Veterinary Science # 59150

Veterinary Science, #59150
Occupational Family: Natural Resources and Applied Sciences
Pay Band Range: 4 - 7

Concept of Work

This Career Group provides career tracks for veterinary technicians and veterinarians performing veterinary services. The services include: laboratory diagnostics, veterinary in-service clinical training/certification, investigations, inspections, animal disease control, animal health and welfare, prevention of contamination of food of animal origin, protecting the health and safety of imported animals and products, safety of animal products, and cooperative enforcement activities for public and private sectors. Employees’ responsibilities range from entry-level technician to executive management. Veterinarians require Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree (DVM) from an American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), accredited veterinary college or certification by the AVMA’s Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates.

Roles Comprising This Group

These roles describe the collective characteristics of the work performed by employees in the Veterinary Science Career Group. These roles define the typical career paths for employees who pursue careers as veterinary technicians or veterinarians.

Although both of these occupations perform veterinary services, each warrants a separate career track. Each of these career paths requires different knowledge, skills, and abilities and would not naturally lead to the other for career progression. However, a role for each of these occupations represents different levels of work, or career progression. Career paths may exist within a single role, extend to the other roles in this Career Group, or to roles in other occupationally related Career Groups.

PAY BAND	PRACTITIONER ROLES	ROLE CODE	MANAGEMENT ROLES	ROLE CODE
4	Veterinary Technician I	59151
5	Veterinary TechnicianII/ Veterinarian I	59152
6	Veterinarian II	59153
7	Veterinarian III	59154	Veterinary Manager	59155

Role Descriptions

These roles are distinguished based upon the Compensable Factors of Complexity, Results, and Accountability and are used for position classification. These factors should be used for classification and compensation analysis. Recruitment and selection standards must be based on knowledge, skills, and abilities as indicated in the Employee Work Profile.

Veterinary Technician I	Code: 59151	Pay Band: 4	SOC: 31-9096*
The Veterinary Technician I role provides career tracks for veterinary technicians who provide skilled technical support to clinical faculty and veterinary students within a small animal and/or large animal clinic or Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Duties include performing and scheduling regular and diagnostic special procedures; electrodiagnostic procedures; critical care nursing procedures; serving as anesthetist; giving instruction, supervision, and assistance to veterinary students; monitoring medical equipment; and assisting clinical faculty with emergency treatment of animals.
COMPLEXITY	Applies knowledge of principles, and practices governing veterinary science to the care and treatment of animals. Adheres to Accreditation Standards and other regulatory requirements for testing animals. Supports clinical faculty by performing skilled technical work. Frequent contacts with students, technicians, and other staff to provide technical expertise and to ensure that specialized procedures are performed properly.
RESULTS	Critical animal care and technical support is given for small and large animals. Instruction, supervision, and assistance are given to veterinary students in the area of anesthesia, intensive care management, and special diagnostics.
ACCOUNTABILITY	Instructs, supervises, and assists veterinary students. Exercises sound judgment and decision-making regarding patient care.

Veterinary Technician II/ Veterinarian I	Code: 59152	Pay Band: 5	SOC: 29-1131* and 31-9096*
The Veterinary Technician II/Veterinarian I role provides career tracks for the veterinary technicians serving as technical supervisors in a veterinary hospital. This career track is for employees who provide supervisory direction in a small or large animal medicine and/or surgery section of a veterinary teaching hospital. The second career track is for veterinarians whose expertise level ranges from entry level to advanced level. Employees are responsible for enforcement of regulations that protect animal’s health and welfare and the health of consumers by investigating animal diseases, contamination of food of animal origin, the sanitation of various food products and cooperative enforcement activities involving both public and private sectors.
Veterinary Technician II (Supervisor)
COMPLEXITY	Applies knowledge of principles, practices and laws governing veterinary science to the technical direction of a laboratory or medical and surgical sections of a veterinary teaching hospital. Adheres to Accreditation Standards and other regulatory requirements for treating animals. Supports clinical faculty and veterinary hospital administration by performing skilled technical work. May supervise and instruct advanced veterinary medical students, and veterinary technicians on how to conduct professional animal care techniques and specialized procedures. Frequent contacts with students, technicians, faculty, Veterinary practitioners, and other staff to provide technical expertise and to ensure that specialized procedures are performed properly.
RESULTS	May train, and certify staff and students in anesthesia, intensive care management and special diagnostic procedures in a veterinary teaching hospital. May manage externships for veterinary technologists.
ACCOUNTABILITY	Supervises paraprofessionals, senior veterinary students, technicians, or other staff in a veterinary teaching hospital. Responsible for planning, organizing, and assisting in the administration of animal health or veterinary functions. Advises management on staffing and program needs.
(Veterinarian I)
COMPLEXITY	Applies knowledge of principles, practices, and laws governing veterinary medicine. Adheres to accreditation standards and other regulatory requirements for treating animals. Serves as a professional with variable duties in veterinary field services or veterinary diagnostic work. Investigates animal diseases, contamination of food of animal origin, sanitation of various food products. Performs cooperative enforcement activities. Provides veterinary diagnostic services to assist private practitioners and the public. Frequent contacts with consumers, state agencies, state/federal officials, and veterinary practitioners to ensure compliance with animal health requirements.
RESULTS	Consumers are protected against unhealthy animals, diseases, and food borne illnesses. Promotes animal health and welfare by diagnosis, treatment, and examinations. Protects clients from economic losses due to animal disease or loss of markets.
ACCOUNTABILITY	Independently resolves daily veterinarian issues within an assigned area. May supervise professional and paraprofessional staff.

