About this role
Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry.
Work setting: Veterinary clinic.
Tasks
- Diagnose diseases or abnormal conditions in individual animals, herds and flocks through physical examinations or laboratory tests.
- Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds or performing surgery.
- Vaccinate animals to prevent and treat diseases.
- Advise clients on feeding, housing, behaviour, breeding, hygiene and general care of animals.
- Enforce government regulations in disease control and food production including animal or animal-based food inspection.
- Perform routine, emergency and post-mortem examinations.
- Provide a range of veterinary services including obstetrics, dentistry and euthanasia.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Certification.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Attention to detail.
- Work under pressure.
- Personal suitability: Accurate.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
- Resourcefulness.
- Other: Use of artificial intelligence.
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.
- Health benefits: Dental plan.
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
- Vision care benefits.
- Financial benefits: Life insurance.
- Other benefits: Other benefits.