Clinical Veterinarian - Vancouver, Canada - University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description
Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Veterinarian

Job Title

Clinical Veterinarian

Department

Veterinary Services | Animal Care Services

Compensation Range

$8, $13,511.58 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

April 28, 2023

Note:
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

Jun 24, 2024


At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students, and is essential to fostering an outstanding work environment.

Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Description Summary


The clinical veterinarian will provide effective animal care and veterinary services across a varied research animal population; animal protocol research oversight; training and expertise in a variety of facilities and laboratories; provide veterinary expertise to the UBC Animal Care Committee in the form of protocol review, laboratory oversight, and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and policy development.

The Clinical Veterinarian is instrumental in ensuring good animal welfare through the duties listed above.


Animal Care Services (ACS), the largest animal care program in Western Canada and the second largest in Canada, is a centralized unit that oversees and is accountable for the University of British Columbia's animal research facilities for both the Vancouver Campus and the Okanagan Campus.

ACS's veterinary team of 8 is an integral part of the UBC research ecosystem.

ACS provides veterinary and diagnostic services, training and expertise in laboratory animal medicine, plus veterinary oversight of 23 animal facilities that must meet Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) guidelines regulating governance, facilities and operations.

Facilities include sites owned by VCHRI, PHSA, PCHRI, the Open Water Facility (Port Moody), the Cultus Lake Aquatic Research Facility and the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre (Agassiz).

ACS is committed to providing excellence in research support to all UBC researchers.

Organizational Status

Reports to the University Veterinarian, Animal Care Services. Works with a team of clinical veterinarians.

Work Performed

  • Provide veterinary emergency, critical and clinical support to a varied research animal population, including domestic and wild animals at the University of British Columbia and associated teaching hospitals.
  • Active member of the UBC Animal Care Committee, attending meetings, reviewing animal research protocols, supporting the Continuing Review process undertaking facility assessments.
  • Confer with principal investigators and their staff regarding protocol design, including the type and number of research animals needed. Provide instruction and assistance in the special care and treatment of animals related to these protocols.
  • Advise faculty and research staff regarding Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) and legal guidelines on the care of research animals and facilities.
  • Ensuring and promoting compliance with animal use protocols, ACC/CACC guidelines, as well as any other applicable provincial, national and international standards.
  • Prepare and maintain a variety of records and operational reports concerning consultations and diagnostic decisions ensuring compliance with applicable CALAM and CCAC guidelines and unit/institutional policies.
  • Practice health management of animal colonies to best practices standards, develop and analyze sentinel programs for laboratory animals, advise on colony management and husbandry practices.
  • Assist with training programs for laboratory animal technicians, animal health technicians, research staff and investigators.
  • Keep abreast of new advances in the care and treatment of laboratory animals, animal models, surgical and research techniques utilizing animal models and welfare of laboratory animals.
  • Participate and assist in an ongoing effective quality control system for animal research; revise techniques and procedures as required to obtain desired results and meet current standards.
  • Be available for evening and weekend rotation of oncall duties.
  • Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Consequence of Error/Judgement

The UBC Clinical Veterinarians carry the primary responsibility when it comes to anim
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