Veterinarian II	Code: 59153	Pay Band: 6	SOC: 29-1131*
The Veterinarian II role provides career tracks for veterinarians who act as supervisors and are involved in the statewide administration of a regional laboratory or veterinary service programs. These laboratories, animal disease control and welfare programs are in support of the Virginia livestock and meat/poultry industries, veterinary practitioners, and the public.
COMPLEXITY	Applies knowledge of principles, practices, and laws governing veterinary science. Adheres to Accreditation Standards and other regulatory requirements for treating animals. Applies knowledge of principles and practices of supervision and management of staff and budget. Formulates, administers, interprets, and makes recommendations regarding budgets, policies and procedures. Frequent contacts with consumers, other state agencies, private entities, government and legislative officials to provide advises and consultations on program issues.
RESULTS	Ensures well-being of consumers with regard to animal health and welfare. Impacts effectiveness, success, and fiscal responsibility of programs, functions, staffing and customer service. Protects consumers and industry from economic loss due to disease or loss of markets.
ACCOUNTABILITY	Exercises sound judgment in making autonomous leadership and administrative, professional decisions. Provides guidance and training for other staff in a functional area. Identifies and implements strategies or processes to support agency and program missions. Supervises staff, program(s) and administrative functions in an assigned area including personnel and budgetary issues.

These two roles provide a dual career track for veterinarians.

Veterinarian III	Code: 59154	Pay Code: 7	SOC: 29-1131*
Veterinary Manager	Code: 59155	Pay Code: 7	SOC: 11-9199*
The Veterinarian III role provides career tracks for veterinarians who serve as experts providing specialized and statewide diagnostic services in the Animal Industry Services Laboratory System.
Veterinarian III
COMPLEXITY	Applies expert knowledge of veterinary diagnostics and interpretation of policy. Applies knowledge of principles, practices, and laws governing veterinary science. Frequent contacts with agency veterinarians, private veterinarian practitioners, other state agencies, private entities and government, and the general public to provide technical expertise and to advise on diagnostics.
RESULTS	Ensures well being of consumers with regard to animal health and welfare. Impacts the effectiveness, success, and responsibility of programs, functions, staffing, and customer service.
ACCOUNTABILITY	Exercises authority to make complex decisions regarding consumers, animal health/welfare and other program issues. Assists in the resolution of technical problems. Exercises independent judgment within scope of authority; consults management on unusual issues.
Veterinary Manager
The Veterinary Manager role provides career tracks for managers who serve as State Veterinarians and direct Animal Industry Services (AIS) programs. Responsibilities include: administrative management, staff supervision, budget, planning, goals/objectives, quality assurance to ensure compliance with AIS laws and regulations, agency policies, and the promotion of economic development in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
COMPLEXITY	Applies knowledge of principles of management. Applies knowledge of standards and guidelines required by the accrediting agents and American Veterinary Medical Association. Manages administrative and operational aspects of multiple veterinary programs. Develops, interprets and applies policies. Regulates activities associated with the practice of veterinary science. Frequent contacts with management, public, other state agencies, and government and legislative officials on administrative and veterinary issues.
RESULTS	Ensures well being of consumers with regard to animal health and welfare. Impacts the effectiveness, success, and fiscal responsibility of programs, functions, staffing, and customer service. Ensures compliance with federal and state laws governing the practice of humane animal treatment.
ACCOUNTABILITY	Effective management and administration of complex veterinary programs, sound decision-making and judgment. Leadership and development of staff and programs. Ensures that quality assurance initiatives of programs are met. Responsible for broad program duties and accomplishments of agency/program objectives to include allocation of resources and services.

*Statistical Reporting

This Career Group includes, but is not limited to, those in the following Standard Occupational Classifications:

11-9199	Managers, All Others
29-1131	Veterinarians
31-9096	Veterinary Assistants & Laboratory Animal Caretakers

History

Previous class titles (listed by new role title).

Veterinary Technician I

CLASS CODE	CLASS TITLE	GRADE
43081	Medical Technologist (This class will be cross-walked with another Career Group. Agency will do a Role change to move positions to this Career Group and Role.)	9

Veterinary Technician II/Veterinarian I

CLASS CODE	CLASS TITLE	GRADE
43083	Medical Technologist Supervisor (This class will be cross-walked with another Career Group. Agency will do a Role change to move positions to this Career Group and Role.)	12
81352	Veterinarian	13
81353	Veterinarian Senior	14
81359	Veterinary Diagnostician	14

Veterinarian II

CLASS CODE	CLASS TITLE	GRADE
81356	Veterinary Program Coordinator	15

Veterinarian III

CLASS CODE	CLASS TITLE	GRADE
81351	Veterinary Diagnostician Senior	18

Veterinary Manager

CLASS CODE	CLASS TITLE	GRADE
81357	State Veterinarian	18