Austin Animal Center‘s mission is to enhance the lives of pets and people by preventing animal homelessness, to help lost pets find their way home or find new homes, to provide education and resources to preserve the human-animal bond, and to administer animal-related ordinances to ensure public and animal safety, all while achieving a 95% live outcome rate for sheltered pets.
What’s the Job? The veterinarian has a passion for our mission and is firmly committed to the philosophy of saving lives through positive outcomes: open adoption, fostering, behavior management, and enrichment for all sheltered animals. You are currently licensed as a Texas Veterinarian and have experience providing veterinary services.
This person will work with our team of veterinarians, technicians, support staff, and volunteers in providing the most effective medical care to our shelter animals by ensuring that they receive prompt and proper medical care with continued monitoring for individual health and welfare. They will participate in all aspects of healthcare for shelter animals, including evaluation, diagnosis, disease prevention, vaccinations, testing, treatments, spay/neuter, and surgeries.
We offer outstanding benefits with a healthy work/life balance, health care benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave, a highly competitive retirement plan, training opportunities, and more.
Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
Graduation from a college or university accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the State of Texas.
Licenses or Certifications:
Licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the State of Texas.
Preferred Experience:
Experience practicing veterinary medicine in an animal shelter environment.
Experience performing spay and neuter surgeries.
Experience handling dogs and cats of various sizes and dispositions.
Good standing with the DEA regarding controlled substances.
Able to multitask in fast paced environment and have strong organizational skills.
Austin Animal Center is the municipal shelter for the City of Austin and unincorporated Travis County, providing shelter to thousands of animals annually as well as providing animal protection and pet resource services. We accept stray and owned animals regardless of age, health, species or breed.
Our goal is to place all adoptable animals in forever homes through adoption, foster care, or rescue partner groups. Animal Services has numerous programs and partnerships designed to help pets in the shelter, in the community, and in your home.
Mission Statement:
To provide public service and a safety net for lost and homeless animals in the community by providing necessary food, water, shelter and standard municipal veterinary care for animals in need.
To provide placement services that will assist lost, homeless or sheltered animals to their homes or find new homes when necessary, to provide live outcomes for at least 95% of sheltered animals.
To enforce animal regulations and assist the public with animal-related concerns, including impoundment, quarantine and other rabies control services in order to protect citizens and animals in our community.
To provide animal ser...vices to the public in order to educate and prevent animal homelessness and promote humane, compassionate treatment of animals and responsible pet ownership.