Veterinary Investigation Officer (VIO) APHA Bury St Edmunds
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Job Summary
Are you considering a change in your veterinary career?
Are you looking for a career with variety and flexibility in the work you do?
Do you want a role safeguarding standards of animal health and welfare, protecting Great Britain from exotic notifiable diseases?
Many of the skills and competences already acquired in veterinary positions elsewhere will be applicable and valued in veterinary roles within APHA. Why not explore a change, a new veterinary path, one that can have far reaching impacts?
We offer first class flexible working benefits, a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, excellent employee well-being support and a civil service pension scheme, as well as 25 days leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service.
This video is an example of the type of work vets are involved in at APHA.
Job Role at a glance
This post offers the successful candidate an additional pay supplement of £3,000 upon appointment (pro rata). In addition to this, there is a further pay supplement of up to £3,000 (pro rata) which may be offered based on an annual competency assessment.
Role Title
Veterinary Investigation Officer (VIO)
Organisation
Animal and Plant Health Agency
Role Purpose
This Vet role involves a wide range of work including, but not limited to, the following:
- Undertake disease investigations in farm animals and wildlife by conducting post-mortems and diagnostic sampling.
- Obtaining relevant history from vets and farmers for investigating disease and to provide data for disease surveillance.
- Using laboratory testing for diagnosis or to rule out diseases.
- Collating, reporting and discussing findings with veterinary clients, farmers and APHA colleagues.
- Providing advice on diseases and making recommendations on disease control and prevention.
- Conducting farm visits to investigate for possible new diseases, zoonoses or potential threats to the food chain.
- Opportunity to work with other veterinary and industry stakeholders, participate in knowledge exchange and influence standards of animal health and welfare.
- Conducting surveillance for notifiable disease, through sampling and gross diagnostic pathology.
Key responsibilities and duties
We are looking for candidates who;
- Are aware of the UK farming industry and diseases of farmed animals.
- Have an interest or further experience in diagnostic pathology.
- Can engage with customers and stakeholders confidentially and professionally.
- Can produce reports to communicate veterinary knowledge.
- Can demonstrate an ability to maintain and assure appropriate levels of quality assurance for scientific evidence and advice.
- Are capable of strategic thinking, with diagnostic, analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
Qualifications
Memberships
Languages
- have undertaken undergraduate veterinary training in English;
or - having a sufficient command of spoken and written English to effectively perform the role being undertaken by a public sector worker in a customer-facing role
or - have achieved the following scores in the academic international English Language Testing System (IELTS) or equivalent in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application – Overall 7, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7.