Veterinarian

Veterinarian

Reports to: Director of Aquatic Health

Positions Managed: Veterinary Students, Other Aquatic Health Personnel as assigned

Location: New York Aquarium; In-Person Scope: Based at New York Aquarium; Occasional multi-site at other WCS Parks or field projects

Position Type: Full-time

Pay Range: $110,000 - $130,000

About Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS): WCS stands for wildlife and wild places. As the world's premier wildlife conservation organization, WCS has a long track record of achieving innovative, impactful results at scale. We run field programs spanning 60 countries and the entire ocean. We build on a unique foundation: Our reach is global; we discover through best-in-class science; we protect through work on the ground with local and indigenous people; we inspire through our world-class zoos, aquarium, and education programs; and we leverage our resources through partnerships and powerful policy influence. Our more than 4,000 diverse, passionately committed team members in New York City and around the world work collectively to achieve our conservation mission.

Position Summary: The Veterinarian is integral in providing quality medical and surgical care to the New York Aquarium animal collection and serves as a mentor within the Aquatic Health Department, a complex multi-veterinarian, multi-technician health care setting. This position also participates in local field conservation projects with the New York Bight Program.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Aquatic Health Department (AHD), Animal Department staff, Life Support Staff, and the Bronx Zoo Zoological Health Program to provide excellent medical, surgical, and preventative medical care to the New York Aquarium (NYA) animal collection, serving a primarily clinical role, and, when assigned, providing medical care to the animals in the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) zoos.
• Coordinate the veterinary student externship program and supervise externs, including providing input for final reviews (students). Contribute to mentoring WCS veterinary clinical residents on rotation at NYA and AHD personnel, including veterinary technicians, water quality lab personnel, hospital manager, program assistant, volunteers, and interns.
• Assist with administrative functions of the Aquatic Animal Health Center (AAHC), including purchasing, budget, inventory management, and developing and maintaining standard operating procedures.
• Assist in implementing and maintaining the preventative medicine program consistent with current best practices in aquatic veterinary medicine.
• Assist in coordinating communication, scheduling, and veterinary procedures associated with animal shipments, acquisitions, dispositions, and the quarantine process.
• As time and other responsibilities permit, represent WCS via participation in conferences, workshops, professional organizations, local and/or international projects and activities, research, and publications/presentations.
• Participate in the New York Bight Program, including field involvement, lab sample processing, research, presentations and/or publications of data.
• Perform gross post-mortem examinations on deceased collection fish and invertebrates and coordinate with Zoological Health Program (ZHP) pathologists and outside histopathology laboratory.
• Perform related tasks and duties as required.