Assistant Professor, Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine and Care - Clinical Laboratory Animal Veterinarian
UTHealth Houston, Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine and Care (CLAMC), seeks a highly motivated professional Clinical Veterinarian to work with the current veterinary staff and the Executive Director. CLAMC manages and operates all of the animal care and use facilities at UTHealth and provides investigator training and support for its research programs. The mission of the CLAMC is to ensure the humane care and use of animals in research and teaching and to support biomedical research in UTHealth Houston's McGovern Medical School, School of Dentistry, Cizik School of Nursing, School of Public Health, and MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Position Key Accountabilities:
The veterinarian will be responsible for the clinical veterinary care of research animals and management of veterinary care and associated programs to ensure compliance with accrediting and regulatory organizations. This is a non-tenure research track position.
Qualifications:
- A DVM/VMD degree from an AVMA-accredited veterinary college or ECFVG/PAVE foreign equivalency certification.
- Active veterinary license in at least one U.S. state; must be eligible to acquire a Texas veterinary license if not already licensed in Texas.
- Eligibility for DEA controlled substances registration.
- At least two years of recent and relevant experience working as a clinical veterinarian in a laboratory animal program or completion of a laboratory animal residency.
- Experience in reviewing animal protocols and amendments is preferred as all veterinarians perform reviews and participate in other regulatory duties.
- Current and relevant working knowledge of animal research regulations and guidelines.
- Strong interpersonal skills in a team environment with excellent written, verbal, and organizational skills.
- Proficiency in computer software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Ability to meet the physical requirements of the position (able to lift, squat, kneel, reach overhead, stand on stools, and wear appropriate PPE for bioexclusion and biohazard areas).
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Benefits
UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to the UTHealth Houston Office of Benefits Website.
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Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.
