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JOB SUMMARY:
Provides veterinary technical services to promote and maintain health of research animals, with occasional guidance. Demonstrates knowledge of compliance with existing regulations. Assists with training of personnel.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Assesses laboratory animals for diseases. Determines which require evaluation by a veterinarian and which require treatment for minor conditions.
- Communicates treatment plans and the identification of sick animals to researchers, investigators and veterinarians
- Performs basic diagnostic testing.
- Collects samples for testing and prepare the samples and paperwork for submission.
- Keeps adequate and appropriate records for maintaining the care and well being of animals.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES:
COMMUNICATION (INTERMEDIATE): - Clearly, effectively and respectfully communicates to employees or customers.
CUSTOMER SERVICE (INTERMEDIATE): - A continuing focus on the needs and requirements of customers, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, responsive to customer needs.
SPECIMEN COLLECTION (INTERMEDIATE): Ability to collect all sample types and prepare specimen for downstream diagnostic testing.
RESTRAINT HANDLING (INTERMEDIATE): Demonstrates knowledge of proper technique for handling and restraining animals from multiple species.
LABORATORY ANIMAL DISEASES (NOVICE): Knowledge of and experience with laboratory animal diseases, outbreaks, methods of spread, and methods of limiting disease.
VETERINARY KNOWLEDGE (INTERMEDIATE): Demonstrates knowledge of veterinary medicine including the care across species, calculation of medical doses and administration, recognizing clinical and behavioral signs for healthy, ill or injured animals, etc.
ANIMAL CARE KNOWLEDGE (INTERMEDIATE): Knowledgeable on the needs, treatment, and husbandry for different animal species. Able to ensure their welfare, nutrition, and safety.
CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES: - Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
- Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
- Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedure that apply to your own job.
- Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.
CORE CAPABILITIES:
SUPPORTING COLLEAGUES (S2):
- - Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
- - Builds and Maintains Relationships : Seeks to understand colleagues priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
- - Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
DELIVERING EXCELLENT SERVICES (S2):
- - Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
- - Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns tosupervisors in a timely manner.
- - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
ENSURING HIGH QUALITY (S2):
- - Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
- - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.
- - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
MANAGING RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY (S2):
- - Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
- - Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
- - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
FOSTERING INNOVATION (S2):
- - Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
- - Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
- - Adapts to Change: Embraces change by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.
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