Senior Groom/transporter

3 weeks ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom University of Glasgow Full time

**Job Purpose**
Contribute to the activities of Glasgow Equine Hospital by undertaking all stable duties concerned with patients and teaching horses at the Hospital. Assisting nursing staff, veterinary surgeons and undergraduate students within the hospital. Transporting patients to and from the Hospital.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
1. Day to day husbandry and care of animals using best practice for techniques and standards of care. This includes feeding, grooming and mucking out, prioritising the tasks that need done each day, organising themselves and problem solving issues as and when they arise. In addition, monitoring stock levels and having foresight to plan ahead for what might be needed for items such as feeding, bedding, equipment and actioning ordering supplies as needed.
2. Ensuring all areas of the stables, examination/treatment rooms, outside areas and isolation unit are kept clean and tidy, adhering to biosecurity protocols.
Knowledge of biosecurity protocols and ability to work with clinical staff to develop and evolve protocols for the hospital.
3. Identification of any change in demeanour of the patients and reporting this to the appropriate clinician.
4. Ensure that feeding plans advised by clinicians for post-operative patients, or others requiring a specialised diet are adhered to, making sure that overnight rations are prepared so that out of hours staff can feed accordingly.
5. Daily husbandry of the University of Glasgow undergraduate teaching horses including arranging farrier appointments, transportation, recording weights and reporting any health issues to clinical staff.
6. Engagement, implementation and communication (to visitors and students) of health and safety policies and Standard Operating Procedures e.g. wearing appropriate PPE and accident reporting. Participation in training such as first aid and fire safety, risk assessment, implementation of any training and ability to come up with practical solutions for health and safety issues that arise.
7. Supervise, instruct and assess animal husbandry practical classes for undergraduate students, monitoring the teaching horses throughout. Restraining horses for examinations.
8. Transport of animals, both routine and emergency. Knowledge of the legislation, ability to assess and animal for ‘fitness to transport’ and demonstrating best practice when transporting animals. Experience in animal behaviour and handling and transport.
Experience in tractor driving.
9. Restraining animals for clinical and nursing staff when performing clinical procedures. Preparing patients for surgical procedures, assisting with sample/data collection and restraining animals for farriery.
10. Restraining animals for advanced medical imaging.
11. Lunging, long reining and trotting up animals for lameness assessment.
12. Communicating with clients
13. Ensuring that all animals are appropriately identified and labelled on admission, including their belongings so they can be returned to clients on discharge.
14. Supervising students while they are handling patients to ensure Health and Safety protocols are being adhered to.
15. Supervision of grooms to ensure protocol is adhered to and work is carried out to the standard expected.
16. Ad hoc provision of back up cover for the Hospital reception.

**Knowledge / Qualifications**

**Essential**
A1. Standard grades/National 5s or equivalent vocational qualification (VQ2/3) or equivalent e.g. City and Guilds plus typically 4 years relevant work experience.
A2. Full, valid UK driving licence
A3. Extensive experience of all aspects of caring for and handling stabled horses to enable a wide range of clinical and diagnostic procedures to be carried out.

**Desirable**
B1. Cat BE on driving licence having done a car and trailer test.
B2. SRUC animal transport qualification (or equivalent)
B3. Tractor driving qualification
B4. IT skills
B5. Knowledge of equine behaviour and learning.

**Skills**

**Essential**
C1. Excellent animal handling skills to ensure safety of clients, staff and students.
C2. Full, valid UK driving licence
C3. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, orally and written
C4. Ability to recognise changes in an animal’s demeanour and behaviour.
C5. Excellent ability to work independently, assess priorities and manage workload with mínimal supervision
C6. Excellent time management
C7. Ability to use own initiative
C8. Ability to be discreet and maintain confidentiality
C9. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
C10. Use of initiative and judgement to resolve routine work problems independently, referring complex problems as appropriate
C11. Physically fit with the ability to run while trotting horses up for lameness examinations

**Experience**

**Essential**
E1. Extensive experience of working in professional yards with at least 10 horses, which has included sole charge of yard.
E2. Experience working with fit competition horses, youngst

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