community on pet safety.
It's a good fit for someone with hands-on experience in animal care who is comfortable with fieldwork, basic investigations, and working outdoors in varying conditions.
Key Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 1-2 years of professional animal care or animal control experience, or equivalent education
- Certified Animal Euthanasia Technician (CAET) certification, or obtain within six months of hire (no criminal convictions allowed)
- Valid Class D driver's license and access to a personal vehicle with required insurance
- Pre-exposure rabies vaccinations
- Ability to perform medium to heavy physical work, including walking and handling animals
- Skills in basic computer operations and record-keeping
Full Job Description
This position is with the Nashville Davidson County Public Health Department.
If you have previously applied for this position, you will not need to reapply.
If you have any questions about this position please contact MPHD HR at (615)-340-5640
Requirements
- Apprehends subdues, and impounds stray, unlicensed, vicious, feral, and sick animals; investigates allegations of animal cruelty and other complaints involving animals.
- Investigates animal bites and coordinates handling and quarantine of animals and related efforts.
- Enforces animal control laws and ordinances, issues citations, collects evidence, and prepares investigative reports; communicates with other law enforcement agencies (MNPD/DCSO), works with prosecuting attorneys, and testifies in court.
- Performs routine keyboard/computer operations on standard office equipment; completes intake and care reports; maintains daily log sheets and inventories; and other record keeping as required.
- May conduct or assist with outreach and liaison programs, addressing groups and organizations on animal control, cold/hot weather pet safety and other issues.
- May provide training and coordinate special projects as needed.
Qualifications
- High school diploma required.
- Requires 1-2 years of professional animal care or animal control experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- Must be a Certified Animal Euthanasia Technician (CAET), or obtain certification within six months of hire. NOTICE: State regulations prohibit anyone with a criminal conviction of any kind from obtaining CAET.
- Valid class "D" driver's license, use of personal vehicle, and maintenance of valid personal vehicle insurance as required by Tennessee Law.
- 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.
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.
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