Large Animal Handling Technician
Long-Term Opportunity | Offers Benefits | Day Shift
Job Description
This role involves providing comprehensive care for animals before and after surgical procedures, including ongoing monitoring and data collection. You will support and care for animals such as sheep, pigs, & canines.
Responsibilities

+ Dispense medications as prescribed by veterinarians and protocol specifications.

+ Administer start-up medications, monitor fasting of animals, and conduct pre-procedure animal weights and clinical observations.

+ Monitor animals during their critical recovery phase following surgery, perform TPRs, auscultate the heart and lungs, assess pain at incision sites, change wound dressings, and administer medications.

+ Perform intravenous blood draws.

+ Conduct preventive health maintenance such as administering maintenance medications, anthelmintics, vaccinations, and ointment applications, and perform...