Role: Portal Official Veterinarian

A highly anticipated and desirable Portal role has become available for a MRCVS veterinarian. We have a position to offer at the City of London Port BCP - Stanford Le Hope, Essex.

Successful candidates will ideally have Portal experience and export certification and must hold MRCVS registration.

Responsibilities of a Portal Official Veterinarian are to:

• Ensure that all products of animal origin presented at the Port are checked as required by retained Regulation EU 2017/625 (OCR) and that documentary, identity and physical checks are carried out in accordance with retained Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2019/2130.
• Ensure that the necessary equipment and facilities (as required by retained Regulation EU 2017/625 and retained Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/2014) are available within the Port to enable veterinary checks to be carried out effectively.
• Ensure that sufficient appropriate samples are collected and submitted for laboratory examination in line with the National Monitoring Plan and when Intensified Official Controls are in place.
• Be present at the Portal site when all veterinary checks (including documentary, identity and physical checks) are carried out.
• Issue Common Health Entry Documents for Animal Products (CHED-Ps) for all consignments and notifications of rejections in case of consignments that fail veterinary checks.
• Ensure that rejected consignments are handled and disposed of in accordance with the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013.
• Ensure that all required documents/records are held at the Portal site. To create and maintain accurate records of all consignments.
• Ensure that IPAFFS is monitored for incoming notifications and to ensure that CHED-Ps are processed on IPAFFS without delay.
• Be present at external audits carried out by APHA and FSA. To contribute to internal self-verification audits at the request of the Portal site manager.
• Ensure that the Port is managed in a hygienic manner to respect the Hygiene Regulations for the products concerned so as not to pose a risk to the consignments being handled.
• Ensure that the CHED-Ps for all consignments that require follow-up action (e.g. channelled goods, re-exports or destroyed consignments) are recorded in the follow-up register and investigate if no confirmation is received that the consignment has reached its destination.
• Respond and/or to provide advice to importers/agents and Port Health Officers, as required.

Qualifications required for this role:

• A Veterinary Medicine degree
• MRCVS or eligible for registration
• Exports certification is ideal, although full training will be given
• UK valid driving licence