Animal Services Veterinarian

Veterinarian Position

We are pleased to offer the current job opportunity for a Veterinarian in our Animal Services Department. DuPage County Animal Services (DCAS) is an immediate open shelter caring for more than 2,300 animals of varying species annually. We are excited for you to join our recently remodeled shelter. The new shelter design will allow DuPage County Animal Services to:

• Provide modern, stress-reducing, and healthy housing for animals.
• Allow the shelter to have more welcoming and appropriate spaces for the public to be counseled on services and solutions with animals.
• Expand opportunities for residents to benefit from animal related educational and training classes.
• Provide more functional and supportive spaces for staff and volunteers.
• Create a more public, warm and inviting place that promotes volunteerism, adoption, fostering, humane education, and sense of community for people that love animals.
• Provide the best care and find the best outcomes for animals.

Benefits include four medical plans to choose from, dental/vision, optional life, vacation, sick, and paid leave time, 12 paid holidays, and pension plan through the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF).

DuPage County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Essential duties and responsibilities include developing, reviewing, and upholding animal standard of care practices and medical treatment protocols, managing disease in large groups of animals at the County Shelter, implementing and managing staff and facility sanitation and hygiene protocols including disease control, upholding current animal welfare standards of care, performing emergency triage and stabilization of ill and injured animals, performing adult and pediatric castration and ovariohysterectomy (OHE), performing veterinary dental care of animals, performing surgical procedures on various species of animals, performing adoption examinations to identify health and temperament conditions, performing surgical procedures and wellness or sick pet exams on pets owned by members of the public utilizing the County's low-cost clinic services, ensuring compliance with humane methods of the euthanasia of animals, performing physical examinations and vaccinations of animals housed at the shelter, ensuring quality and consistent care for animals at County shelter, examining, documenting and treating abuse cases, working with Law Enforcement and other agencies as necessary, participating in humane investigations, documenting and performing forensic examinations, testifying in court, etc., and maintaining applicable records.

Supervisory responsibilities include exercising supervision of assigned personnel in the DCAS.

Requirements include graduation from a Veterinary College or University approved or accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association with a Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris (VMD) or Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), compensation commensurate with experience, skills, preferred one (1) year of supervisory experience, clinical veterinary medical experience and/or shelter medicine/surgery experience, a current license to practice veterinary medicine in the State of Illinois, a current DEA license, a current Illinois Veterinary Controlled Substance license, and a valid Illinois Drivers' License. A pre-employment background check is required.

Physical requirements include heavy work: exerting up to 50 pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. The work environment characteristics include exposure to loud noise, noxious odors, zoonotic diseases, and animal bites, scratches, and/or kicks.