Veterinarian
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Job Location:
Bethesda, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
| IC: CC |
| Street: 10 Center Dr |
| Bldg: 10 |
| Room: B1N264 |
| City: Bethesda |
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| State & Zip: MD 20892 |
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| Weekly Hours | FT: 30-40 hours per week | # Of Hours |
| 40 |
Position Requirements
| Overall Position Summary and Objectives | Min Education | Resume Max Pages |
| The purpose of this position is to manage small animals care handling and procedures used for research in a lab conducting computer-based PET/CT imaging. The person is also responsible for maintaining and operating laboratory equipment in the microPET area; help plan and perform research studies; ordering and maintaining the necessary lab supplies; train new personnel with proper use and methods associated with animal experiments; developing and test new animals models based on research needs. Daily monitoring of animal health for long term studies that includes occasional weekends and coordinating with animal facilities for experiments. | DVM | 3 |
Additional Qualifications
| Certifications & Licenses - none | Field of Study - Animal Sciences - Microbiology - Pharmacology |
| Software - Knowledge of computer usage for data collection and analysis and a knowledge of PET/CT scanner operations and software | Skills - Knowledge of small animal PET/CT imaging procedures/ processes - Training new lab personnel in various animal procedures - Daily monitoring of animals on long-term studies - Planning and coordinating with animal facilities for experiments - Animal handling and various inoculation procedures |
Statement of Work Details
Provides routine medical care to research colonies.
- Perform non-diagnostic checks of animal health and wellness.
- Provide vaccinations and inoculations to prevent diseases.
Perform animal surgeries.
- Perform surgical procedures on facility animals as needed (spa and neuter hernia repair growth removals dental extractions etc.).
- Provide post operative care of all animals.
- Perform euthanizations as necessary.
- Conduct postmortem studies and analyze findings.
Maintains accurate records and updates databases.
- Maintain accurate and complete medical records including those recorded in the facility database (including treatments examinationstest results surgeries and outcomes) and other records required by local and state laws.
- Monitor animals involved in drug therapies and treatments for responsiveness and treatment performance and document findings.
- Determine and document the effects of drug therapies antibiotics and new surgical techniques.
- Provide routine reporting on animal status to researchers and staff.
Ensures facility compliance with federal state local and departmental laws regulations and guidelines.
- Maintain all established shelter medical standards such as drug log and security record cleaning protocols surgical proceduresmedical protocols etc.
- Identify new regulatory requirements and facilitate changes to operations to ensure timely compliance.
- Maintain research lab to ensure regulatory compliance
Participates in small animal and non-human primate experiements.
- Monitor the experiment conditions and make recommendations to researchers on appropriate care and treatment of experiment animals. 4
- Documents all experimental procedures and reports findings as necessary. 5
- Develops research protocols involving animals. 1
- Performs research and documents findings. 2
- Documents all findings and develops reports of results. 3
Inspect Equipment - Ad-Hoc
Meet with lab members to present updates Weekly
Monitor animal health and perform clinical scoring -
Ad-Hoc
Maintain files on studies being performed in the facility as well as records of radioactive material administered for Radiation
Safety inspections Monthly
