About this role
Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry. Work setting: Willing to relocate. Private practice. 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.
- Conduct veterinary research related to areas such as animal nutrition, health care products development and disease prevention and control.
- 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.
- Supervise animal health technologists and animal care workers.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Certification.
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Attention to detail.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Work under pressure.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Accurate.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
- Resourcefulness.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Experience: Experience an asset.
- Employment terms options: To be determined.
- Health benefits: Dental plan.
- Health care plan.
- Vision care benefits.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- Other benefits.
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days).
- Team building opportunities.
- Parking available.
- Support for persons with disabilities: Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities . Support for newcomers and refugees: Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees . Support for youths: Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Support for mature workers: Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers . Supports for visible minorities: Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).