Veterinary Diagnostician/Assistant Professor

Overview

Summary of Job Duties and Responsibilities: Serves as liaison between the laboratory and customers, receiving diagnostic samples, routing for testing, serving as a case coordinator, releasing test results, and answering customer and staff questions.

Responsibilities

• Liaison with referring veterinarians, owners, staff, food producers, government agencies, and other laboratories.
• Receives diagnostic samples for testing (e.g., takes case history, unloads animals, prepares and routes laboratory samples).
• Review and coordinate laboratory cases; release diagnostic laboratory reports and ensure accuracy, clarity and completeness.
• Supervises shipping and receiving personnel. Ensures Receiving Area is manned during all business hours (including lunch).
• Monitors current processes and policies for receiving and routing incoming cases; ensures regulatory compliance to include accreditation standards, develops new procedures and policies as needed.
• Participates in and ensures compliance with the quality management, biosafety, and biosecurity programs.
• Serve as the coordinator for disease notifications, including those involving select agents, to the appropriate authorities.
• Develops Continuing Education Programs for Veterinarians; identifies speakers, professional instructors and sponsors for programs; invites veterinarians and organizes program.
• Develops educational programs for presentation to primary and secondary students; may be veterinary or animal science in nature; distributes or presents to area schools.
• Provides tours and educational programs for post-secondary education groups, stakeholder groups at BVC.
• Attends and represents BVC at stakeholder meetings, veterinary meetings; provides outreach to veterinarians, farmers and pet owners as determined by the Director.
• Performs special projects as determined by the Director.

Minimum Education Requirements

• DVM or equivalent required.

Minimum Experience and Skill Requirements

• Ability to manipulate large animal carcasses.
• Food and/or companion animal practice experience.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, supervisory, multi-tasking, and organizational skills.
• Problem solving ability to troubleshoot deficiencies, identify corrective actions, evaluate new processes and materials/equipment, implement plans, and develop preventive actions.
• Pleasant, proactive personality with the ability to handle demanding situations, quickly adapt to address changing circumstances and personalities, and work as a team.
• Alertness, initiative, memory for verbal and written directions and details, analytical ability.
• Ability to plan and make decisions often without instruction or supervision.

Preferred Education and/or Experience Qualifications

• Two years' experience in diagnostic laboratory.
• Broad knowledge of laboratory disciplines.
• Hold or be eligible to obtain a veterinary license in the state of Kentucky.
• This is an on-site position located at the Breathitt Veterinary Center in Hopkinsville, KY that requires occasional after-hours on-call and weekend duty. Duties during after-hours on-call and weekend duty will require on-site work. Timely responses for on-call and weekend duty are required to meet customer needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/AA.