WestCoast Veterinary Services
Stephenville, NL
Job Details:
Benefits:
- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience: Education
- Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry Work setting
- Relocation costs covered by employer
- 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
- Hire and train staff
- 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
- Perform routine, emergency and post-mortem examinations
- Provide a range of veterinary services including obstetrics, dentistry and euthanasia
- Responsible for overall operation of animal hospital, clinic or mobile service to farms
- Supervise animal health technologists and animal care workers Supervision
- 3-4 people Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Handling heavy loads
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Fast-paced environment
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding Weight handling
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs) Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics Employment terms options
- Evening
- Morning Experience
- No experience (will train) Employment terms options
- On call
- Day
- Weekend Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Other benefits
- Other benefits