Veterinary Technician
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe from Job Description intro). Responsibilities (list). Skills (list). Qualifications (Education/Experience). Benefits (list). Pay (maybe just p). Schedule (p). Physical Requirements maybe as its own section? Could be under Requirements? But we can make a section Physical Requirements. Pre-employment requirements maybe as its own section.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content.
Let's extract content.
Mission and Why Work with Us could be combined into About the role? The instruction: use h3 for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have About the role (mission + why work with us). Then Responsibilities (list). Then Skills (list). Then Qualifications (Education/Experience). Then Benefits (list). Then Pay (p). Then Schedule (p). Then Physical Requirements (maybe as its own section? Not in the list but we can include if content exists; but instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could incorporate Physical Requirements into Qualifications or Requirements. But we have a separate "Physical Requirements" heading in the posting. Could treat as Requirements section. The list of headings includes Requirements, Qualifications. So we can put Physical Requirements under Requirements. Or we could have a Requirements section that includes Education/Experience and Physical Requirements. But we also have Skills separate. Let's follow: About the role, Responsibilities, Skills, Qualifications (Education/Experience), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Physical Requirements could be part of Qualifications (maybe as a sublist). But we need to preserve all info; we can include Physical Requirements as a
under Qualifications.
Pre-employment requirements: could be part of Qualifications or separate. Might be included in Qualifications as well.
We must not repeat job title. No markdown.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: combine Mission and Why Work with Us.
Mission: "Nashville Zoo is dedicated to inspiring a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation, and leadership. With a diverse collection of animals and a commitment to wildlife preservation, we provide engaging experiences for visitors of all ages."
Why Work with Us: list of benefits (but we will move benefits to Benefits section). However Why Work with Us also includes culture statements: "At Nashville Zoo, we believe in taking care of our team just as well as we care for our animals. Full-time employees enjoy a robust benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and future: ... A collaborative and inclusive culture – be part of a diverse team where your voice matters, your growth is nurtured, and collaboration thrives across all departments. AZA-accredited facility – Nashville Zoo is committed to top-tier animal care, ethics and global conservation efforts."
We can keep the cultural statements in About the role, and move the benefits list to Benefits section.
Thus About the role paragraph: combine mission and cultural statements.
Now Responsibilities: list from Job Description and Duties and Responsibilities.
Let's extract responsibilities list:
- Provide veterinary technical support to the veterinary and animal management staffs both within the hospital and in the field.
- Assist staff veterinarians with all aspects of a comprehensive animal health program for a wide variety of species.
- Animal restraint, sample collection, clinical procedures, product purchasing, anesthesia, radiology, surgical and pathology services support.
- Opportunities exist for assisting with conservation research.
- Complete laboratory procedures and maintain area compliance with USDA and AZA regulations and standards, including record keeping, husbandry care, training, enrichment, quarantine procedures, etc.
- Maintain professional conduct at all times and consistently model the organization’s values in all interactions with colleagues, guests, and stakeholders.
- Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
- Perform monitoring on anesthetized animals using pulse oximetry, EKG, blood pressure, and blood gas machines, and to recognize normal and abnormal values.
- Assist veterinary staff in recognizing and correcting animal medical emergencies.
- Provide intensive care for critical animals under the direction of the veterinary staff.
- Assist with the care of hospitalized and quarantined patients.
- Perform basic animal handling techniques and assist veterinarians in administering treatments.
- Understand setup, use and cleaning procedures for medical equipment and instruments.
- Provide laboratory support including but not limited to hematology, parasitology, and cytology.
- Assist veterinarians in basic necropsy procedures and sample collection.
- Maintain comprehensive computer based medical records and daily animal logs (including Zims).
- Assist with teaching and training of interns at various veterinary levels.
We can make a with each as - .
Skills: list:
- Ability to self-direct work tasks while ensuring safety and productivity.
- Strong laboratory skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Above average written and verbal communication skills
Also maybe "Degree as a graduate Veterinary Technician or Equivalent" etc is qualifications.
Qualifications (Education/Experience):
- Degree as a graduate Veterinary Technician or Equivalent
- Tennessee State License or ability to receive licensing in nine months from date of hire
- Minimum of two years experience as a veterinary technician working with exotics with an emphasis on zoo medicine
- Strong laboratory skills (already in skills but okay)
- Strong organizational skills
- Above average written and verbal communication skills
- Physical Requirements (list)
- Pre-employment requirements (list)
But we might separate Physical Requirements and Pre-employment as sublists under Qualifications.
