Professional Assistant – Health/Veterinary Science – Michael J. Grant Campus

Suffolk County Community College is the largest community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, enrolling more than 26,000 students at its three campuses in Selden, Brentwood, and Riverhead, as well as its Culinary Arts Center in Riverhead. Established in 1959, the college offers a wide array of transfer-oriented associate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences; business; communications and the arts; computing and cybersecurity; health sciences; and many other areas. Career-facing degrees and certificates are offered in allied health professions, automotive technology, culinary and baking, manufacturing, and many other areas. The college provides high school concurrent enrollment opportunities to thousands of students each year through both Suffolk’s Beacon program and through on-campus early college classes. Designated by the U.S. Department of Education as a Hispanic Serving Institution, Suffolk enrolls thousands of students in English Language Learning courses, and also serves more service veterans and military-connected students than any other college in the SUNY system.

Announcement is hereby made for a full-time (10-month) Professional Assistant in the Department of Health Sciences/Veterinary Science beginning immediately at the Michael J. Grant Campus in Brentwood, NY.

This is a Unit III position covered under the Faculty Association of Suffolk County Community College collective bargaining agreement with the college.

Responsibilities include:

ANIMAL CARE

• Co-Manager of Animal Care Facility
• Dispense medications as per recommendations of the attending veterinarian
• Maintain records on the feeding and health of the laboratory animals
• Monitor feed and bedding supplies
• Maintain the facility according to the guidelines set by the USDA, NYSDOH, IACUC
• Prepare the facility for USDA, NYSDOH and AVMA inspections
• Assist students with the care and testing of their individual animals for class

LABORATORY CLASS SESSIONS

• Set up and break down of labs
• Prepare equipment for labs and ensure equipment is ready and functioning
• Provide and perform periodic maintenance exams on all required equipment and devices used within the program
• Assist and work with instructors throughout the laboratory sessions
• Create and coordinate the surgery schedule
• Coordinate adjunct PA’s
• Maintain a classroom at Suffolk County Farm

SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

• Responsible for managing the inventory and ordering of supplies and essentials needed for class instruction
• Maintain controlled drug inventories and log books.
• Replace equipment as it becomes “dated” and as funding is available
• Ensure disposal and storage of regulated waste
• Notify Plant Operations of surgery schedules and plan fire inspections
• Serve as the liaison with all entities that we have MOU’s with (i.e. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Pal O Mine, etc.)
• Prepare work orders for Paumanok Hall facility maintenance as needed and per IACUC inspections
• Provide technical assistance in VST laboratories, including the preparation and disassembling of instructional supplies and equipment for the full complement of VST courses
• Promote compliance with standards and regulations of various federal, national, state, and local agencies, including the USDA, NYSDOH, and AVMA
• Provide instructional assistance to students who are implementing practical tasks, both in and out of the laboratory classroom, including the documentation of the successful performance by students of AVMA’s essential tasks
• Participate in assorted departmental, campus, and college activities, including the AVMA self-study and the college program-review process
• Develop and maintain files appropriate to the position’s responsibilities
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum

• An Associate Degree in Veterinary Technology
• Five (5) years of experience in Veterinary Technology
• Licensed Veterinary Technician in the State of New York

Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree in Veterinary Science