Sr. Research Surgical Veterinarian

If you are interested in playing a pivotal role in medical innovation this opportunity is for you! We are seeking a Sr. Research Surgical Veterinarian to join our growing team. This is a great opportunity to work with a great team with a common goal of transforming patient outcomes by simplifying medical device development lifecycles. 

• Terms: Direct Hire

Key Duties:

• Perform preclinical research surgical, interventional, medical procedures on animals.
• Contributes to business development activities as a subject matter expert (SME) by generating strategy and proposal documents, data analysis, report writing, research protocol writing, and standard operating procedure (SOP) development.
• Support the business operations to maintain compliance with APHIS USDA, OLAW, FDA, ISO regulations.
• Write pre-clinical research reports for regulatory submission.
• Provide oversight for research equipment, equipment maintenance, calibration, validation and preclinical research surgical supplies.
• Leads the development of new pre-clinical research models. 
• Provides mentorship, education to the animal care, veterinary, and surgical technical staff.
• Supports emergency care of research animals, disaster and emergency recovery efforts.
• Supports pre-clinical research business, personnel, supplies, and equipment as needed to maintain licenses, certifications, validations, and accreditations. 
• Supports and advises on research logistics, planning, training, and the execution of research animal protocols.
• Provides leadership and strategic business support to pre-clinical research operations. Collaborate across multiple business units, consult on research projects, perform various aspects of the pre-clinical research
• Research protocol development, research report writing, necropsy support, emergency support (after hours, weekends, holidays), technical staff education and training. 

**This job description is a complete list of all desired skills but not all are required. We strongly encourage candidates who have some of the skills to apply. We look forward to a conversation to learn more about you**

Experience:

• 2-5 years of directly related experience in surgical procedures, anesthesia, and/or specialty area of animal care
• Thorough knowledge of preclinical research related legislation, principles, practices, and surgical techniques.

• Expertise in research animal surgical, interventional, models
• Expertise in research animal models, anesthesia, intra-operative, and post-operative care
• Expertise in pre-clinical regulations, USDA, OLAW, FDA, AAALAC Accreditation