TES Farm Animal Assistant

Responsibilities

• Assist with the instruction of veterinary students in completing an initial exam, catheter placement, oral intubation, routine hoof trims, animal handling (primarily cattle, small ruminants, swine, camelids & large exotics), animal behavior, surgical preparation, fluid therapy, usage of equipment used in performing medical procedures.
• Provide direct patient care, including but not limited to, physical exams, administration of medications/vaccinations, catheter placement, oral intubation, collection of biomedical samples, administration of fluid/blood/plasma therapy, case monitoring.
• Maintain an adequate floor stock through ordering of supplies, restocking, and perform routine cleaning of hospital barns, lab equipment, research facilities, and ambulatory vehicles.
• Communicate with clients concerning patients.
• Aid in the preparation for medical procedures, including surgeries, by gathering supplies, preparing surgical fields, nerve blocks, sedation protocols.
• Operate, maintain, repair, and clean animal handling equipment/laboratory/research/clinical equipment as needed to maintain proper functions of the services.
• Perform routine laboratory procedures on biomedical samples, inspect facilities, equipment, and supplies daily, as well as observe health status of university and client owned animals, environmental conditions, temperature, and sanitation.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 pounds and able to stand 3-6 hours at a time.
• Transport livestock on university property requiring knowledge in proper use of trucks, trailers, tractors, forklifts and other farm equipment.
• Livestock handling and restraint (included but not limited to: cattle, small ruminants, swine & camelids) with some large animal exotic handling and restraint.
• Use of alley systems, manual chutes, hydraulic chutes, hydraulic tables and other large animal restraining equipment.
• Aids clinicians on farm calls. Responsible for organizing some animal housing, some feeding and overall care of livestock animals.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience handling and managing food animals safely.
• Veterinary assistant/technician experience.
• Farm animal experience.
• Large animal experience.
• Animal science degree, or any related fields/degrees.