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Senior Veterinarian
- Jobs | Mid Career
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Zoo New England
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Posted
3 years ago
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Zoo New England
Senior Veterinarian
- Jobs | Mid Career
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Zoo New England
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Posted
3 years ago
-
Zoo New England
Overview
Essential Job Functions:
- Experienced clinical veterinarian providing oversight for medical and surgical care of all animals at ZNE and Mass Audubon’s Blue Hills Trailside Museum (TSM).
- Management responsibilities and leadership for the clinical team.
- Coordinates with other zoo staff in activities required for animal health maintenance.
- Oversight and maintenance of a preventive health program up to AZA and AAZV standards.
- Able to coordinate and participate in all aspects of veterinary care for the animal collection.
- Help to conceive, plan, and execute projects and programs in conservation medicine and scientific research, as it relates to care and conservation of zoo and wildlife species.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Practice veterinary medicine at a high level for all zoological species.
- Perform surgery, anesthesia, and preventative health care as needed to maintain the health of collection at ZNE and TSM.
- Has direct supervision over veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and students at the zoo hospital.
- Design and implement, in concert with other veterinarians at ZNE, a comprehensive preventative health care plan for ZNE and TSM animal collections.
- Work directly with curators on animal care and dietary concerns as needed.
- Work directly with veterinary technicians and consult with appropriate curators when needed in the daily assessment and planning of medical care for all animals in collection.
- Responsible for making sure all quarantine requirements for animals are met in a timely manner.
- Responsible for all incoming and outgoing animal health screens and coordination with the registrar and appropriate curator and other veterinarians related to animal shipments.
- Scheduling, teaching, and direct oversight of veterinary and medical students.
- Responsible for maintenance and troubleshooting of all animal Dangerous Animal Recovery Team (DART) supplies and protocols.
- Interact with zoo keepers and curators to ensure animal health care is proceeding as planned.
- Acts as senior animal care supervisor in absence of general curator, animal curator, President/CEO, or VP Animal Health and Conservation.
- Attain a Class A license to carry a firearm and train on and be familiar with all DART equipment in the zoo hospital.
- Schedule and conduct training for DART team members for all aspects of chemical immobilization.
- Participate in the training / on the job education of technicians, assistants, interns, volunteers, and other staff members. assigned tasks related to animal health care, restraint, anesthesia, husbandry and emergency preparedness.
- Participate in implementing changes in animal care as related to animal health maintenance of individual animals.
- Participate and develop standard operating procedures for animal health care.
- Effectively communicate with staff of institutions and agencies related to the field and related regulatory agencies.
- Responsible for maintenance of health plan for collection up to AZA, AAZV, and USDA standards.
- Responsible for necropsies on any dead animals in ZNE and TSM.
- Responsible for veterinary health records.
- Responsible for review and approval of all enrichment requests, diets, SOPs etc that may affect animal health.
- Review and write animal emergency preparedness documents, such as narcotic handling and over-dosages, emergency drug dosages etc.
- Provide guidance and instruction to zoo hospital staff and animal care staff on safe handling of animals, hazardous materials, drugs etc when you are the attending veterinarian.
- Perform related duties as assigned, within your scope of practice.
Minimum Job Requirements:
- License to practice veterinary medicine in US and the Commonwealth of MA, or ability to obtain within 6 months
- Eligibility for ACZM board certification and ability to become certified within a reasonable period
- Formal clinical training with zoo animals, such as in an ACZM compliant residency program
- Ability to work weekends, holidays, and overtime when needed
- Must be able to work outside in inclement weather conditions to provide veterinary care
- Able to perform at a competent level under high stress conditions
- Willingness to work in direct contact with dangerous animals and potentially zoonotic diseases, as well as toxic and hazardous conditions
- Understand zoonotic disease risks and practice safe handling / procedures when working with ZNE’s animal collection
- Working knowledge of all applicable wildlife regulations and laws
- Knowledge of applicable AZA and USDA guidelines and regulations
- Accredited by the USDA for health certificates and cervid cervical TB testing, or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
- Must have rabies immunization and allow for rabies titers and TB testing according to ZNE policy
- Must abide by all written ZNE policies and procedures
- Class III drivers license
- Class A firearms license, or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
- Ability to pass CORI screens
Preferred Job Requirements:
- Board certification with the American College of Zoological Medicine is strongly preferred.
- 5 years or more of full-time clinical zoo practice with excellent clinical skills.
- Experience and interest in conservation medicine.
- Design and implementation of research using scientific method.
- Willingness to engage in scientific research and produce regular publications in scholarly journals.
- Willingness to engage in the professional zoo medicine community.
- Management experience and desire to lead a team.
- Working knowledge of all aspects of animal health care of exotic and zoo animals.
- Working knowledge of all applicable wildlife regulations and laws
- Knowledge of applicable AZA and USDA guidelines and regulations that pertain to ZNE and TSM.
- DEA license for controlled substances in MA and Federal.