Physical Requirements list:
- Frequently standing and walking for most of an 8–10‑hour shift; regularly bend, kneel, reach, and perform repetitive motions while cleaning habitats, preparing diets, and providing enrichment.
- Frequently lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lbs and occasionally up to 75 lbs with assistance; navigating ladders, stairs, uneven terrain, and wet or slippery surfaces.
- Strong hand dexterity, clear verbal communication, and adequate vision and hearing essential to safely observe animals, operate tools and gates, and use radios.
- Work occurs indoors and outdoors year‑round in all weather, with routine exposure to animal dander, hay, dust, insects, loud noises, strong odors, and cleaning agents.
- May encounter biological hazards, zoonotic diseases, and potentially dangerous animals; must follow established protocols for shifting, feeding, and emergency response.
- May require wearing PPE such as gloves, protective footwear, eye and hearing protection, and respirators as assigned.
- Schedules often include early mornings, weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime based on animal needs.
- Depending on assignments, a valid driver’s license and ability to operate facility vehicles may be required.
- Vaccinations, TB testing, or respirator fit testing may be necessary per policy.
- Must learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete task independently, and make timely decisions in the context of a workflow.
- Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Pre-employment requirements:
- Criminal background check and drug screening prior to hire.
- Pre-employment and annual tuberculosis (TB) screenings are a condition of continued employment.
- Nashville Zoo is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and maintains a drug-free work environment. All employment is at-will. (But EEO is boilerplate; we should remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. So we should omit the EEO statement. Also "All employment is at-will." Might be considered boilerplate? It's legal. Probably remove. We'll keep only substantive: criminal background check, drug screening, TB screenings.
Pay Range: $23.63 USD - $25.63 USD.
Now Benefits list: from Why Work with Us and Job Description.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage – including medical, dental, and vision plans to keep you and your family healthy.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – confidential support services for mental, emotional, and financial well-being.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching – helping you build a secure future while you make a meaningful impact today.
- Generous paid time off and sick leave – because rest and recovery are vital.
- Exclusive zoo perks – enjoy discounts on park experiences, retail, and food services, plus complimentary membership benefits.
- Collaborative and inclusive culture – be part of a diverse team where your voice matters, your growth is nurtured, and collaboration thrives across all departments.
- AZA-accredited facility – Nashville Zoo is committed to top-tier animal care, ethics and global conservation efforts.
- Competitive total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, long term and short term disability; 401(k) plan with match; Company funded Heath Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts, paid holidays, and paid time off.
Note some duplicates: medical/dental/vision appears twice; 401(k) match appears twice; paid time off appears twice. We should deduplicate but preserve all substantive info; we can combine similar items but not lose info. Let's create a unique list:
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage – medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – confidential support for mental, emotional, and financial well-being.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
- Generous paid time off and sick leave.
- Exclusive zoo perks – discounts on park experiences, retail, food services; complimentary membership benefits.
- Collaborative and inclusive culture – diverse team where voice matters, growth nurtured, collaboration thrives.
- AZA-accredited facility – commitment to top-tier animal care, ethics, global conservation.
- Life, long-term and short-term disability coverage.
- Company funded Health Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts.
- Paid holidays.
That seems comprehensive.
Now Schedule: we have "Full Time" and "Schedules often include early mornings, weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime based on animal needs." Also "Veterinary staff are required to work weekends and holidays as the animal care schedule necessitates." So schedule info: Full-time position; schedule includes early mornings, weekends, holidays, occasional overtime; required to work weekends and holidays.
We'll put in a
.
Now About the role paragraph: combine mission and cultural statements (excluding benefits). Let's craft:
"Nashville Zoo is dedicated to inspiring a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation, and leadership. With a diverse collection of animals and a commitment to wildlife preservation, we provide engaging experiences for visitors of all ages. At Nashville Zoo, we believe in taking care of our team just as well as we care for our animals. We foster a collaborative and inclusive culture where your voice matters, your growth is nurtured, and collaboration thrives across all departments. As an AZA‑accredited facility, we are committed to top‑tier animal care, ethics, and global conservation efforts."
Now we need to output
for prose. We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe from Job Description intro). Responsibilities (list). Skills (list). Qualifications (Education/Experience). Benefits (list). Pay (maybe just p). Schedule (p). Physical Requirements maybe as its own section? Could be under Requirements? But we can make a section Physical Requirements. Pre-employment requirements maybe as its own section. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. Let's extract content. Mission and Why Work with Us could be combined into About the role? The instruction: use h3 for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have About the role (mission + why work with us). Then Responsibilities (list). Then Skills (list). Then Qualifications (Education/Experience). Then Benefits (list). Then Pay (p). Then Schedule (p). Then Physical Requirements (maybe as its own section? Not in the list but we can include if content exists; but instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could incorporate Physical Requirements into Qualifications or Requirements. But we have a separate "Physical Requirements" heading in the posting. Could treat as Requirements section. The list of headings includes Requirements, Qualifications. So we can put Physical Requirements under Requirements. Or we could have a Requirements section that includes Education/Experience and Physical Requirements. But we also have Skills separate. Let's follow: About the role, Responsibilities, Skills, Qualifications (Education/Experience), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Physical Requirements could be part of Qualifications (maybe as a sublist). But we need to preserve all info; we can include Physical Requirements as a
- under Qualifications.
Pre-employment requirements: could be part of Qualifications or separate. Might be included in Qualifications as well.
We must not repeat job title. No markdown.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: combine Mission and Why Work with Us.
Mission: "Nashville Zoo is dedicated to inspiring a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation, and leadership. With a diverse collection of animals and a commitment to wildlife preservation, we provide engaging experiences for visitors of all ages."
Why Work with Us: list of benefits (but we will move benefits to Benefits section). However Why Work with Us also includes culture statements: "At Nashville Zoo, we believe in taking care of our team just as well as we care for our animals. Full-time employees enjoy a robust benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and future: ... A collaborative and inclusive culture – be part of a diverse team where your voice matters, your growth is nurtured, and collaboration thrives across all departments. AZA-accredited facility – Nashville Zoo is committed to top-tier animal care, ethics and global conservation efforts."
We can keep the cultural statements in About the role, and move the benefits list to Benefits section.
Thus About the role paragraph: combine mission and cultural statements.
Now Responsibilities: list from Job Description and Duties and Responsibilities.
Let's extract responsibilities list:
- Provide veterinary technical support to the veterinary and animal management staffs both within the hospital and in the field.
- Assist staff veterinarians with all aspects of a comprehensive animal health program for a wide variety of species.
- Animal restraint, sample collection, clinical procedures, product purchasing, anesthesia, radiology, surgical and pathology services support.
- Opportunities exist for assisting with conservation research.
- Complete laboratory procedures and maintain area compliance with USDA and AZA regulations and standards, including record keeping, husbandry care, training, enrichment, quarantine procedures, etc.
- Maintain professional conduct at all times and consistently model the organization’s values in all interactions with colleagues, guests, and stakeholders.
- Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
- Perform monitoring on anesthetized animals using pulse oximetry, EKG, blood pressure, and blood gas machines, and to recognize normal and abnormal values.
- Assist veterinary staff in recognizing and correcting animal medical emergencies.
- Provide intensive care for critical animals under the direction of the veterinary staff.
- Assist with the care of hospitalized and quarantined patients.
- Perform basic animal handling techniques and assist veterinarians in administering treatments.
- Understand setup, use and cleaning procedures for medical equipment and instruments.
- Provide laboratory support including but not limited to hematology, parasitology, and cytology.
- Assist veterinarians in basic necropsy procedures and sample collection.
- Maintain comprehensive computer based medical records and daily animal logs (including Zims).
- Assist with teaching and training of interns at various veterinary levels.
We can make a
- .
Skills: list:
- Ability to self-direct work tasks while ensuring safety and productivity.
- Strong laboratory skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Above average written and verbal communication skills
Also maybe "Degree as a graduate Veterinary Technician or Equivalent" etc is qualifications.
Qualifications (Education/Experience):
- Degree as a graduate Veterinary Technician or Equivalent
- Tennessee State License or ability to receive licensing in nine months from date of hire
- Minimum of two years experience as a veterinary technician working with exotics with an emphasis on zoo medicine
- Strong laboratory skills (already in skills but okay)
- Strong organizational skills
- Above average written and verbal communication skills
- Physical Requirements (list)
- Pre-employment requirements (list)
But we might separate Physical Requirements and Pre-employment as sublists under Qualifications.
