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Scientist I Job in Ford Dodge Iowa, Wyeth
At Fort Dodge Animal Health, a division of Wyeth, we are dedicated to our vision of leading the way to a healthier world for animals. Recognized for our breakthroughs in veterinary medicine and innovative product development, our reputation in the animal-care industry precedes us. More than 3,500 employees keep our reputation strong by bringing us a full range of talent.
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Senior Human Resources Manager, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Reporting to the AVP HR North America, the HR Manager provides strategic, tactical and operational HR support to the Research and Quality groups within our Fort Dodge, Iowa facilities. He/She supports and enables the business strategies by providing expertise on all HR and organizational aspects of the business. He/She provides management with direction on all human resources activities including Compensation & Data Management, Performance Management, Policy Development and Implementation, Employee Relations, Talent Management, Retention Strategies, Staffing, Training, Organizational Development and Labor Relations, as appropriate. Continue reading this post
- Animal Programs, Veterinary Hospital Internship, Lake Buena Vista, FL
This internship is designed to give students experience in a veterinary hospital setting where they will have the opportunity to provide patient care, keep accurate records and develop relationships with our staff of keepers, technicians and veterinarians. The Veterinary Services hospital interns function in two roles, one is as the primary wildlife case contact, the other is as assistant to the veterinary technicians. The wildlife intern is responsible for receiving all wildlife cases that come to the veterinary hospital from Walt Disney World property. This includes assessment, triage, giving necessary care as directed by the animal care staff and veterinarians, animal transport to rehabilitation facilities, maintenance of all records and data bases. The technician’s assistant provides support to the veterinary technicians. This includes setting up supplies/equipment prior to procedures, maintenance of stock/supplies in the veterinary hospital and at satellite facilities, clean up after procedures, cleaning/packing/sterilizing instruments, assistance with sample preparation and related laboratory paperwork. The interns are also responsible for Guest interaction and giving presentations in the on show veterinary treatment window. Required Qualifications: * Junior, or Senior or recent graduate. * Biology, Zoology, Animal Science, Life Science or related major. * Computer proficiency with word processing and data entry. * Strong interest in veterinary medicine. * Ability to speak in front of groups. * Excellent oral communication skills. * Direct animal care experience: o Minimum of 6 months at a veterinary clinic. o Minimum of 6 months at a wildlife rehabilitation facility and/or a zoological institution. o The experience should include cleaning and maintaining animal facilities. * Valid driver’s license. Materials Required: * Resume. * Cover letter detailing your qualification and interest. * College transcripts (official or unofficial). NOTE: Recruiting candidates for this internship for January 2009. Internship begins in January 2009 and ends in June 2009. The application process for this internship, including candidate communication and hiring decisions will be completed by November 28th, 2008. APPLY
- Vet Technician Jobs, Dearing Veterinary Clinic
Job en tales all aspects of veterinary practice. Holding animals and meeting the public in exam rooms. Cleaning cages and exercising animals. Monitoring anesthesia. Placing catheters and fluid administration. Surgical assistance. Preparing records and filling prescriptions. Must be computer literate. Able to deal with dogs, cats, horses, cattle, llamas, goats, and some exotic pets. Work week is Monday to Friday with one afternoon off. 40 to 45 hr. work week. Occasional weekend duty. Must be clean and self motivated. Can train on the job, but prefer experienced technician. Simple math skills and writing skills required. Apply
- Veterinary Assistant Jobs, Mad River Veterinary Service, Waitsfield
VETERINARY ASSISTANT/? RECEPTIONIST Part-time, Seeking fun, friendly, flexible, organized and detail oriented individual.? Entry level position includes assisting clinic staff, animal restraint, reception duties, kennel care and cleaning.? Resumes Please.? Mad River Veterinary Service, 637 Millbrook Rd, Waitsfield.? 496-7272.
