Clinical Veterinarian

eGenesis•Indianapolis, IN

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The veterinary services team supports the health, welfare, and regulatory compliance of swine herds housed in the Designated Pathogen Free (DPF) and Source Animal Facility (SAF) at eGenesis. The team ensures standardized veterinary medical care, surgical excellence, herd health management, regulatory compliance, and adherence to GMP requirements. The Clinical Veterinarian reports to the Director of Veterinary Services and serves primarily a clinical role in the SAF and participates frequently in the broader programs for animal health including adventitious agents surveillance, vaccine and sentinel programs. In this role, you will provide clinical and regulatory support for GMP donor production, surgical support for GMP donor production, and participate in Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and USDA inspections. The Clinical Veterinarian participates in the weekly veterinarian on-call schedule. The Clinical Veterinarian serves as back up to the ART Veterinarian and Director of Veterinary Services when necessary, in roles for which they will be cross trained.

Requirements

DVM or VMD from AVMA-accredited institution; may substitute completion of ECFVG program for graduates of non-AVMA schools.
1-3 years experience as clinical veterinarian working with large animals, preferably swine
License to practice veterinary medicine in at least one state; must attain Indiana licensure within 6 months of hire.
DEA Registration for maintenance of controlled drugs on site.
USDA Accreditation Category II
Must be willing to accept significant learning challenges inherent in a first-in-class biotechnology startup.
Excellent organizational and time management skills and the ability to prioritize work, with attention to detail and resolve to approach problems as an opportunity.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Interpersonal skills necessary to manage others

Nice To Haves

ACLAM board certification or residency training in laboratory animal medicine with eligibility to take ACLAM board exam
Background in either swine management/research or experience in breeding/neonate management of any species. Significant swine medicine experience desired.
1-3 years of management experience

Responsibilities

Provide direct clinical and surgical care
Execute surveillance programs (SAF & DPF)
Review pathogen results and contribute to Herd Health Reports
Serve as IACUC member and USDA inspection contact
Support vaccine program selection and implementation
Participate in sentinel optimization strategy
Provide backup coverage for Director and ART Veterinarian
Participate in weekly on-call rotation
Engage in program communications and review and support ongoing collaboration with Quality and Operations teams.
Participate in monthly in-person veterinary team meetings
Contribute to semi-annual review of SOPs and program documents
Train in program surgical procedures to provide redundancy in surgical capability across the team
Maintain surgical expectations by executing standardized procedures and scheduling, owning maintenance of surgical suite readiness, and participating in ongoing surgical training and CE
Implement medical therapies and heard health program and execute standardized medication use across barns, maintain compliance with GMP and Quality-approved medication lists, participate in annual review of drug treatment spreadsheets, assist with development of standardized primary/secondary/tertiary treatment protocols, consistently document using SOAP format, and adhere to standardized euthanasia endpoint criteria (in coordination with IACUC)
Manage surveillance programs through execution of health sampling for surveillance program, ante-mortem, post-mortem and ad-hoc and review of pathogen detection results and herd health synthesis reporting
Engage in selection and ordering of vaccines in alignment with the companyâs vaccine program
Actively participate in preparation and execution of organ procurement and be available on-call during enrollment/procurement periods.
Support organ procurement program through ultrasound qualification of donor pigs and completion of GMP quality documentation.
Support regulatory compliance with IACUC participation, provide USDA inspection readiness and representation, SOP authorship and change control participation, and author Quality-driven documentation and impact assessments.
Support imaging needs and perform ultrasound procedures for DS/DP animals, perform surrogate pregnancy detection (DPF), train through CE and supervised practice, complete documentation for donor qualification