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Provide technical support and direct patient care for food and fiber producing species, including administering medications and assisting with medical procedures. Maintain hospital facilities, manage supplies, and assist veterinary students with clinical instruction.
Requirements
Requires a high school diploma or equivalent, with a preference for degrees in Animal Science or related fields. Candidates must have experience in handling and managing food animals and operating farm equipment.
Full job description
Overview
Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking applicants for a TES Farm Animal Assistant for the J. T. Vaughan Large Animal Teaching Hospital. This position provides technical support to veterinarians diagnosing and treating food and fiber producing species including training on topics such as animal husbandry, nutrition, handling, restraint, and ethology within the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Temporary Employment Services (TES), a unit of the Auburn University Department of Human Resources, is an in-house support center established to meet the temporary employment needs of the university. TES provides qualified and dedicated temporary employees in a wide variety of occupations to meet the staffing needs throughout the campus. Temporary employees are hired for a variety of reasons with the most common being:
Assistance in the place of a regular employee who is absent for a specified period of time
Additional assistance during periods of abnormal or peak workloads
Assistance with special projects
Seasonal work
Emergencies
If you are looking for an employment opportunity, TES is a great way to showcase your professional skills and assist Auburn University while gaining valuable work experience within higher education.
AU students are not eligible for TES.
Working Hours Mon - Fri from 7:30 am until 6:00 pm. Flexibility is required as call-backs and/or weekends may be needed occasionally.
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 with concerning patients.
Assist with the preparation for medical procedures, including surgeries, by gathering supplies, preparing surgical fields, nerve blocks, sedation protocols.
Operates, maintains, repairs, and clean animal handling equipment/laboratory/research/clinical equipment as needed to maintain proper functions of the services.
Performs routine laboratory procedures on biomedical samples, inspects facilities, equipment, and supplies daily, as well as observes 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. Job will require frequent standing and walking as well as lifting heavy objects.
Transportation of 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.
Assists clinicians on farm calls.
Responsible for organizing some animal housing, some feeding and over all care of livestock animals.
Qualifications
Can be a combination of education and experience listed below.
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.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge in proper use of trucks, trailers, tractors, forklifts and other farm equipment.
Requires livestock handling and restraint (included but not limited to: cattle, small ruminants, swine & camelids) with some large animal exotic handling and restraint.
Knowledge of alley systems, manual chutes, hydraulic chutes, hydraulic tables and other large animal restraining equipment.
Must be able to work as a team and possess critical thinking skills.
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Ready to lead and shape the future of higher education? Apply today! War Eagle!
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EAGLES is an inclusive higher education program for students with intellectual disabilities.
Industry
Primary and Secondary Education
Company size
2-10 employees
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Auburn, AL
LinkedIn followers
1,032
EAGLES is a comprehensive transition program (CTP) for students with intellectual disabilities. The program provides a postsecondary education opportunity for students with intellectual disabilities to engage in a two or four-year campus experience.
It is a non-degreed program focusing on (1) academic enrichment, (2) personal and social skills, (3) independence, (4) health and wellness, and (5) integrated work experiences. Students in the program receive an inclusive post-secondary education providing them with an enriching and rewarding Auburn experience as they prepare to transition to gainful employment, that aligns with the student’s strengths and interests and independent living. The EAGLES program operates to enable students to be contributing members of society both now and in the future.
Offices: Auburn, AL 36849, US
Inclusive Higher Education and Post-secondary Education
EAGLES is an inclusive higher education program for students with intellectual disabilities.
Industry
Primary and Secondary Education
Company size
2-10 employees
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Auburn, AL
LinkedIn followers
1,032
EAGLES is a comprehensive transition program (CTP) for students with intellectual disabilities. The program provides a postsecondary education opportunity for students with intellectual disabilities to engage in a two or four-year campus experience.
It is a non-degreed program focusing on (1) academic enrichment, (2) personal and social skills, (3) independence, (4) health and wellness, and (5) integrated work experiences. Students in the program receive an inclusive post-secondary education providing them with an enriching and rewarding Auburn experience as they prepare to transition to gainful employment, that aligns with the student’s strengths and interests and independent living. The EAGLES program operates to enable students to be contributing members of society both now and in the future.
Offices: Auburn, AL 36849, US
Inclusive Higher Education and Post-secondary Education