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Orange County Animal Services is proud to be the municipal shelter serving Florida’s fifth most populous county. Orange County, Florida is home to approximately 1.5 million people and includes “The City Beautiful,” Orlando. Orange County Animal Services is a large and evolving animal welfare organization, with approximately 100 full-time employees and is aided by support networks of 450 volunteers, 400 foster parents and more than 80 local rescue groups. The mission of Animal Services is to protect both the people and pets of Orange County.

The shelter receives approximately 15,000 homeless pets annually and strives to find as many as possible appropriate placement. Animal Services staff comprises four distinct teams – an enforcement operations team responsible for upholding local law in regard to animal welfare, a kennel team that handles the intakes and day-to-day care for the hundreds of shelter guests, a clinic team that handles the medical care and spay/neuter surgeries for the shelter animals and a communications team, which facilitate reclaims, adoptions, rescue placements and foster arrangements.

Interested applicants are encouraged to learn more about Orange County Animal Services at www.ocnetpets.com.

Responsible for overseeing the veterinary care staff of the Animal Services Division to include managing standard response to medical issues and ensuring a consistent level of care is provided to the shelter pets. Assists with spay/neuter surgeries and other clinic needs to ensure that services are rendered as planned.

Work is performed with initiative and independent judgement under the direction of a designated manager. Performance is reviewed through observations, reports and achievement of desired results.  

Duties may vary based on area of assignment. The following are representative duties, it is not the intent to capture all duties performed by this classification.

• Oversees daily medical procedures including, but not limited to, spay/neuter operations, daily veterinary rounds, individual exams for minor, moderate to severe medical issues, prescriptions, and administration of medication to ensure consistent care and response.
• Collaborates with management, veterinarians and supervisors to devise standard operating procedures related to medical procedures and appropriate response to emergent medical situations.
• Performs spay/neuter surgeries and other clinic needs in the event a veterinarian is absent, or the shelter is experiencing an increased demand for assistance.
• Collaborates with management and clinic supervisors to evaluate existing procedures and daily flow to find innovative solutions to increase efficiency.
• Assists with citizen inquiries and issues including working with the clinic supervisors to remedy customer service issues related to the clinic operations.
• Coordinates training in the shelter medicine field for veterinarians. Seeks out latest standards in veterinary medicine in the shelter environment.
• Works with clinic supervisors to handle veterinary scheduling to ensure appropriate coverage at the facility and coordinates availability of veterinarians to attend offsite events, when requested by management.
• Responsible for veterinarian personnel matters such as hiring, progressive corrective action, training and development, and performance appraisals.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Doctorate’s degree from an accredited institution in Veterinary Medicine and five (5) years of experience in the practice of Veterinarian Services.

Must possess a current Florida Veterinary License.

Shelter medicine field experience.

Prior supervisory experience in a veterinary setting.

Please complete each section of the application in detail as only information provided by the applicant regarding their work experience and education on the application will be used to determine the applicant's qualifications for the position.

Applications that show no employment history, no employment dates, leave number of hours worked per week blank, show duties left blank, or state "see attached resume" will be disqualified, considered incomplete, and will not be reviewed.

Applicants selected for hire in Orange County must successfully complete a background check, physical and drug screening prior to start of employment.

Please ensure that the phone number and email address on your application is accurate. Should we need to communicate with you, we will only use the email listed on the application. Please check your spam/junk email folders as well your inbox.

Job posting open: 10/20/2023

Open until filled

Subject to close without notice

$111,904 -$179,046/annually,based on qualifications and Orange County Policy

This position is located at the Orange County Animal Services Facility located on Conroy Rd in Orlando, Florida

If you are claiming Veterans' Preference, you are responsible for providing the required eligibility documentation by the close date of the posting. Please submit a cover letter and copies of documents, not originals, to Orange County Human Resources Division, PO Box 1393, Orlando, FL 32801-1393 or fax to (407) 836-0098 (only Veterans' Preference documentation will be accepted by fax). Your cover letter should include the position posting number you are applying for, the title of the position and the last 4 digits of your social security number.

If your education was obtained in the United States, the County recognizes degrees or diplomas which are accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE) or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). If you have obtained education from a country other than the United States, your degree or diploma must be evaluated to determine the United States equivalency by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Service (NACES) or the Association of International Credentials Evaluations (AICE) at your expense.