Physical Requirements list:
- Frequently standing and walking for most of an 8–10‑hour shift; regularly bend, kneel, reach, and perform repetitive motions while cleaning habitats, preparing diets, and providing enrichment.
- Frequently lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lbs and occasionally up to 75 lbs with assistance; navigating ladders, stairs, uneven terrain, and wet or slippery surfaces.
- Strong hand dexterity, clear verbal communication, and adequate vision and hearing essential to safely observe animals, operate tools and gates, and use radios.
- Work occurs indoors and outdoors year‑round in all weather, with routine exposure to animal dander, hay, dust, insects, loud noises, strong odors, and cleaning agents.
- May encounter biological hazards, zoonotic diseases, and potentially dangerous animals; must follow established protocols for shifting, feeding, and emergency response.
- May require wearing PPE such as gloves, protective footwear, eye and hearing protection, and respirators as assigned.
- Schedules often include early mornings, weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime based on animal needs.
- Depending on assignments, a valid driver’s license and ability to operate facility vehicles may be required.
- Vaccinations, TB testing, or respirator fit testing may be necessary per policy.
- Must learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete task independently, and make timely decisions in the context of a workflow.
- Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Pre-employment requirements:
- Criminal background check and drug screening prior to hire.
- Pre-employment and annual tuberculosis (TB) screenings are a condition of continued employment.
- Nashville Zoo is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and maintains a drug-free work environment. All employment is at-will. (But EEO is boilerplate; we should remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. So we should omit the EEO statement. Also "All employment is at-will." Might be considered boilerplate? It's legal. Probably remove. We'll keep only substantive: criminal background check, drug screening, TB screenings.
Pay Range: $23.63 USD - $25.63 USD.
Now Benefits list: from Why Work with Us and Job Description.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage – including medical, dental, and vision plans to keep you and your family healthy.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – confidential support services for mental, emotional, and financial well-being.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching – helping you build a secure future while you make a meaningful impact today.
- Generous paid time off and sick leave – because rest and recovery are vital.
- Exclusive zoo perks – enjoy discounts on park experiences, retail, and food services, plus complimentary membership benefits.
- Collaborative and inclusive culture – be part of a diverse team where your voice matters, your growth is nurtured, and collaboration thrives across all departments.
- AZA-accredited facility – Nashville Zoo is committed to top-tier animal care, ethics and global conservation efforts.
- Competitive total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, long term and short term disability; 401(k) plan with match; Company funded Heath Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts, paid holidays, and paid time off.
Note some duplicates: medical/dental/vision appears twice; 401(k) match appears twice; paid time off appears twice. We should deduplicate but preserve all substantive info; we can combine similar items but not lose info. Let's create a unique list:
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage – medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – confidential support for mental, emotional, and financial well-being.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
- Generous paid time off and sick leave.
- Exclusive zoo perks – discounts on park experiences, retail, food services; complimentary membership benefits.
- Collaborative and inclusive culture – diverse team where voice matters, growth nurtured, collaboration thrives.
- AZA-accredited facility – commitment to top-tier animal care, ethics, global conservation.
- Life, long-term and short-term disability coverage.
- Company funded Health Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts.
- Paid holidays.
That seems comprehensive.
Now Schedule: we have "Full Time" and "Schedules often include early mornings, weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime based on animal needs." Also "Veterinary staff are required to work weekends and holidays as the animal care schedule necessitates." So schedule info: Full-time position; schedule includes early mornings, weekends, holidays, occasional overtime; required to work weekends and holidays.
We'll put in a
. Now About the role paragraph: combine mission and cultural statements (excluding benefits). Let's craft: "Nashville Zoo is dedicated to inspiring a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation, and leadership. With a diverse collection of animals and a commitment to wildlife preservation, we provide engaging experiences for visitors of all ages. At Nashville Zoo, we believe in taking care of our team just as well as we care for our animals. We foster a collaborative and inclusive culture where your voice matters, your growth is nurtured, and collaboration thrives across all departments. As an AZA‑accredited facility, we are committed to top‑tier animal care, ethics, and global conservation efforts." Now we need to output
- with each as