Veterinary Technician

Description

Marshall Farms’ Veterinary Technician participates in all veterinary technical responsibilities for beagles, ferrets, minipigs and cats. The Veterinary Technician reports to the Veterinary Technician Supervisor. The veterinary staff provides professional support and guidance.

The Veterinary Technician completes all tasks on the basis of priority, as communicated by the Veterinary Technician Supervisor, and as determined by the Veterinary staff and the Director of Production. The Veterinary Technician is responsible for ensuring that all tasks are completed as directed and documented according to required procedures.

• Ensures, in the course of duties, that all veterinary matters are brought to the attention of the veterinary staff.
• Conducts pre-shipment quality examinations of beagles and cats; these examinations are conducted in strict adherence to written protocol to ensure compliance with all customer and internal requirements for shipment. Collects and runs bloodwork and performs laboratory tasks as needed.
• Participates in the conduct of cardiac auscultation and general health examination of all potential beagle breeders.
• Administers vaccines across all species.
• Conducts a formal assessment of skin health in all beagles at the required age.
• Assists the veterinary and/or production staff with elective or non-elective surgical/ anesthetic procedures as necessary.
• Conducts reviews, as required by the sales, production, or veterinary staff, of all “hold” and “reserve” orders for beagles to determine state of health and eligibility for sale.

• Conducts semi-annual FELASA testing in beagles, cats and minipigs, ensuring that samples are properly collected, submitted, and results presented to the veterinary staff for review and summarization.
• Assists in the performance of various technical tasks as needed, including ECGs, radiography, and laboratory procedures for all colonies.
• Administer treatments as necessary.
• Assists in the performance of various production tasks as necessary and as determined by the Director of Production

NYS
- Veterinary Technician License required.

Individual will proficiently interact with cross-functional teams and possess good organizational skills and written and verbal communication skills. The Veterinary Technician has a mastery level of all areas of Animal Care including basic and intensive care, dosage calculations and administration of medications. Individual has mastery level of knowledge related to animal behavior during all phases of Animal Care.

Individual will be expected to envision potential, foster enthusiasm and commitment in colleagues in departmental performance and institutional goals. They will have the ability to lead challenging personnel, foster an environment that encourages thoughtful initiative, ownership, and responsibility for actions. They will be charged to motivate and develop personnel and inspire trust among peers, supervisors, and organizational leadership. Individuals will contribute to a productive and professional environment by setting a positive example and demonstrating enthusiasm, diligence, and ethical behavior and by taking responsibility for ones’ actions and challenging oneself to continually improve.

Conditions are often hot and humid, with frequent animal contact. The work area has a high level of noise. Earplugs are required. Duties are performed primarily on 1st shift with shared varying extended or weekend hours.

Work is physically demanding with a requirement to lift animals.

Minimum mental requirements necessary to perform key tasks of job to include but not limited to effective interpersonal communication, maintain attention to detail, comprehension (oral & written), understanding interrelationships between processes/activities, ability to forecast and anticipate consequences to actions,…