Clinical Veterinarian

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform.

In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

We are looking for a Clinical Veterinarian for our Insourcing Solutions Team located in Bethesda, MD
. As the Clinical Veterinarian
, you will be responsible for providing veterinary clinical care and research support as well monitoring colony health care for animals in BSL2-3 environments.

• Manage health care for the animal colony
• Perform veterinary rounds as scheduled and provide clinical care and preventive medicine support
• Perform clinical, diagnostic and surgical support and provide anesthesia and analgesic technical expertise/advice to facilitate protocol development
• Participates in the development and execution of the preventive medicine program. May assist in sentinel animal monitoring and other monitoring programs
• Documents general and detailed reports of clinical observations, medical care and surgical treatments.
• Provide animal health care guidance for veterinary services personnel
• Ensure that internal and external applications, reports and other materials are prepared and submitted
• May participate in the response to internal/external inspections and quality assurance audits of veterinary or animal welfare type content
• Perform consultation and collaboration with PIs regarding animal care, health, welfare and treatment. May also consult on the planning, conducting and reporting of studies
• Assist with writing, review and updating facility policies, veterinary care and behavioral SOP's
• Perform literature searches relating to veterinary subject matters
• Help to ensure facility is in compliance with all applicable regulations, guidelines and standards that relate to animal care and use
• Support infectious disease research by conducting physical examinations, radiography, bronchoscopy, ultrasonography, interpretation of clinical pathology and other types of clinical procedures in BSL2, BSL3 environments

Education:

• Requires doctoral degree in veterinary medicine (DVM or VMD) from an AVMA accredited program or ECFVG certification

Experience:

• Two-four years laboratory animal experience with multiple species in either a residency or professional setting. Nonhuman Primate (old world and new world) experience a plus
• Must have a thorough understanding of Animal Welfare regulations and the AAALAC accreditation process
• Experience with an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and AAALAC is preferred
• Experience providing training to investigators, post-doctoral students, technicians and animal caretakers in a variety of procedures involving animals and the vivarium
• Preference for experience working with infectious agents in BSL 2- 3 environment

Certification/Licensure:

• Licensure to practice veterinary medicine in at least one U.S. state required. Ability to practice veterinary medicine in the work state highly desirable
• ACLAM board certification preferred or acquisition within two years of hire required

The salary range for this position is between $165K-$190K.

Charles River Insourcing Solutions℠ can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic in sourcing of GMP, GLP and non-GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions℠ provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical…