What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientist - DVM position at McNeal Professional Services, Inc.?
We are looking to place a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) on a 2-year project at a Federal Agency in Seattle, WA. McNeal Professional Services, Inc. is a 25-year national Wireless Engineering and Staffing Services firm. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and Life Insurance. Join our great team today!
If interested and available, please reply with an updated Word version of your resume and salary requirements. Job Description:
The duties of the DVM are to:
- Provide veterinary medical care for aquatic laboratory animal program consistent with the guidelines prescribed in the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals” (National Academy of Sciences, 2011) and in the “PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.”
- Monitor the health status of aquatic animals present in the facilities, including examination of aquatic animals, routine monitoring of recorded water quality parameters, animal care data, and mortality logs. The doctor investigates disease conditions and makes recommendations for appropriate treatment, and application of appropriate preventative measures. The veterinarian will visit the principal duty station (Seattle) for a minimum of four (4) hours per month to monitor aquatic animal health.
- Serve as a voting member of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), attend IACUC meetings, assist with IACUC procedures and records maintenance, conduct facility site inspections, perform veterinary reviews of experimental protocols that are to be submitted to the IACUC for review.
- Conduct facility site inspection to ensure compliance with internal IACUC standards at the Seattle main laboratory and Field Station (Nordland, WA) at least once per year. May attend inspections being conducted by outside monitoring agencies at the Seattle laboratory and the Marine Field Station.
- Assist in the composition and review of aquatic animal specific standard operating procedures and policies that are to be submitted to the IACUC for review. When needed, provide training for staff on procedures and policies.
QUALIFICATIONS
Mastery of veterinary medical science concepts, principles, and practices is required in gross, clinical, and microscopic pathology, toxicology, microbiology, or virology of fish and other aquatic animal diseases. The doctor is a diagnostic medical authority in various laboratory and animal assays and procedures to obtain a diagnosis of diseases and in the development and application of new and improved laboratory methods for the examination and evaluation of such diseases. This includes:
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or equivalent degree, obtained at a school or college of veterinary medicine accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education (AVMA). Must be eligible to obtain state license to practice veterinary medicine.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in aquatic animal veterinary medicine and aquatic facilities, preferably with an emphasis on salmonid fish health.
- Ability to incorporate advances in veterinary medicine and to apply knowledge of histopathological, serological and molecular diagnostic procedures in combination with the veterinary sciences of pathology, microbiology, virology, and epidemiology to the interpretation of disease processes in aquatic animals.
- Ability to operate as an independent veterinary medical officer conducting diagnostic work with little direct supervision. The doctor will be expected to assume overall responsibility for ensuring that appropriate protocols are followed; maintaining a quality control program; developing and maintaining sets of established protocols.
Job Types: Contract, Full-time
Pay: $112,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Education:
- Doctorate (Required)
Experience:
- facility site inspection per IACUC: 3 years (Required)
- Aquatic veterinary medicince: 5 years (Required)
- Histopathic, serological, and Molecular: 5 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- State license for Veterinary Medicine (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $112,000 - $180,000