Job description
This recruitment will be used to fill one full-time Veterinary Assistant position for the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Oregon State University (
OSU
).
This position provides general medical assistance to veterinarians and veterinary technicians. This position works in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and will complete duties in the Large Animal Hospital. The Veterinary Assistant assists with medical care and treatment of the patients, paperwork processing, and insures a clean and organized hospital care environment.
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital provides primary and referral health care for animals in Oregon and the region, participates in the education of veterinary students though clinical training, develops novel diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for veterinary care, and provides consultation service to practitioners and clients.
The Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine provides veterinary professional and graduate programs leading to the DVM and MS degrees, and operates the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The College budget (from all sources) approximates 21 million annually, which supports educational programs, veterinary medical and diagnostic public services, and research programs with broad impacts related to animal and human health. The college employs approximately 200 faculty and staff, plus student workers.
Why OSU?
This position provides general medical assistance to veterinarians and veterinary technicians. This position works in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and will complete duties in the Large Animal Hospital. The Veterinary Assistant assists with medical care and treatment of the patients, paperwork processing, and insures a clean and organized hospital care environment.
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital provides primary and referral health care for animals in Oregon and the region, participates in the education of veterinary students though clinical training, develops novel diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for veterinary care, and provides consultation service to practitioners and clients.
The Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine provides veterinary professional and graduate programs leading to the DVM and MS degrees, and operates the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The College budget (from all sources) approximates 21 million annually, which supports educational programs, veterinary medical and diagnostic public services, and research programs with broad impacts related to animal and human health. The college employs approximately 200 faculty and staff, plus student workers.
Working for Oregon State University is so much more than a job!
Oregon State University is a dynamic community of dreamers, doers, problem-solvers and change-makers. We don’t wait for challenges to present themselves — we seek them out and take them on. We welcome students, faculty and staff from every background and perspective into a community where everyone feels seen and heard. We have deep-rooted mindfulness for the natural world and all who depend on it, and together, we apply knowledge, tools and skills to build a better future for all.
FACTS :
Locations:
Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport.
Oregon State’s beautiful, historic and state-of-the-art main campus is located in one of America’s best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine county. Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, this beautiful city offers miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, a river perfect for boating or kayaking and an eclectic downtown featuring local cuisine, popular events and performances.
Total Rewards Package:
Oregon State University offers a comprehensive benefits package with benefits eligible positions that is designed to meet the needs of employees and their families including:
Future and current OSU employees can use the Benefits Calculator to learn more about the full value of the benefits provided at OSU.
Position Duties
Oregon State University is a dynamic community of dreamers, doers, problem-solvers and change-makers. We don’t wait for challenges to present themselves — we seek them out and take them on. We welcome students, faculty and staff from every background and perspective into a community where everyone feels seen and heard. We have deep-rooted mindfulness for the natural world and all who depend on it, and together, we apply knowledge, tools and skills to build a better future for all.
FACTS :
- Top 1.4% university in the world
- More research funding than all public universities in Oregon combined
- 1 of 3 land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the U.S.
- 2 campuses, 11 colleges, 12 experiment stations, and Extension programs in all 36 counties
- 7 cultural resource centers that offer education, celebration and belonging for everyone
- 100+ undergraduate degree programs, 80+ graduate degrees plus hundreds of minor options and certificates
- 35k+ students including more than 2.3k international students and 10k students of color
- 217k+ alumni worldwide
- For more interesting facts about OSU visit: https://oregonstate.edu/about
Locations:
Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport.
Oregon State’s beautiful, historic and state-of-the-art main campus is located in one of America’s best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine county. Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, this beautiful city offers miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, a river perfect for boating or kayaking and an eclectic downtown featuring local cuisine, popular events and performances.
Total Rewards Package:
Oregon State University offers a comprehensive benefits package with benefits eligible positions that is designed to meet the needs of employees and their families including:
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life. OSU pays 95% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents.
- Retirement savings paid by the university.
- A generous paid leave package, including holidays, vacation and sick leave.
- Tuition reduction benefits for you or your qualifying dependents at OSU or the additional six Oregon Public Universities.
- Robust Work Life programs including Dual Career assistance resources, flexible work arrangements, a Family Resource Center, Affinity Groups and an Employee Assistance Program.
