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Five 8-hour days/40 hours per week plus weekend and holiday rotation duty as scheduled
Pay Range
$57.85 - $86.80JOB SUMMARY
The ARP veterinary staff supports the academic mission by providing essential clinical care of animals used for research, by ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and support the animal-based research endeavor across all Wake Forest campuses. The veterinary staff must assure animals are healthy and suitable for research activities, respond to emergency and daily clinical needs of animals, provide support for animal-related research activities, assure compliance with regulations and provide support for overall animal welfare. Under limited supervision, provides veterinary clinical care to animals used in the research and teaching programs of Wake Forest University. Directs and guides Animal Resources Program (ARP) veterinary technicians.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
Degree in Veterinary Medicine from an AVMA accredited school with one year of veterinary practice experience.
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION
State licensure to practice veterinary medicine in the United States.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1. Provides veterinary care (medical, surgical, and emergency) to laboratory animal species. This includes daily rounds, physical examinations, diagnostic evaluations, and procedures. Rotates with veterinary faculty, staff, and trainees to provide weekend and holiday care.
2. Develops and implements treatment plans, and completes medical records accordingly.
3. Develops and implements standard operating procedures pertaining to the care and use of research animals.
4. Participates in monitoring animals following surgery, including pain assessment.
5. Provides instruction for certification program for testing nonhuman primates for tuberculosis. Supervises intradermal tuberculin tests, and participate in reading testing as well as completing paperwork.
6. Supervises and trains veterinary technicians.
7. Participates in hands-on training of veterinary students, residents, and fellows.
8. Maintains compliance with regulations, policies, and safety procedures.
9. Performs other related work incidental to the duties described herein.
10. Provides guidance and assistance to ARP veterinary technicians and other ARP support personnel.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS
Training and/or experience in laboratory animal medicine
Excellent medical and surgical skills
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Requires weekend, holiday and off-hours coverage as needed on a rotating basis
Possible exposure to odors, allergens, and outdoor elements
Exposure to human and animal pathogens
Exposure to animals that can inflict bites, kicks, or that can scratch
Exposure to potential hazardous/ noxious devices, chemicals, and radiation
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Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.