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.

Job Overview

Responsible for providing professional veterinary services. Oversee and perform veterinary procedures that support all studies. Oversee all aspects of the animal care and use program as needed. May supervise or oversee veterinary technicians and manage the activities of assigned section to ensure effective performance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage health care for the animals within the facility.

• Perform veterinary rounds as scheduled and provide clinical care and preventive medicine support.

• Perform basic diagnostics and interpret results: CBC, chemistry, radiographs, EKG.

• Perform and/or assist with clinically necessary surgery and anesthesia (review & refine anesthesia/analgesia protocols, perform minor surgery and anesthesia).

• Provide emergency care (all species), including on call emergency duties.

• Perform euthanasia.

• Perform physical exams (at client request).

• Perform minor study procedures or low-risk surgeries (ex. biopsies).

• Perform veterinary reviews for protocols.

• Oversee management/review of controlled substances log.

• Participate in IACUC semi-annual inspections.

• Sign health certificates/shipping documents.

• Maintain continuing education (CE) & licensure.

• Assist behaviorist (socialization, behavioral assessments, environmental enrichment program development, habituation).

• Adhere to biosecurity program requirements.

• Propose animal care program refinements.

• Train trainers and/or provide oversight of training program for staff (handling, injection, sampling techniques, sterile technique, surgical procedures, anesthesia & anesthesia monitoring.

• Assist Scientists/Study Directors with animal health and care questions from clients.

• Assist with data collection/analysis for R&D studies/projects and/or animal welfare concerns.

Job Qualifications

• Education: Veterinary degree (D.V.M./V.M.D.) or international equivalent.

• Experience: Zero to two years related experience with animal care and surgical techniques. Experience in a research/lab animal/GLP environment preferred, but not required.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.

• Certification/Licensure: Must be licensed in country, province or state of employment to fulfill requirements to practice veterinary medicine, and sign health certificates. Must be able to maintain current licensure/certification.

• Other: Computer literacy (Windows PC) WordPerfect and Excel. Good communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies and guidelines that govern animal research, research conduct principles (GLP) and current methodology of laboratory animal medicine and management is important.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, crouch, bend, climb, reach overhead, kneel, push/pull and use hands to manipulate objects of varying size and with varying degrees of precision. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to discern animal health and well-being through visual and physical assessment. Employees must be able to lift, move and/or hold up to 40 pounds; this includes equipment and animals.

The pay range for this position is $74-82/hr DOE. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

About Insourcing Solutions

Charles River Insourcing Solutions? can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic insourcing 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.

About Charles River

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 development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We're committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to View email address on click.appcast.io. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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