Veterinary Technician | Veterinary Clinical Sciences

The Opportunity

The Veterinary Clinical Sciences in Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine is hiring multiple Veterinary Technicians. In this role you will provide veterinary technical support and assist during examination, diagnostic procedures, induction, anesthesia, surgery and recovery of live animals in the CVM professional degree program laboratory teaching unit. You will also assist with setup, teaching and tear-down of laboratories in professional degree program. Additionally, you will teach DVM students and communicate with faculty and other staff regarding the delivery of laboratory curriculum and procurement of animals for the teaching program.

Required Qualifications

• Veterinary Specialist 2: An associate degree from an accredited school of animal technology, or registration, certification or licensure in an animal or veterinary technician field and one year full-time experience as a Veterinary Specialist 1; OR equivalent education/experience.
• Veterinary Specialist 3: A Bachelor’s degree in a medical, biological, or allied field, and two years of applicable experience; or graduation from a two-year veterinary technician program, and two years of working experience with laboratory animals, at least six months must include experience directing the work of others; OR equivalent education/experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• For all classifications: Experience training and teaching students, interns and residents in specialty clinic setting.
• Experience working in a small animal and large animal veterinary setting preferred.
• For Veterinary Specialist 3: 5 years of experience working with laboratory animals or in a veterinary clinic setting.

About Department/College/Area/Campus

About Department/College/Area/Campus: https://vetmed.wsu.edu/

Application Instructions

Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application: Resume, Cover Letter. External candidates, upload all documents in the “Application Document” section of your application. Current WSU Employees (internal candidates), before starting your Workday application, please use these instructions to update your education and experience in your worker profile in Workday. Internal candidates, upload all documents in the “Resume/Cover Letter” section of your application. Documents may be submitted as one file or separate files. Applicants are encouraged to upload as a PDF, if possible. Reference contact information will be requested later in the recruitment process through Workday.

Benefits

WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts; training and development; and employee tuition waiver.

Background Check

This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34, engages in law enforcement, requires security clearance, interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity, has access to personal identifying and/or financial information, unsupervised access to university buildings/property, or other business-related need. A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.

Time Type

Full time