Clinical Veterinarian

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

Job Summary

The Clinical Veterinarian is a full-time role meant to provide top notch and ethical veterinary health care for laboratory animals and ensure CRL’s mission of saving human and animal lives! A successful individual will also advise regarding the husbandry, care and maintenance of laboratory animals as well as facilitating training for technicians. This responsibility extends to promoting animal well-being during all phases of the animal's life as well as roles in compliance monitoring, quality management and safe work practices when working with animal models. Our goal is to save human and animal lives in the most ethical and humane way by not only adhering to regulations and guidance's such as the animal welfare act, the 3R's of ethical research, the AVMA guidance on human euthanasia, and “The Guide for the Care and Use of Lab Animals," but pursuing continuous improvement to approaches in research animal care.

Note: This posting is for networking purposes for future opportunities.

For successful hires we offer:

• PAID TIME OFF TO STUDY FOR BOARDS AND TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION
• STRONG BONUS INCENTIVES AS WELL AS RETENTION BONUSES FOR 3 YEARS
• SUPPORT FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE, CONTINUING EDUCATION AND JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS IF DESIRED
• THE SATISFACTION OF BEING PART OF A TEAM THAT IS COMMITED TO ANIMAL WELFARE AND ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF DRUG DISCOVERY

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 surgical support and provide anesthesia, surgical and analgesic technical
• expertise/advice to facilitate protocol development.
• Develop and deliver training for staff. Training may include veterinary diagnostics, techniques, and minor surgical procedures.
• Provide animal health care guidance for veterinary services personnel as required.
• participate in the response to internal/external inspections and quality assurance audits of veterinary or animal welfare type content.
• Provide support for activities of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), including protocol review, program review and facility inspections. May serve on the IACUC committee.
• Perform consultation and collaboration with Researchers regarding animal care, health, welfare and treatment. May also consult on the planning, conduct, and reporting of studies.
• May assist in sentinel animal monitoring and other monitoring programs.
• Write, review and update veterinary care and/or necropsy SOPs as required.
• Perform literature searches relating to veterinary subject matters.
• Ensure facility is following all applicable regulations, guidelines and standards that relate to animal care and use (E.g., USDA, FDA, AAALAC).
• Make recommendations and assist in establishing and enhancing veterinary and animal care standards.
• May use controlled substances and be responsible for maintaining appropriate records.
• May develop new or innovative procedural improvements appropriate to research studies.
• May assist in management of the activities of assigned section, including supervising
• employees, scheduling, personnel actions (hiring, promotions, raises), discipline, personnel development and performance monitoring.
• Perform special projects and assist with administrative efforts as needed.

Job Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Veterinary degree (D.V.M./V.M.D.) or international equivalent.
• Experience: 0 to 2 years related experience with animal care. Preferred but not required as we have a training program to assist with joining the CRL team.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
• Certification/Licensure: Licensure to practice veterinary medicine in at least one U.S. state required. Ability to practice veterinary medicine in the work state highly desirable.
• Other: Computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheet and database software. Ability to organize, prioritize work and meet deadlines. Good communication skills.

Compensation Information:

• Base salary + short-term and long-term incentive plans

• Professional development and continuing education (e.g., CE (national/local meetings, virtual & in-person), leadership development, cross-site and international collaboration within CRL)

• Other academic and credentialed pursuits (e.g., ACLAM Boards, Toxicology specialty boards). 

• Enhanced flexibility/consistency of hours, valued support for work/life balance

• Comprehensive onboarding, mentorship during transition, and training opportunities

• Access to a global network of veterinarians across Safety Assessment and other business units.

About Safety Assessment
Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 120 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

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 supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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