Veterinarian Assistant - Caledon, Canada - Inglewood Veterinary Professional Corporation
1 week ago
Description
Education:
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
Work setting:
- Veterinary clinic
Tasks:
- Handle, restrain and care for animals undergoing treatment and surgery
- Assist veterinarian before, during and after surgery
- Prepare and administer medications and vaccines under direction of veterinarian
- Administer treatments as prescribed by veterinarian
- Conduct specialized procedures on animals such as animal identification and hoof trimming
- Produce diagnostic radiographs, collect samples and perform other laboratory tests
- Perform routine animal dental procedures and assist veterinarians with animal dentistry
- Provide nursing care and rehabilitation therapy for animals
- Provide wound and bandage care
Area of specialization:
- Animal dentistry
- Small animals
- Emergency care
- Animal training
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Fastpaced environment
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
Personal suitability:
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week
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