Future and current OSU employees can use the Benefits Calculator to learn more about the full value of the benefits provided at OSU.
Veterinary Assistants may be assigned to any of the areas below with varying percentages depending on the needs of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
45% – HOSPITAL ASSISTANCE:
Receives animal patients, processes intake paperwork, records patient information, inputs hospital charges in billing system, and verifies condition of stalls. Communicates with clients about patient status, referring veterinarians and outside pharmacies as needed. Provides patient care, treatments; including oral medications, feeding in accordance with verbal and written instructions, monitoring liquid intake levels, assists in lunging, jogging and trotting patients for lameness exams; assists in restraint and head propping for dental procedures; with monitoring patient conditions including performing inpatient physical exams. Exercises animal patients as directed; including disconnecting a patient from IV fluid line and flushing the catheter. Prepares patients for discharge and cleans equipment between patients.
25% MEDICAL PROCEDURE ASSISTANCE:
Sets up and prepares for medical procedures, including treatment room preparation. Assists veterinarian and veterinarian technician in various procedures and treatments including but not limited to non-diagnostic physical exams on patients, running in-house blood work and fluid samples, submitting samples though diagnostic labs, submitting anesthesia/radiology requests, restraining patients for treatments and blood draws, preparing rooms for surgical procedures and setting up anesthesia equipment, clipping and prepping patients for surgery, monitoring animal recovery, and assisting with bandage changes. Handles horses during lameness exams; walks, jogs, and lunges the horses.
20% – MAINTENANCE, CLEANING AND INVENTORY:
Maintains and cleans between patients; endoscopy units, ultrasounds, operating rooms, and treatment rooms. Cleans and tidies treatment carts, returns unused pharmacy items. Maintains supply inventories, records supplies used, and restocks medical supplies at various workstations.
10% – STUDENT ASSISTANCE:
Assists with demonstrating animal restraint and handling and instructing students in the proper use of equipment and supplies under direct supervision.
Minimum Qualifications
45% – HOSPITAL ASSISTANCE:
Receives animal patients, processes intake paperwork, records patient information, inputs hospital charges in billing system, and verifies condition of stalls. Communicates with clients about patient status, referring veterinarians and outside pharmacies as needed. Provides patient care, treatments; including oral medications, feeding in accordance with verbal and written instructions, monitoring liquid intake levels, assists in lunging, jogging and trotting patients for lameness exams; assists in restraint and head propping for dental procedures; with monitoring patient conditions including performing inpatient physical exams. Exercises animal patients as directed; including disconnecting a patient from IV fluid line and flushing the catheter. Prepares patients for discharge and cleans equipment between patients.
25% MEDICAL PROCEDURE ASSISTANCE:
Sets up and prepares for medical procedures, including treatment room preparation. Assists veterinarian and veterinarian technician in various procedures and treatments including but not limited to non-diagnostic physical exams on patients, running in-house blood work and fluid samples, submitting samples though diagnostic labs, submitting anesthesia/radiology requests, restraining patients for treatments and blood draws, preparing rooms for surgical procedures and setting up anesthesia equipment, clipping and prepping patients for surgery, monitoring animal recovery, and assisting with bandage changes. Handles horses during lameness exams; walks, jogs, and lunges the horses.
20% – MAINTENANCE, CLEANING AND INVENTORY:
Maintains and cleans between patients; endoscopy units, ultrasounds, operating rooms, and treatment rooms. Cleans and tidies treatment carts, returns unused pharmacy items. Maintains supply inventories, records supplies used, and restocks medical supplies at various workstations.
10% – STUDENT ASSISTANCE:
Assists with demonstrating animal restraint and handling and instructing students in the proper use of equipment and supplies under direct supervision.
Demonstrated experience in large and/or small animal handling and restraint AND one year of knowledge and experience or training in a large and/or small animal facility. Demonstrated knowledge of: drugs and medications typically used in veterinary care; patient preparation, medical procedure assistance; medical terminology; animal anatomy; veterinary care procedures; basic mathematics (add, subtract, multiply, divide); and animal restraint technique and devices. Finalists for this position will be required to complete a background history questionnaire. Offers of employment are contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
Additional Required Qualifications
This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
Preferred (Special) Qualifications
- At least 1 year of experience providing medical care for equines and other large animal species in a veterinary teaching hospital or veterinary clinic. Extensive knowledge and experience working with large animal and/or small animals in all aspects of veterinary assistance.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively instruct others in veterinary techniques.
- A demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity.
- Demonstrated high level of attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; must have the ability to communicate professionally with a variety of individuals.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and collaborate effectively with students, staff, faculty, and clients.
- The VTH is a seven day per week, 24 hour per day hospital; therefore, weekend and holiday work may be required. Shift assignment may change based on operational needs and/or to maintain appropriate staffing levels.
- This is a float position and work schedule will typically include at least one weekend day.
- This position is located in an extremely busy Veterinary Teaching Hospital and works primarily with large animals.
- This position may be exposed to noxious odors, infectious diseases, chemicals, gas anesthetics, radiation, loud noises, wet and slippery floors and machinery.
- This position has access to controlled substances, is responsible for maintaining controlled drug logs, and witnessing the dispensing of drugs out of the cubex machine.
- This position will often be required to move, which may include lifting and/or carrying, up to 50 pounds, as well as pushing or pulling objects weighing up to 200 pounds.
- This position requires walking, standing, running, stooping, bending, squatting, kneeling, and crawling on hard or uneven surfaces as necessary to provide care to animals.
- Working with and around large animals has certain inherent risks. Animal handling and restraining can lead to injury. To minimize risk to the employee in this positions, Oregon State University offers a rabies vaccination at the employer’s expense (acceptance/declination at the discretion of the appointee)
- Overtime, evening, on-call, and/or weekend hours required.
- This position is deemed essential. The employee in this position may be expected to report to work during inclement weather, emergency, and other University work curtailments or closures.
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
P04188CT
Number of Vacancies
1
Anticipated Appointment Begin Date
06/12/2023
Anticipated Appointment End Date
Posting Date
05/08/2023
Full Consideration Date
05/15/2023
Closing Date
05/22/2023
Indicate how you intend to recruit for this search
Competitive / External - open to ALL qualified applicants
Special Instructions to Applicants
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by May 15, 2023. Applications will continue to be accepted after the full consideration date, until a sufficient applicant pool has been achieved or the position is filled. The closing date is subject to change without notice to applicants.
Applications will be reviewed based on the information submitted on the employment profile with education and work history along with any other requested documentation i.e. posting specific question responses, transcripts, etc. Your profile MUST clearly show how you meet the minimum/required qualifications for the position. Resumes are NOT accepted at the application stage for classified staff positions.
Applications will be reviewed based on the information submitted on the employment profile with education and work history along with any other requested documentation i.e. posting specific question responses, transcripts, etc. Your profile MUST clearly show how you meet the minimum/required qualifications for the position. Resumes are NOT accepted at the application stage for classified staff positions.
Equivalent required experience is based on full-time equivalent (40 hours per week).
If you are using relevant volunteer experience to meet minimum qualifications, please include this information in the Employment History section of the application.
If you are using relevant volunteer experience to meet minimum qualifications, please include this information in the Employment History section of the application.
Typically, the starting salary is at the lower end of the salary range.
For additional information please contact: Garland Burdock at Garland.burdock@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-6910
OSU is committed to the health of our local and global community. All employees and students are required to comply with the university’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program. Please visit
https://covid.oregonstate.edu/ for additional information about OSU’s plans for safety and success, as well as options for compliance with the vaccination program.
OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.
This position requires driving a University vehicle or a personal vehicle on behalf of the University; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Motor Vehicle History Check, possess and maintain a current, valid driver’s license in their state of residence, be determined to be position qualified and self-report convictions as per University Policy 05-030 et seq. Offers of employment are contingent upon meeting all minimum qualifications including the Motor Vehicle Check Requirement.
This position requires driving a University vehicle or a personal vehicle on behalf of the University; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Motor Vehicle History Check, possess and maintain a current, valid driver’s license in their state of residence, be determined to be position qualified and self-report convictions as per University Policy 05-030 et seq. Offers of employment are contingent upon meeting all minimum qualifications including the Motor Vehicle Check Requirement.
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