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Animal Health Officer - Scotland
| Posting date: | 24 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28,710 to £29,810 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 January 2025 |
| Location: | Inverness, Highland |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 380489 |
Summary
As a field-based Animal Health Officer (AHO) your duties will include, but not limited to the following:
blood sampling of livestock species including cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry (after suitable training)
collecting blood samples from bTB breakdown cattle herds, including suckler, beef and dairy herds
conducting documentation inspections on animal identification, animal movement, breeding, medicine and other written or electronic records for audit and disease control and surveillance purposes
collecting samples for National Surveillance Schemes including feed samples from farms, feed mills and feed merchants
collecting samples and information for disease surveys
managing compliance inspections for premises handling animal by-products e.g., rendering plants, composting sites, hunt kennels and knackers' yards
playing an active part in contingency planning so the agency is able to respond to outbreaks of exotic notifiable disease and other emergencies
undertaking allocated rostered out of hours on-call duties to deal with incidents and to support disease outbreak reports
participating as directed, to contribute to the control and the eradication of the disease including taking part in rosters for detached duty to other parts of Great Britain during outbreaks of notifiable disease
working with a diverse team, both locally and across Great Britain, including other technical colleagues, veterinary surgeons and scientists during notifiable disease outbreaks
blood sampling of livestock species including cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry (after suitable training)
collecting blood samples from bTB breakdown cattle herds, including suckler, beef and dairy herds
conducting documentation inspections on animal identification, animal movement, breeding, medicine and other written or electronic records for audit and disease control and surveillance purposes
collecting samples for National Surveillance Schemes including feed samples from farms, feed mills and feed merchants
collecting samples and information for disease surveys
managing compliance inspections for premises handling animal by-products e.g., rendering plants, composting sites, hunt kennels and knackers' yards
playing an active part in contingency planning so the agency is able to respond to outbreaks of exotic notifiable disease and other emergencies
undertaking allocated rostered out of hours on-call duties to deal with incidents and to support disease outbreak reports
participating as directed, to contribute to the control and the eradication of the disease including taking part in rosters for detached duty to other parts of Great Britain during outbreaks of notifiable disease
working with a diverse team, both locally and across Great Britain, including other technical colleagues, veterinary surgeons and scientists during notifiable disease outbreaks
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