Job Summary

Are you a qualified Veterinary Pathologist looking for your next role?

 

 

Have you got the desire to improve health and lives?

 

 

Charles River Laboratories are excited to be recruiting for a Senior Veterinary Pathologist to join the Tranent site in Edinburgh, UK. This is a full time, onsite position, candidates must be able to travel to Edinburgh on a daily basis. 

 

 

The Senior Veterinary Pathologist is responsible for applying advanced scientific knowledge to perform gross and microscopic evaluation of tissues, and for recording results, preparing complex reports delineating pathological findings, and assisting with necropsy supervision. 

 

 

You’ll be working directly with customers as needed to market company services and to assure customer satisfaction and be able to provide guidance to less experienced staff members onsite. 

 

 

What you’ll be doing:

•    Interact with clients to assure satisfaction and to market services.

•    Perform macroscopic and microscopic tissue evaluation and interpretation of assigned studies.

•    May assist with necropsy supervision and may conduct necropsies, including gross pathology interpretation, sample collection and fixation.

•    Enter pathology findings in data capturing system(s). 

•    Write comprehensive report narratives detailing all test article effects. As needed, work with study directors to ensure data is accurately integrated into study reports.

•    May perform scientific review of reports

•    May serve as a study director or principal investigator on certain projects.

•    May function as a peer review pathologist or may participate in a pathology working group (PWG) as a pathologist.

•    Provide training, technical guidance and leadership to laboratory staff and to less experienced pathologists.

•    Serve as a consultant in pathology-related issues.

•    Provide advanced scientific expertise for experimental design and other aspects of research studies as needed.

•    Perform all other related duties as assigned.

•    To participate in overtime as is reasonably required to ensure the smooth running of the department.

•    To conduct work in accordance with SOPs and the principles of Good Laboratory Practice and Good Clinical Practice.

•    To report to a supervisor any anomalous observations or any equipment malfunction incapable of immediate rectification, any data integrity issues, any animal sickness or any other factor which will impede the normal scheduling of any Charles River study.

 

Job Qualifications

Skills and Experience:

•    Education:  Veterinary degree (BVM&S, BVSc or equivalent) from an accredited veterinary school, or acceptable international equivalent in veterinary medicine.

•    Experience: Significant pathology experience post-graduation; working knowledge of clinical pathology; specialized training and/or experience in toxicologic pathology preferred.

•    An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.

•    Certification/Licensure:  Part I RCPath or equivalent recognized pathology certification required to enter the grade at the minimum experience level.  Additional years of directly related experience may substitute for the board-certification.

•    Other:  Must have a reputation as an emerging leader in the company with sustained performance and accomplishment. Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, scientific creativity, collaboration with others and independent thought.  Able to work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheet and database software.