Animal Health Officer - England

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 (bovine tuberculosis) 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 Abattoir
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
during outbreaks of notifiable disease, 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
working with a diverse team, both locally and across Great Britain, including other technical colleagues, veterinary surgeons and scientists during notifiable disease outbreaks
risk based visits to premises for egg marketing inspections.
enforcing of regulations including Eggs and Chicks (England) 2009.