Assistant/Associate Professor in Agricultural Animal Field Service

Washington State University

4d • $145,000 - $165,000

About The Position

The Washington State University (WSU) Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (VCS) in the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) seeks to fill a full-time open rank (assistant professor/associate professor/professor) continuous career track faculty position in Agricultural Animal Field Service. Veterinarians with agricultural animal clinical experience are encouraged to apply – residency training is not required. The successful applicant will join a dedicated team of faculty and staff focused on multiple aspects of agricultural animal health including in-hospital and ambulatory clinical service, clinical and preclinical teaching, production/population medicine, extension, and research/scholarship. Our Agricultural Animal Service provides in-hospital and ambulatory clinical services and operates out of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) in Pullman, Washington. Our VTH is the leading referral center in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest with over 20,000 patient visits per year, aspiring to be the country’s best academic veterinary hospital for patients, students, clients, colleagues, and community. The joint mission of the VTH and VCS is to improve the health and well-being of all animals through excellence in medical care, training future veterinarians, and finding innovative ways to diagnose and treat disease. Dedicated to this vision and mission are more than 60 full-time faculty members and 170 staff and house officers.

Requirements

• The successful candidate must have a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or equivalent degree (VMD, BVSc) with a minimum of 3 years clinical experience as an agricultural animal veterinarian.
• The successful applicant should be able to effectively communicate and work collegially and collaboratively with people from all backgrounds and demonstrate a commitment and relevant ability to foster community outreach, access and engagement.

Nice To Haves

• Although not a requirement, board-eligibility by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP) Dairy, Beef, or Food Animal Practice at the time of hire is desirable.

Responsibilities

• This position will emphasize agricultural animal ambulatory clinical service and clinical teaching, with up to 75% effort devoted to these activities.
• The successful candidate will provide agricultural animal clinical ambulatory service for the VTH, to a variety of livestock operations including beef (cow-calf and feedlot), dairy, small ruminant, camelids and swine.
• This position will involve communication with practitioners, owners and farm workers, as well as collaborative work with colleagues in the CVM, the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resources Sciences (CAHNRS), and the University of Idaho Department of Animal Sciences.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for clinical instruction and supervising veterinary students and house officers in the field service setting.
• Teaching responsibilities may include participation in lecture courses, discussions, and case-based learning and laboratories in the DVM and house officer graduate programs.
• Leading experiential student learning rotations on cooperating livestock operations in the region focused on population/production medicine, will be an expectation of the position.

Benefits

• WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts; training and development; and employee tuition waiver.
• For additional information, please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for AP staff and Total Compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees