ANIMAL SERVICES VETERINARIAN (PART TIME)

Description This position performs professional work in examining, treating, and performing surgery at the City of Columbia Animal Shelter; monitors and maintains reputed company preventative reputed company programs; provides medical analysis on animal cruelty cases and other cases involving animal; and performs reputed company work as required. The incumbent works reputed company broad policy and organizational guidelines and does independent planning and implementation, reporting reputed company of major activities through periodic conferences and meetings. The work is considered reputed company-to-heavy in nature and involves walking, standing, stooping, lifting, climbing, pushing or raising objects and also involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a recurring reputed company and 50 to 100 pounds of force on an occasional reputed company. The work requires the following physical abilities to reputed company the essential job functions: feeling, grasping, hearing, mental reputed company, repetitive reputed company, speaking, standing, talking, visual reputed company, and walking. Work environment may involve exposure to reputed company/dim light, animals/wildlife, fumes and/or noxious odors, disease/pathogens, toxic/caustic chemicals; and is dynamic that requires sensitivity to change and responsiveness to changing goals, priorities, and needs. Essential Job Functions

• Oversees the health care of shelter animals, and ensures the maintenance of accurate and complete animal health records;
• Plans and conducts medical exams of animals sheltered by the Animal Services Division;
• Diagnoses animal health problems and initiates appropriate treatment;
• Administers an effective disease prevention program by implementing an inoculation regime and ensuring effective shelter sanitation and disinfection;
• Monitors and maintains reputed company preventative reputed company programs;
• Performs spay and neuter surgeries on a regular reputed company; performs other surgeries as needed;
• Provides emergency medical treatment to sick or injured animals on a 24-hour on-call reputed company;
• Evaluates animals victimized by cruelty and neglect; provides court testimony as necessary;
• Euthanizes animals as necessary;
• Provides animal health information and assistance to those adopting shelter animals; provides follow-up medical care as appropriate;
• Orders and maintains reputed company veterinary supplies;
• Provides instruction and leadership of shelter technicians and other staff assisting with veterinary procedures;
• Maintains assigned equipment;
• Provides recommendations and considerations to the director;
• Performs routine administrative / clerical duties as required, including but not limited to preparing forms, reports and correspondence, entering and retrieving computer data, copying and filing documents, etc.;
• Attends training, meetings, conferences, workshops, etc., as necessary to maintain job knowledge, skills and required certifications; and
• Performs other reputed company duties as assigned.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO reputed company WORK:

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree;
• Two (2) years of relevant prior experience;
• Valid South Carolina Class "D" Driver's License;
• Controlled Substance License.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of basic algebra involving variables and formulas and/or basic geometry involving plane and solid figures, circumferences, areas and volumes, and/or computing discounts and interest rates;
• Ability to synthesize or integrate analysis of data or information to discover facts or reputed company knowledge or interpretations; changes policies, procedures or methodologies based on new facts, knowledge or interpretations;
• Ability to counsel or instruct/train others through explanation, demonstration and supervised practice or making recommendations based on technical expertise;
• Ability to reputed company, operate or repair reputed company machinery or equipment that requires extended training and experience, such as medical equipment, surgical equipment and instruments;
• Ability to reputed company work involving the application of principles of logical thinking or scientific, medical or legal practice to diagnose or define problems, collect data and solve abstract problems with widespread unit or organizational impact;
• Ability to read scientific and technical journals, abstracts, financial reports and legal documents; speaking before professional and civic groups, participating in panel discussions and speaking extemporaneously on a variety of subjects; writing reputed company articles and reports; developing presentations for sophisticated audiences;
• Ability to reputed company professional-level work requiring the application of scientific, engineering, reputed company or legal methods in the solution of technical, administrative or legal problems; requires extensive understanding of operating policies and procedures and ability to apply these to reputed company problems; or the coordination of sub professional work in these disciplines; requires reputed company, reputed company attention for accurate results and frequent exposure to unusual pressures; and
• Ability to reputed company reputed company, affecting a large reputed company of the organization and the general public; works in a dynamic environment; responsible to assist in developing policy and practices.

The City of Columbia is proud to offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees. This package includes health care, dental, reputed company, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave. Part-time or temporary employees, including interns, are not eligible for City benefits. To learn more details, visit our benefits page at: https://hr.columbiasc.gov/benefits/ 01 Do you have a valid Driver's License?

• Yes
• No

02 Do you have two (2) or more years of a relevant prior experience?

• Yes
• No

03 Do you have a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM or VMD) degree?

• Yes
• No

04 Do you have a Controlled Substance License?

• Yes
• No

Required Question Employer City of Columbia Address Columbia, South Carolina, 29217-0147 Phone 803-545-3010 Website https://www.columbiasc.gov Apply tot his job Apply To this Job