Field Veterinarian

ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY AND SOCIETY•Norcross, GA

18d•Remote

About The Position

The Field Veterinarian is a mobile veterinary subject-matter expert supporting animal welfare operations, partner agencies, emergency and temporary sheltering, field response, cruelty investigations, disaster preparedness and response, and community veterinary initiatives. This remote, field-based position is not assigned to the day-to-day operation of a single permanent animal shelter or veterinary clinic. When not traveling, deployed, or assigned to an organizational facility, the veterinarian generally works remotely. The role involves travel throughout Georgia and assignment to emergency or temporary animal shelters, community events, disaster-response operations, and Operation Humane facilities based on operational needs. The veterinarian provides field support during cruelty and neglect investigations, large-scale seizures, natural disasters, and other emergency responses. Work may include lifesaving stabilization, triage, veterinary forensic examinations, documentation of medical findings, and consultation with animal-control, law-enforcement, emergency-management, and animal-welfare partners. The position requires significant independence, professional judgment, flexibility, extensive travel, and the ability to provide veterinary services in traditional and non-traditional environments.

Requirements

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM or VMD) degree from an accredited veterinary program.
Current license to practice veterinary medicine in Georgia.
Ability to perform simple and complex surgeries, including spay/neuter, dentistry, mass removals, hernias, and enucleations.
Eligibility to obtain and maintain any required federal or state credentials for prescribing, dispensing, or administering controlled substances.
Valid Georgia driver’s license with a favorable driving record; must be insurable by the AHS insurance provider.
Ability and willingness to travel 50% or more.
Ability and willingness to deploy to emergency or disaster operations when required.
Strong clinical judgment and ability to make appropriate medical decisions with varying levels of available resources.
Ability to work independently while maintaining effective communication with organizational leadership and partner agencies.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to develop and maintain professional medical records, technical documentation, and written recommendations.
Commitment to humane, evidence-informed animal-welfare practices.
Ability to perceive and discriminate visual cues or signals, communicate orally, and utilize olfactory senses.
Ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, including some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and potentially lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling objects and materials weighing up to 50 pounds with reasonable accommodation.
Ability to work in environments with potential exposure to dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, temperature extremes, traffic hazards, bright or dim light, toxic agents, or violence.
Ability to travel overnight and attend multiple-day events, including deployments on cruelty or disaster-related operations at a moment’s notice.
May be required to work days, nights, weekends, holidays, and emergency responses.

Responsibilities

Serve as a veterinary subject-matter expert for internal teams, animal shelters, animal-control agencies, and other partner organizations.
Collaborate with and provide professional resources to state and local jurisdictions on animal cruelty investigations.
Provide shelter medicine consultation consistent with current professional standards and the Association of Shelter Veterinarians Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters.
Help shelters and partner agencies develop, evaluate, and implement practical veterinary policies and medical protocols that account for their resources, staffing, facilities, and operational realities.
Perform scheduled or unscheduled veterinary rounds at emergency and temporary animal shelters as operationally necessary.
Evaluate individual animals and shelter populations for medical, infectious-disease, and welfare concerns; review treatment plans, records, vaccination status, isolation or quarantine needs, and other veterinary considerations.
Consult with animal-care, operations, and leadership personnel about emerging or ongoing medical concerns.
Assist with continuity-of-care planning when animals move between facilities, foster environments, partner organizations, or other placements.
Travel between organizational facilities and other operational locations as needed to meet veterinary needs.
Develop processes for veterinary triage, treatment, medication administration, vaccination, isolation, quarantine, infectious-disease management, medical documentation, escalation of care, and surgery in the field.
Support medical decisions involving transport, referral, hospitalization, continued treatment, quality of life, and humane outcomes.
Assist with demobilization and continuity-of-care planning at the conclusion of emergency shelter operations.
Perform field triage and stabilize sick, injured, compromised, or distressed animals; provide lifesaving veterinary measures when appropriate and within the response environment's capabilities.
Assess animal health and welfare in field environments and determine the need for further treatment, transportation, hospitalization, specialized care, or other intervention.
Participate in outreach programs serving underserved communities or populations with limited access to veterinary services.
Develop and deliver training for staff, volunteers, law enforcement, animal control officers, prosecutors, and partner organizations on relevant emergency medical procedures within appropriate scopes of practice.
Participate in emergency preparedness exercises, drills, trainings, and after-action reviews.
Work effectively in environments with limited clinical resources and rapidly changing conditions.
Maintain accurate, thorough, and timely investigative records for assigned cases.
Provide expert testimony in court proceedings when requested, including testimony about animal condition, investigative findings, and documentation methods.
Maintain working knowledge of Georgia animal law, including cruelty statutes, animal seizure considerations, and related legal concepts.