Veterinary Officers

• Job Type Full Time
• Qualification BA/BSc/HND
• Experience
• Location Nairobi
• Job Field Medical / Healthcare
• This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance and supervision of a Senior Officer and may be deployed in any of the following functional areas:
• Issuing registration certificates and practicing licenses to practitioners;
• Assessing and verifying indexing, internship, registration, and licensing application forms for registration and licensing by the Board;
• Ensuring accuracy of indexing, internship, registration, and licensing data for approval;
• Ascertaining the required minimum qualifications for indexing and registration
• Compiling and processing data on licensing applications;
• Assisting in processing of registration certificates and practicing licenses of Veterinary surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals;
• Ascertaining a register of applicants for indexing, internship and registration;
• Attending to and processing enquiries on registration and licensing of veterinary practices;
• Ascertaining correctness of registers of all licensed veterinary service delivery facilities;
• Ensuring document management including e-filing;
• Supervising and guiding officers working under him/her
• Developing standards for inspection of institutions involved in veterinary and animal health training;
• Developing minimum requirements for entry into the various animal health courses
• Developing curriculum standards for training in animal health
• Developing guidelines for pre-registration examinations;
• Developing telemedicine guidelines for practice by Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals;
• Developing guidelines for consultant colleges;
• Developing CPD guidelines;
• Developing standards and policies to support the government on matters related to business, practice and employment of veterinary surgeons and veterinary paraprofessionals
• Developing standards for inspection of veterinary service delivery facilities;
• Formulating and disseminating the Code of Ethics to all registered persons;
• Assessing data from desktop research on matters relating to animal health & welfare and public health and advising the Board on the best practices in regulation;
• Developing guidelines for veterinary internship;
• Developing standards for registration, licensing and regulation of institutions and organizations involved in animal welfare.
• Verifying processed CPD applications, waiver requests, and registered and unregistered CPD activities;
• Responding to day-to-day enquiries on education and training;
• Maintaining a register of CPD applications, and waivers;
• Reviewing and processing pre-registration examinations applications
• Conducting pre-registration examination for veterinary surgeons and veterinary paraprofessionals;
• Verifying submitted internship documents
• Assessing internship logbooks upon completion for registration purposes;
• Undertaking document management including e-filing
• Analyzing curricula for training in veterinary and animal health against the set standards;
• Assessing from time-to-time the human resource and training programs necessary to guarantee sound and efficient veterinary service delivery.
• Conducting examination for foreign nationals seeking temporary registration and preparing reports to the relevant committee;
• Assessing the capacity of veterinary and Animal Health Institutions for registration;
• Processing pre-registration examination applications for veterinary surgeons and veterinary paraprofessionals;
• Monitoring veterinary and animal health graduates on internship;
• Supervising continuous professional development (CPD) for Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary paraprofessionals.
• Receiving application forms from persons or institutions seeking to deploy veterinary technologies and ascertaining the attachments for processing;
• Capturing data from persons or institutions applying to deploy veterinary technologies;
• Processing enquiries on deployment of veterinary technologies in Kenya;
• Assisting in sensitization on the use of telemedicine guidelines
• Maintaining a register of applicants seeking to deploy veterinary technologies in Kenya;
• Assisting in supervising veterinary technologies deployed for practice in Kenya by Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary paraprofessionals.
• Conducting inspection of new and existing facilities offering veterinary services and including veterinary clinics, hospitals, laboratories, ambulatory, animal welfare organizations;
• Conducting inspection of veterinary and animal health training institutions;
• Enforcing veterinary standards on animal welfare;
• Sensitizing Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals on the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals (VSVP) Act, Regulations & Code of Ethics;
• Enforcing the reporting of notifiable diseases by practitioners
• Investigating cases of professional misconduct and malpractices;
• Assisting in legal proceedings against those violating the VSVP Act and Regulations;
• Participating in Board publicity activities such as agricultural shows, field days, and exhibitions;