at Department of Agriculture in Springfield, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Essential Functions
- Travels within an assigned region to conduct disease investigations and perform sample collection for foreign animal, emerging, and program diseases.
- Assists in the maintenance of disease program and identification databases to advance animal disease traceability throughout Illinois.
- Travels within an assigned territory to perform inspections on auction markets, rendering plants and trucks, livestock dealers, and other animal health licensees.
- Travels within an assigned territory to conduct initial pullorum typhoid testing on flocks enrolling in the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP).
- Travels within an assigned territory to conduct limited livestock humane care investigations.
- Travels within an assigned territory to assist animal and animal product investigators on inspections or investigations when further veterinary evaluation is necessary.
- Contacts owners and veterinarians regarding reportable diseases as assigned.
- Works with partner agencies and stakeholders to facilitate emergency preparedness including but not limited to facilitating with maintenance of the premises database, assisting on the development of response plans, and facilitating communications with local emergency managers and the state emergency operations center.
- Performs other duties as assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties outlined above.
- Requires a degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from a college of veterinary medicine.
- Requires completion of a name-based background screening and self-disclosure of criminal history.
- Requires the ability to successfully pass a preemployment physical. Requires to be fit tested for a respirator as part of a pre-employment physical.
- Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties. Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license. Long distance driving and overnight travel may be required.
- Requires category II federally accredited Veterinarian.
- Requires license to practice veterinary medicine in Illinois.
- Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during state employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG) or may be subject to a fine.
- Requires the ability to work in adverse conditions including inclement weather and livestock settings.
- Requires residency in Marion, Fayette, Effingham, Clay, Jefferson, Washington, Clinton, or Wayne County.
- The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
