Veterinary Technician (Part-time)

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Job Summary
Job Summary
Queen’s University is currently accepting applications to fill an opening for a Part-Time Veterinary Technician to work weekends and holidays (approximately 14 hours per week) in Animal Care Services.

Hourly Rate: $25/hour + 4% vacation pay = $26/hour

Opportunity Details:

• Scheduled shifts, rotating every other weekend. Opportunity for additional hours during summer months and during the winter holidays.

Job Description
Job Duties:

• Provide daily care and husbandry for laboratory animals.

• Provide technical support as required, i.e. post-surgical monitoring and supportive care.

• Provide clinical health reports daily to the Veterinarian.

• Provide animal treatments under veterinary guidance.

• Prepare and dispense the correct diet for specific species according to the animal’s biological needs, using scales, volumetric devices and including sterilization procedure.

• Recognize and record deviations from normal health and behaviour, reporting any abnormalities to Veterinary Services.

• Accurately identify, handle, and restrain animals within the facility.

• Must be aware of the basic principles of sterility, quarantining, conditioning, and epidemiological control.

• Handling and providing for the needs of special husbandry cases:

o Biohazards
o Sterile environment

• Lifting heavy animals and equipment e.g. bags of food, paper, cleaning fluids, caging. - These skills are applied to the husbandry of common laboratory animals.

Requirements:

• The incumbent must be a registered veterinary technician (RVT).

• The incumbent must have a patient, humane, and caring attitude towards all animals, combined with the strength and knowledge to handle them successfully and aware of the basic principles of sterility, quarantining, conditioning and epidemiological control.

• Commitment to be at work on-time for each shift.

• Strong communications skills are required (speak, read, and write in English).

• Ability to work independently and in a group as a member of the Animal Care Services team.

• Ability to lift 18 kg (40lbs)

• Physically capable of performing the duties listed above.

• Knowledge of the Canadian Council of Animal Care (CCAC), the Canadian Association for Laboratory Science (CALAS), the Animals for Research Act and the University Animal Care Committee is an asset.

Employment Equity and Accessibility Statement

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen's is strongly committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Black, racialized persons, Indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQI+ persons. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to those who are legally eligible to work in Canada.

The University provides support in its recruitment processes to all applicants who require accommodation due to a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code, including those with disabilities. Candidates requiring accommodation during the recruitment process are asked to contact Human Resources at hradmin@queensu.ca.

Skills

• Assessments

• Attention To Detail

• Leadership

• Patient Support

Reference

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