Job Title or Location

Veterinary technician

Dufferin Queen Animal Hospital

Toronto, ON

Job Details:

$36.00 / hour
Full-time
Entry Level

Overview
  • Job Duration: Permanent
  • Language of Work: English
  • Hours of Work: 32 to 35 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Experience:
  • Education
  • College/CEGEP
  • or equivalent experience
  • Work setting
  • Animal hospital
  • Tasks
  • Handle, restrain and care for animals undergoing treatment and surgery
  • Produce diagnostic radiographs
  • Assist veterinarian before, during and after surgery
  • Prepare and administer medications and vaccines under direction of veterinarian
  • Administer treatments as prescribed by veterinarian
  • Identify livestock
  • Counsel clients on animal health care
  • Conduct and assist in laboratory research
  • May perform a variety of office management and clerical duties
  • Provide nursing care and rehabilitation therapy for animals
  • Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
  • Registration by a provincial or territorial, or regional association as Registered Animal Health Technologist, Registered Veterinary Technician
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Personal suitability
  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Versatility
  • Screening questions
  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Experience
  • 7 months to less than 1 year
  • Other benefits
  • Free parking available
  • Support for persons with disabilities
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for 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
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
  • Support for Veterans
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
  • Support for Indigenous people
  • Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
  • Support for mature workers
  • Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
  • Supports for visible minorities
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities