Veterinarian

Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
- Experience: Experience an asset
**Work setting**:

- Veterinary clinic
**Tasks**:

- Diagnose diseases or abnormal conditions in individual animals, herds and flocks through physical examinations or laboratory tests
- Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds or performing surgery
- Vaccinate animals to prevent and treat diseases
- Advise clients on feeding, housing, behaviour, breeding, hygiene and general care of animals
- Conduct veterinary research related to areas such as animal nutrition, health care products development and disease prevention and control
- Enforce government regulations in disease control and food production including animal or animal-based food inspection
- Perform routine, emergency and post-mortem examinations
- Provide a range of veterinary services including obstetrics, dentistry and euthanasia
- Responsible for overall operation of animal hospital, clinic or mobile service to farms
- Supervise animal health technologists and animal care workers
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
**Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer
- Other benefits
- Parking available
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week