Veterinary Care Assistant - Large Animal (Temp)
About The Position
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medical Center seeks a Veterinary Care Assistant to join the Large Animal team. The position assists in caring for ill and injured animals and supports clinicians, staff, and professional students in the Veterinary Medical Center's daily operations. Duties include basic patient care, assisting with assessments, restraint, and treatments, monitoring and transporting patients, maintaining animal housing and treatment areas, stocking supplies, collecting laboratory specimens, assisting with laundry and clerical work, and helping train student employees. This is a temporary fixed-term position scheduled for 40 hours per week on the first shift. The hiring range is $18.00–$20.82.
Requirements
- Large animal handling experience.
Nice To Haves
- One year of experience working in a veterinary hospital or veterinary practice.
Responsibilities
- Provide basic patient care functions.
- Assist with patient assessment, restraint, and treatments.
- Comfort, groom, and care for hospitalized patients.
- Monitor patients and notify a higher-level technician or veterinarian of unusual changes or symptoms.
- Transport patients within the Veterinary Medical Center.
- Stock supplies, including feed, medical supplies, and equipment.
- Clean and disinfect treatment areas, animal housing units, adjacent areas, and supporting equipment according to prescribed sanitation procedures and epidemiology rules to prevent the spread of disease.
- Carry out prescribed bedding.
- Walk patients and provide clean housing, food, and water at all times.
- Perform daily cleaning of outdoor areas and Veterinary Medical Center entrances.
- Clean animal areas, including windows, floors, light covers, ledges, hallways, vents, and receiving rooms, and notify the supervisor of non-routine repair needs.
- Assist with laundry.
- Provide clerical support when necessary.
- Assist in collecting laboratory specimens, such as blood, urine, and feces, for testing.
- Assist with training student employees in prescribed animal care.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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