Veterinary Assistant

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University of Maryland Eastern Shoretime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
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** Job Description Summary
** Organization's Summary Statement:
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s (UMES) Department of Agriculture, Food, and Resource Sciences;
Extension, and Agriculture Experiment Station seek applications and nominations for a Veterinary Technician. The anticipated starting date for this position is spring 2026. The department offers B.S. degrees in Agribusiness Management and General Agriculture (with several concentrations), an M.S., and a Ph.D. in Food and Agricultural Sciences. The department is actively engaged in teaching, research, and extension, and has many faculty and staff with split appointments with UMES Extension and UMES Agriculture Experiment Station.
University Information:
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is the 1890 Land-Grant University in Maryland, located in a rural setting on the Delmarva Peninsula, between the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay. The major metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, MD, and Philadelphia, PA, are within easy travel distance.
Benefits: UMES offers exciting opportunities for professional growth. Generous benefits include health benefits (medical, prescription, dental, flexible spending accounts), Retirement (State or Optional Retirement Plan with Fidelity or TIAA), Supplemental Retirement Accounts (TIAA, Fidelity, or MSRP-Nationwide) with $600 annual state match, Life Insurance (state sponsored Met Life, USM sponsored Met Life Plan, life insurance and long-term disability insurance), Tuition Remission, Employee Assistance Program, paid holidays, paid leave (Exempt positions start at 22 days annual, sick leave 15 days per year, personal leave 3 days per year).
The Veterinary Assistant will work under the direction of the UMES Veterinarian to assist with the health and well-being of all laboratory animals used s involves the effective management of animal procurement and transportation; preventative medicine including quarantine, animal biosecurity, and surveillance); clinical disease, disability, or related health issues; protocol-associated disease, disability, and other sequelae; surgery and preoperative care; pain and distress;

anesthesia and analgesia; and humane euthanasia. The Veterinary Assistant performs routine and specialized duties associated with animal care, including feeding, medicating, cleaning, restraining, and transportation of laboratory animals (i.e., mice, sheep, goat, swine, and fish), adhering to all local, state, federal, and University regulations, guidelines, and policies. Weekend and holiday work are a requirement of this position. May be designated as essential personnel during a storm/natural disaster.

Responsibilities must be performed with minimal instruction, and the person will be expected to perform duties as described independently.
Responsibilities:  
• Performs routine and specialized duties associated with animal care, including    feeding, medicating, cleaning, restraining, and transportation of laboratory    animals (i.e., mice, sheep, goat, swine, and fish), adhering to all local, state,    federal, and University regulations, guidelines, and policies.

• Maintain and sanitize animal facilities, ensuring there is adequate inventory of    necessary supplies and equipment needed for research and animal care.

• Observe and report animal behavior and conditions, collecting and preparing    samples.

• Execute routine health protocols and, under the advice of the UMES    veterinarian, treat animals, accordingly, strictly following medicament    withdrawal periods.

• Repair and maintain laboratory equipment (blood machines, McMaster    fecal/centrifuge, etc.) as needed, ensuring that research and animal care    continue smoothly.

• Supervising student workers/volunteers and provide technical assistance to    research and veterinary personnel.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Physical Demands:  
• May require extended periods of standing, bending, stooping, sitting at desk.  
• Ability…