The Food Animal Field Service Veterinarian will work within a collaborative team, providing high-quality care to client-owned animals in their home environment. The role combines clinical excellence, teaching students, and an outstanding quality of life based on a 37.5-hour work week. A key advantage of this position is its sustainable work schedule, including a shared on-call rotation. The current service consists of 3 veterinarians and is expected to grow to 5.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides high-quality care to client-owned animals in their home environment, including after regular business hours
- Utilizes and assimilates available clinical information to make decisions regarding patient care
- Deals with emerging and unpredictable events involving large animals
- Participates in the teaching and mentoring of students
- Ensures the maintenance and growth of the Food Animal Field Service and reproductive services caseload of the VMC
- Provides additional teaching duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- A DVM degree or equivalent
- Licenced, or eligible for licensure, with the SVMA
- An advanced degree, appropriate specialty board certification, or both, are preferred
- Experience in mixed or food animal practice is desirable
- Possession of a valid Saskatchewan driver’s licence (or eligibility to obtain one), an acceptable driving record as determined by the University of Saskatchewan, and the willingness and ability to travel throughout the region
- Experience in clinical instruction and mentorship are assets
- Strong communication and interpersonal abilities
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively within a team
The salary range, based on 1.0 FTE, is $87,266-145,353/year. For more information, see the full ad on the USask Careers page: https://usask.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/14/home?c=usask&sq=wcvm