Assistant Veterinarian Medical Officer

Essential Functions

• Enforces compliance with State and Federal codes dealing with contagious diseases and health certification.
• Performs necropsies to determine cause of death and diagnose diseases.
• Ensures completion of field inspections, diagnostic tests, laboratory procedures, and reports to ensure goals/objectives are met.
• Determines need for and enforces quarantines of a premise, region, county or the state to protect human and animal health.
• Advises animal owners, livestock dealers and producers of proper sanitation and disease control methods.
• Reviews, evaluates and analyzes existing, proposed and newly enacted animal health regulations and advises supervisor on feasibility of implementation and impact on current policies, procedures, regulations, programs and operations.
• Reviews and evaluates operations and establishes new/revised policies, procedures and methods of operation to ensure uniform interpretation and accurate application of regulations, instructions, standards and specifications.
• Represents the State before public and private groups and individuals on a state, regional, national and international level.
• Develops reports containing medical and technical information.
• Prepares and presents lectures and demonstrations.
• Plans, directs, reviews and evaluates the work of subordinates including contractuals.

Job Requirements

• Possession of an active Delaware Veterinarian license OR Possession of an active Veterinarian license in another jurisdiction (state, the District of Columbia or U.S. territory).
• Six months experience in practicing veterinarian medicine which includes diagnosing and controlling diseases.
• Six months experience in interpreting laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of program administration such as overseeing and directing the development, implementation and evaluation of programs and services; planning and establishing short and long range program goals and objectives. Providing advice to other agency organizational units through consultation.
• Knowledge of using epidemiological methods to identify, study and control the incidence and distribution of communicable, chronic or environmental diseases or other public health problems.
• Knowledge of staff supervision acquired through course work, academic training, training provided through an employer, or performing as a lead worker overseeing the work of others; OR supervising staff which may include planning, assigning, reviewing, and evaluating the work of others; OR supervising through subordinate supervisors a group of professional, technical, and clerical employees.