- Veterinary Scientist L3 Communications Corporation, Alexandria
L-3 Global Security and Engineering Solutions (L-3 Global Solutions) is a division of L-3 Services, Inc. (LSI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications. L-3 is a leading supplier of communications and specialized products and services to the US Department of Defense, federal civilian agencies, intelligence agencies, foreign governments, state and local governments, and major aerospace and defense prime contractors. L-3 Communications is a rapidly growing public company with reported 2007 sales of $14 billion. Requirements: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or PhD and 3 years pharmaceutical industry experience required; DVM plus MS, PhD, and/or board certification strongly desired. The successful applicant must be a U.S. citizen and must meet eligibility requirements to receive a Department of Defense security clearance. The candidates will have to supports Pharmaceutical R & D discovery, pre-development and development efforts, including monitoring or conducting screening trials using surrogate and/or target animal species, in models or in naturally occurring disease. He/she will directly impact R&D discovery initiatives by the quality and accuracy of data and analysis provided across the discovery group. Conducts and/or monitors in vitro and ex vivo studies as required. He/she must be Excellent on written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with military end-users, physicists, engineers, and subject matter experts. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes: Paid Holidays, Personal Time Off, vision, medical, dental, flexible spending account, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, referral bonuses, long- and short-term disability, company-paid life insurance, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement. Apply Online
- Veterinary Practice Needed at Florida, Boca Raton
Veterinary Practice Needed at Florida, Boca Raton. The Veterinarian is responsible for ensuring the highest quality of veterinary care and client education and most productive veterinary medical team through training and mentoring of the paraprofessionals in the veterinary medical team. The Veterinarian provides preventative care, diagnoses and treats diseases and injuries of Pets. The Veterinarian operates an effective and productive veterinary medical team, advocates for Pets, educates clients on all aspects of Pet health, ensures a safe and effective hospital environment, and improves both the medical quality and business performance of the hospital. Duties and Responsibilities:- Develop an efficient, productive veterinary medical team that provides the highest quality care and service to Pets and clients. Follow the Cycle of Service and communicate with the other Team Members to maintain the flow of patients to maximize quality medical care and productivity.
- Educate clients about Optimum Wellness Plans, preventative care, Pet health needs, any diagnosis or treatment, hospital services and other related information. Coach paraprofessional team to provide such education.
- Ensure the safety of Pets, clients and Team Members by utilizing safe restraining techniques, following standard protocols, and maintaining clean, sterile and organized treatment areas, exam rooms and labs.
- Select, train and supervise the paraprofessional team to ensure quality medical care, exceptional client service and maximum productivity and to enable Team Members to grow and develop professionally within the Practice.
- Provide professional, efficient and exceptional service including prescribing and administering preventative care for the wellness needs of Pets and diagnosing and treating diseases and injuries of Pets.
- Manage the profitability of the hospital to ensure consistent growth and improvement.
- Ensure all Practice policies, protocols and Quality Assurance guidelines and local, state and federal laws are followed, including proper maintenance of the controlled substance inventory log.
- Obtain relevant information and history from clients, and maintain proper and complete medical records.
- Animal Resources Director, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
Requirements: D.V.M. and A.C.L.A.M. Board Certified. Current clinical and surgical competence with animals. A minimum of 8-10 years of supervisory experience is also required in order to provide leadership, management and mentoring necessary for the Animal Resources staff. Minimum of 5 years in the Pharmaceutical (R&D) industry and a minimum of 10 years as a practicing clinical veterinarian. These requirements are due to the high importance placed on the care and well-being of the animals at R&D and to the fact that Animal Resources is a highly regulated function. Basic Purpose: Provide leadership and strategic direction for the Animal Resources Center. Manage animal resources staff, functions and budget. Duties and Responsibilities:- Provide strategic and operational leadership of the Animal Research Cost Center staff and facilities, including the Attending Veterinarian.
- Insure the success of the Attending Veterinarian role (a direct report of the Director), by providing excellent supervision, counsel, partnership and support to the Attending Veterinarian.
- Insure the timely procurement of animals, feed, supplies and equipment necessary to support R&D, and insure the timely and correct maintenance of records as required.
- Insure high quality veterinary care for animals in R&D.
- Insure effective interface with and support for the other R&D Departments; Insure high quality of scientific and technological activities supporting animal studies to be completed within the facility; Insure optimal maintenance of bio-containment and breeding/holding facilities.
- Manage employee development, and provide training, nurturing and coaching to Animal Resources staff.
- Insure full compliance with AAALAC, USDA, BIPI and BIC guidelines, policies, procedures and regulations. APPLY ONLINE
- Senior Veterinary Technician Jobs at The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
Job Summary: Assist doctor and other hospital staff by care and cleaning of patients and facilities including completing patient treatments, assisting in surgery and all other animal care functions as well as other tasks involved in the operations of a veterinary hospital. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Must be friendly, outgoing, “people oriented”. Excellent communication skills. Must be a team player willing to learn new techniques and treatments and to accept change. Must be capable of properly restraining/holding animals. Education and Experience: Licensed or license eligible preferred. 3 years previous experience or training/education working in a veterinary facility. Authority: Direct and guide Animal Care Techs. Technician training as needed. Perform emergency care within regulatory limits. Physical Requirements: Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand, give information in person and over the telephone. Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing hospital equipment such as electric clippers, syringes, radiology equipment, laboratory equipment, computers, etc. Duties: The following is a list of essential job requirements. This list may be revised at any time and additional duties not listed here may be assigned as needed. Job Functions and Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: * Client Relations * Nursing Care * Housekeeping/Maintenance * Examinations/Assessments * Record Keeping * Anesthesia * Surgery * Radiology * Dentistry * Laboratory * Pharmacy Client Relations: Demonstrate excellent relations with clients/pets in waiting and/or exam rooms. Assist receptionists with client/patient checking in and checking out of hospital. Ensure that clients and pets feel welcome and comfortable. Serve as “Ambassadors” for creating and maintaining goodwill for the hospital. Build rapport with clients and pets. Immediately greet clients and their pets by name making eye contact with clients while speaking to them. Exceed the client’s expectations of service. Nursing Care: Compassionate nursing care is the top priority for all patients. Make certain all patients are kept clean and as comfortable as possible. Assist in treating hospitalized animals under veterinary supervision. Continuously monitor all patients admitted to the hospital. Ensure all patients are clearly identified including entry on hospital day sheet, cage card, and ID collar. Participate in client communication and education, explaining administration of medications, follow-up care, diet recommendations and general animal care. Flexibility in working hours is required to ensure that the job is done properly (willing to work beyond scheduled hours if necessary). Housekeeping and Maintenance: Advise Medical Director or Technical Supervisor of any conditions that are unsafe, including unrecognized hazards or infractions of safety rules. Examinations: * Ability to perform a cursory examination of an animal. * Ability to use a stethoscope and otoscope. * Ability to recognize fleas, ticks and other external parasites. * Ability to recognize other potential health care issues, i.e., dental signs and behavior patterns that suggest an animal may be in pain, and necessity of veterinarian’s examination. * Clearly communicate your finding to doctor. Refuse to make a diagnosis. Records: Keep records up to date. This includes client records with charges, medical history, vaccination status, medications administered, laboratory reports, etc. Handwriting must be neat and legible. Anesthesia: Understand how to maintain and use the hospital’s inhalation anesthetic machines. Administer certain anesthetics under direct doctor supervision. Monitor anesthesia under direct doctor supervision. Familiarity with procedures and antidotes for an anesthesia emergency. Surgery: * Understand how to prep animals for aseptic surgery. * Able to place a catheter * Understand principles of aseptics in the surgery room and participate in maintaining sterile conditions. * Know the names and general uses of surgical instruments and equipment. * Maintain and sterilize surgical instruments and packs. * Be willing and able to assist the doctor with certain surgical procedures. Radiology: * Position animals properly for radiography. * Know how to properly use positioning devices so that patients may be radiographed without the requirement of assistants holding animals in place whenever possible. * Develop radiographs. * Maintain and care for all radiology equipment. * Practice all safety regulations in regard to radiology. Dentistry: Understand how to set up and use the hospital’s dental prophylactics unit. Perform routine dental prophylactics procedures as directed by a staff veterinarian. Know general uses of the hospital’s instrumentation for endodontic, exodontic procedures, etc. Laboratory: * Draw blood samples. * Collect stool and urine samples. * Prepare lab request forms. * Perform certain laboratory tests: * Stool exams (flotation tests and Giardia fecal antigen tests) * Urinalysis * Heartworm test * Skin scrapings * FELV tests Pharmacy: Create prescription labels, fill prescriptions and dispense medications as directed by a doctor. Control inventory and assist in ordering medications and supplies. Maintain proper storage and safekeeping of drugs as directed by doctor. Benefits: Our generous benefit package includes the following for full-time employees and (if qualified, we offer domestic partner coverage!) Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, 401(k), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Transit checks, Tuition Assistance Program, Training Seminars, EAP, 50% hospital discount, Vacation, Sick, Personal & Company Holiday time off. EOE. Apply
- Idexx Field Technical Support Representative, San Francisco, CA
Qualifications: Veterinary Technician Certification or 3 or more years as a Veterinary Technician is preferred. Strong organizational and time management skills and independent thinking are required.
