Job Opening for Animal Health Veterinarian; Ridgefield, CT 06877

Job Title: Animal Health Veterinarian

Location: Ridgefield, CT 06877

Duration: 05 Months Contract (Possible Extension)

Note: We are open to Both Part-time and Full-time candidates (Should be available in normal business hours)

 About the role:

• Provides veterinary medical and surgical care to laboratory animals.
• Daily interactions providing service to Research & Development and Manufacturing & Quality departments.
• Duties are daily (5 days a week) during normal business hours or Part-time including some weekends providing clinical laboratory animal medicine, IACUC protocol development, minimal study support, animal user training and verification, and colony preventive medicine.
• Weekend “on call” duty where a veterinarian may be called to provide advice on veterinary care, and may on some occasions, provide onsite direct animal care.
• Identifies gaps and develops and implements animal care and use guidelines.
• Conducts procedures and documents performance of effective veterinary preventive medicine program for the animal colony.
• Proactively provides uninterrupted veterinary medical and surgical support functions to AAALAC and GLP standards; responds to IACUC concerns in a timely and professional manner.
• Functions as a resource and technical leader to the IACUC, principal investigators, and study directors.
• Mentors junior staff; participates in training.

Skills:

• Certification/License: DVM/VMD, ACLAM certification
• Licensed in a state in the US (State of CT a plus)
• Board certified in the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM).
• Experience in a research animal facility, or pharmaceutical environment (toxicology) a plus.

Education:        

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM or VMD)