Stablehand
Vetsouth, Invercargill
11.2020 - 05.2021
- Follow direct instructions, work with the team and provide the absolute best care for all patients.
- Understand client confidentiality, compassion and respect all at the clinic.
- Organise covers, brushes, back room.
- Empty Manure trailer.
- Clean water troughs, shift fences, look for potential poisonous plants in the paddocks.
- Check all Horses health and safety in the boxes and paddocks whilst carrying out jobs.
- Clean and sanitise after all treatments, understand correct usage of chemicals, cleaning products and what to use on specific areas, gear and medical instruments.
- Provide an all round availability to the vets with the space. make sure everything is ready and clean for all services.
- Lead, Shift Horses into designated box or paddock.
- Move, lift and feed out Hay.
- Prepare treatment rooms ready for all possible medical procedures during the day.
- Monitor horses under sedation and or if unwell.
- Replace water and clean buckets everyday.
- Mixed and administered special food formulas to individual animals based on unique dietary requirements.
- Monitored animal behaviour
- Maintained Surgical Instruments, Sterilise and Re-pack Surgical Kits.
- Maintain the Stables, Yard and Treatment rooms.
- Clean, Sterilise and Damp dust surgery Room.
- Re stock all medical disposables, bandages, and iodine/meth swabs.
- Have great time management to be able to cater for all appointments, organise incoming patients if vets are super busy. (Summertime)
- Make sure all boxes are cleaned in between patients, and or incoming appointments.
- Understand quarantine and all safely/health protocols to prevent exposure to other patients.
- All general stable duties.