The candidate will act as the customer advocate and gain insightful knowledge of customer needs following through reliably to address those needs and as the voice of the customer, bring information back to product management for future enhancements. This individual will investigate, troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, train customers on the effective use of IDEXX products and recommend methods to improve workflow.
The Field Technical Support Representative provides on-site technical support for the family of IDEXX VetLab® instruments (Catalyst DX®, LaserCyte®, VetLyte®, VetStat®, VetTest®, SnapShot DX and the IDEXX Vetlab Station®) working closely with Veterinary Technicians to ensure optimal instrument use and performance.
Weekly travel within the assigned territory is required, all expenses are paid. For more details about these exciting opportunities and excellent benefits, follow this link.
- Veterinary Staff, Animal Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Seeking experienced Candidates in the positions of Kennel , Veterinary Technician, Veterinary Dental Tech, Veterinary Pharmacy Tech, Veterinary Surgical Tech, Veterinary Receptionist , Veterinary Office Manager and Groomer. We are a growing business and are looking for qualified candidates to become part of our team. Kennel Staff Responsible for: * Feeding the animals. * Walking the dogs. * Cleaning the cages. * Bathing and assisting Techs and Doctors as needed. * General cleaning of the animal hospital including sweeping, washing, and vacuuming as scheduled. * Bringing pets to the kennel from reception. * Bringing discharged animals to reception when client has been checked out. * Other duties as detailed at interview. Experienced Veterinary Technicians: * Drawing blood * Passing catheter * Assisting in exam rooms * X-ray * Dental assist * Surgical prep and assist * Pharmacy * Certification preferred Veterinary Receptionist: * Friendly people person * Detail oriented * Team player * Filing, answering phones, computer * Assisting clients and greeting when they check in and out. Veterinary Office Manager: * Must have at least two years Veterinary Receptionist Skills or Office Manager experience. * Must be knowledgeable of Veterinary Terminology. * Must possess computer skills, office etiquette, and great people skills. * Be a leader by example, a team player, and be dedicated. Groomer duties: Expert gentle pet groomer of dogs and cats. * Shampoo and rinse pet without leaving residue * Dry and brush * Able to do precision cuts for poodles, Maltese, springers, etc. * Able to groom long hair cats, lion cut etc. * Clean ears, anal’s, toenail clipping etc. * We have existing clientele * Welcome to bring new clients as well. * Work on high percentage
- Senior Laboratory Technician, IDEXX Laboratories, Memphis
IDEXX Laboratories is Seeking a Senior Clincial Laboratory Technician with endocrinology experience to perform veterinary diagnostic testing as directed. Minimum education requirement: Vet tech, MLT or college degree in science preferred. Required skills and abilities: Knowledge of GCP guidelines as appropriate, Good oral and written communication skills. Minimum experience: two years laboratory experience or education preferred. Duties and responsibilities: Read, understand, and follow applicable standard operating procedures (SOPs); Have knowledge of routine laboratory equipment and procedures; Run laboratory assays and analysis; Prepare specimens for routine laboratory assays; Trouble shooting and problem resolution; Accurately enter assay results into client reports; Perform maintenance procedures as directed; Ability to be proficient in multiple benches and complex testing; Enter and track client sample and result information; Understand and follow IDEXX laboratory safety procedures, Basic understanding and following concepts of LEAN and 5S; Understand and follow IDEXX quality control procedure. Apply Now
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