Veterinarian Specialist: Emergency Preparedness and Response

Veterinarian Specialist (General)

The Animal Health Branch (AHB) functions as California's organized, professional veterinary medical unit to protect public health, animal agriculture, and the economy from catastrophic animal diseases and other related health and agricultural problems. AHB addresses livestock diseases and issues that require statewide coordinated resources; implements programs that protect public health and animal agriculture; and ensures the availability, affordability, and wholesomeness of food.

The Animal Health Branch is advertising to fill a Veterinarian Specialist (General) within the Modesto District Office.

Under the general direction of the Supervising Veterinarian (Veterinarian in Charge, VIC), the Veterinarian Specialist (General) plans, organizes, coordinates, and directs activities related to administrative, animal health, food safety, emergency management or other special programs and functions. The Veterinarian Specialist (General) will serve as an assistant to the VIC with duties including but not limited to:

Disaster and Disease Mitigation, Prevention, & Preparedness

Plan, organize, coordinate, and analyze animal health surveillance, disease response, and mitigation activities within the Modesto District, for the purposes of preparing for and responding to livestock and poultry disease outbreaks; planning and implementing appropriate disease mitigation measures; and recommending animal disease policy and procedure changes

Serve as the lead for developing and updating the Modesto District response plan to be used for activation of the District Animal Response Team (DART) during an animal disease outbreak or activation of the California Animal Response Emergency System (CARES) within the Modesto District

Serve as a subject matter expert for response and preparedness to Foreign Animal Diseases (FADs), Emerging Animal Diseases (EADs), Notifiable Animal Diseases (NADs), and for emergencies that impact and affect animal populations within the Modesto District

Serve as the District CARES coordinator to ensure the implementation of CARES program goals within the Modesto District

Administrative Branch Duties

Serve as the Assistant Veterinarian in Charge to:

Recruit, train, and lead other Modesto District staff

Represent the District and Branch at professional and industry meetings

Review, apply, and enforce laws, regulations, and policies of the Department and of various local, State, and Federal government agencies in all aspects of assigned duties

Participate in strategic planning for the District, Branch, Division, or Department

For a complete list of duties reference the attached duty statement.

Candidates may perform these essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement .