Veterinarian Practitioner

**Work Setting**:

- Willing to relocate
- Private practice
- 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
- Perform routine, emergency and post-mortem examinations
- Provide a range of veterinary services including obstetrics, dentistry and euthanasia
- Supervise animal health technologists and animal care workers

**Supervision**:

- 5-10 people

**Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses**:

- Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Certification
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

**Security and Safety**:

- Eligible for professional liability insurance

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**:

- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Fast-paced environment
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Work under pressure

**Personal Suitability**:

- Accurate
- Dependability
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics

**Screening questions**:

- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan

**Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Variable or compressed work week