Clinical jobs at Northwestern University, Chicago

Position: Surgical Clinical Veterinarian

About Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. The university has other campuses in Chicago and Doha, Qatar academic programs and facilities in Miami, Florida,  Washington, D.C.,  and San Francisco, California. However, Northwestern is a large research university with a comprehensive doctoral program, attracting over $700 million in sponsored research each year.  In addition to that, Northwestern has the tenth-largest university endowment in the United States, valued at $11.08 billion as of June 2018.

Roles and responsibilities

Research duties

• Supports specific research projects involving large animal models.
• Performs surgical procedures on large animals and postoperative care and monitoring.
• Also, provides anesthesia for large animal surgery.
• Performs gross necropsy evaluations as well as imaging procedures e.g. radiography, fluoroscopy
• Medical and research record keeping, interpretation/analysis of data and maintains current and compliant IACUC protocols.

Animal Clinical duties

• Implements the program for clinical evaluation and management of experimental animals requiring veterinary care.
• Provides anesthesia and surgical support for large and small animal surgery.
• Performs clinical examinations of incoming and colony animals. Also, performs gross necropsy evaluations as part of the programs for animal health surveillance and disease control.
• Participates in the rotating on-call schedule.

Additional duties

• Review protocols submitted by Principal Investigators (PI’s) involving animal use in research, teaching, and testing as part of the review by the Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC).Assists researchers in the development and preparation of IACUC protocols.
• Assists with the development and revision of Standard Operating Procedures, Policies, and Guidelines for CCM and the IACUC.
• Similarly, delivers lectures, laboratories, and other teaching and training as appropriate on the care and use of laboratory animals in research for CCM staff, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, investigators, laboratory personnel and other research personnel within Northwestern University.
• Furthermore, perform other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from a college accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association or successful completion of the Education Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates program.
• In addition to that, two years of formal surgical postdoctoral training or one year of surgical postdoctoral training or internship plus one year of experience in private practice (or other relevant surgical experience).
• Cardiovascular surgical skills as well as general awareness and working knowledge of United States laboratory animal regulatory requirements.
• Must hold a current and valid license to practice veterinary medicine in at least one state.
• Good surgical skills as well as basic knowledge of suture handling and aseptic technique.
• Anesthesia monitoring and also pre-, peri- and post-operative knowledge of animal maintenance and care.