Assistant Veterinarian Medical Officer

State of Maryland; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Agriculture in Delaware is seeking an Assistant Veterinarian Medical Officer to join the Poultry & Animal Health section. The role develops, implements, and manages statewide animal and poultry health programs, and conducts disease investigations and necropsies.

You will work with the Divisions of Public Health and Fish & Wildlife on cross-agency disease issues, advise on sanitation and disease control, and help develop/enforce regulations to protect animal and human health.

Qualifications

• Active Delaware veterinary license or license in another jurisdiction.
• Six months experience in practicing veterinarian medicine including diagnosing diseases.
• Six months experience interpreting laws, rules, regulations and procedures.
• Knowledge of program administration and developing/ evaluating programs.
• Knowledge of epidemiological methods to study disease patterns.
• Experience supervising staff or leading a team.

Responsibilities

• Enforces compliance with state and federal codes on contagious diseases and health certification.
• Performs necropsies to determine cause of death and diagnose diseases.
• Ensures completion of inspections, tests, and reports to meet objectives.
• Determines need for quarantines to protect health.
• Advise owners, dealers and producers on sanitation and disease control.
• Reviews regulations and advises on feasibility and impact.
• Develops and revises procedures to ensure consistent interpretation of regulations.
• Represents the state before groups on local, regional and national levels.
• Develops technical reports and presentations.
• Plans, directs, and evaluates the work of subordinates.

Skills

Delaware veterinary license

Veterinary medicine experience

Regulatory knowledge

Epidemiology knowledge

Staff supervision

Job description

Summary Statement

The Department of Agriculture is currently seeking an Assistant Veterinarian Medical Officer to join the Poultry & Animal Health section. This position is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing statewide animal and poultry health programs. Performing disease investigations and necropsies within the framework of population health to determine cause of illness or cause of death so that appropriate control measures may be taken. This position also works closely with the Divisions of Public Health and Fish & Wildlife on cross-agency disease issues, overseeing and developing policy for reports of livestock welfare violations, working with emergency response personnel on poultry and livestock foreign animal disease incidents and supervision of animal health staff.

Essential Functions

• Enforces compliance with State and Federal codes dealing with contagious diseases and health certification.
• Performs necropsies to determine cause of death and diagnose diseases.
• Ensures completion of field inspections, diagnostic tests, laboratory procedures, and reports to ensure goals/objectives are met.
• Determines need for and enforces quarantines of a premise, region, county or the state to protect human and animal health.
• Advise animal owners, livestock dealers and producers of proper sanitation and disease control methods.
• Reviews, evaluates and analyzes existing, proposed and newly enacted animal health regulations and advises supervisor on feasibility of implementation and impact on current policies, procedures, regulations, programs and operations.
• Reviews and evaluates operations and establishes new/revised policies, procedures and methods of operation to ensure uniform interpretation and accurate application of regulations, instructions, standards and specifications.
• Represents the State before public and private groups and individuals on a state, regional, national and international level.
• Develops reports containing medical and technical information.
• Prepares and presents lectures and demonstrations.
• Plans, directs, reviews and evaluates the work of subordinates including contractuals.

Job Requirements

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Assistant Veterinarian Medical Officer

• Possession of an active Delaware Veterinarian license OR Possession of an active Veterinarian license in another jurisdiction (state, the District of Columbia or U.S. territory).
• Six months experience in practicing veterinarian medicine which includes diagnosing and controlling diseases.
• Six months experience in interpreting laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of program administration such as overseeing and directing the development, implementation and evaluation of programs and services; planning and establishing short and long range program goals and objectives. Providing advice to other agency organizational units through consultation.
• Knowledge of using epidemiological methods to identify, study and control the incidence and distribution of communicable, chronic or environmental diseases or other public health problems.
• Knowledge of staff supervision acquired through course work, academic training, training provided through an employer, or performing as a lead worker overseeing the work of others; OR supervising staff which may include planning, assigning, reviewing, and evaluating the work of others; OR supervising through subordinate supervisors a group of professional, technical, and clerical employees.

Conditions of Hire

As a condition of hire, if the applicant does not possess an active Delaware Veterinarian License, the applicant must agree as a requirement of employment to obtain an active Delaware License within 90 days of employment.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware Executive Branch participates in the Federal E-Verify system where the State will provide the federal government with each new hires Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information refer to our job seeker resources.

All new hires are required to report to the Statewide New Employee Orientation (SNEO) on their first day of employment. Sessions are held at designated locations in Kent or New Castle County.

Benefits

To learn more about the comprehensive benefit package please visit our website at https://dhr.delaware.gov/benefits/

Selection Process

The application and supplemental questionnaire are evaluated based upon a rating of your education, training and experience as they relate to the job requirements of the position. It is essential that you provide complete and accurate information on your application and the supplemental questionnaire to include dates of employment, job title and job duties. For education and training, list name of educational provider, training course titles and summary of course content.

Once you have submitted your application on-line, all future correspondence related to your application will be sent via email. Please keep your contact information current. You may also view all correspondence sent to you by the State of Delaware in the My Applications tab at StateJobs.Delaware.gov.

Accommodations

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities in all phases of the application and employment process.

Individuals who use TDD may request auxiliary aid or service by calling [phone] or by visiting delawarerelay.com.

If you need assistance with an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or general applicant support, you may call [phone] or email [e-mail].

The State of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity employer and values a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage and seek out a workforce representative of Delaware including race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.