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Job Description The Spring Point Project (SPP) Director of Veterinary Medicine (D of VM) is responsible for veterinary oversight of SPP’s Source Animal Facility (SAF) swine herd in New Richmond, WI and potential future sites. The D of VM is responsible for compliance with federal, state, and local policies and procedures regulating the care and use of animals and represents the company regarding animal care related issues. The D of VM is the attending veterinarian of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and maintains the SAF USDA licensure and AAALAC accreditation. The D of VM provides herd veterinary care including medical, herd health, biosecurity, and surgical services. The D of VM performs strategic planning and implementation of health maintenance in the breeding program. The D of VM also provides medical and surgical services for experimental procedures and protocols. The D of VM coordinates duties and responsibilities with the Director of Animal Facilities, and liaises with the Spring Point Project Safety Advisory Board and other expert consultants. Essential Functions • Responsible for animal care and oversight of the Source Animal Facility in New Richmond, WI. • Assures adherence to all federal, state and local regulations and guidelines regarding animal care and use. • Maintains AAALAC, and USDA licensure/accreditation. Manages required registrations and accreditation, assuring federal and accreditation agencies that all standards and requirements for care and use of laboratory animals at the SAF are met including, as applicable, annual reports to OLAW-(NIH), USDA and AAALAC. • Assists in compliance with FDA’s “Final Guidance for Industry: Source Animal, Product, Preclinical and Clinical Issues Concerning the Use of Xenotransplantation Products in Human” and with the PHS “Guidelines on Infectious Disease Issues in Xenotransplantation.” • Assures proper and humane care and handling of all animals housed at the SAF. • Provides veterinary care, surgical and diagnostic services for all animals housed at the SAF, including a sentinel program, animals with health problems, pre and postoperative patients, nursery patients, quarantine program and necropsy services. • Provides pathology services; performing and evaluating scheduled and unscheduled diagnostics of necropsy, serologic and bacteriologic sample collection for the sentinel program to maintain the designated pathogen free status of the herd. • Provides euthanasia services assuring compliance with the AVMA’s Panel for Euthanasia report guidelines. • Maintains appropriate biosecurity monitoring and contingency programs. • Establishes, reviews, and updates SOPs for the SAF. • Assists in planning for construction and/or improvement of animal housing and veterinary/surgical facilities at the SAF. • Provides professional consultation to users of animals at the SAF. • Develops and implements SAF policies on animal care and use with approval of the IACUC. • Acts as attending veterinarian for the IACUC; reviews all protocols (current and proposed) involving animal use; coordinates and supervises the maintenance of all animal study protocols and related animal use records; conducts semi-annual reviews of all ongoing research protocols involving animal use; prepares for and participates in the semi-annual inspections of all animal use areas. • Other duties as assigned. Secondary Functions • Stays current on laboratory animal medicine and management, swine health, nutrition, and infectious disease. • Monitors regulatory issues regarding xenotransplantation. Minimum Qualifications • DVM/VMD degree from an AVMA-accredited college of veterinary medicine and licensed or licensable to practice veterinary medicine in the state of Wisconsin. • Experience in large animal veterinary medicine, surgery, and husbandry. Veterinary medicine and surgical experience with swine preferred. • Experience in a research setting in a laboratory animal related position, preferably in an AAALAC accredited facility. Position Details • Part-time contractor or employee preferred. Full time optional with additional duties. 0.6 FTE part time --full time exempt position offers benefits. • Salary commensurate with experience. • Reports to Spring Point Project Executive Director. • Primary Job Location: New Richmond, WI--near Twin Cities Metro. • Limited, infrequent travel may be required. • Due to extreme high herd health the position is contingent upon meeting strict biosecurity (primarily personal and intimate contact’s swine contact/withdrawal time), background, and pre-employment health screening requirements.