Locum Anatomic Veterinary Pathologist Jobs in Michigan

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people's lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

Job Overview

A Senior Veterinary Pathologist is responsible for providing pathology support for nonclinical studies. The person in this role will review protocols, provide gross and microscopic examination of tissues, and evaluate and report pathology results. The individual in this role will work with sponsors, as needed, to market company services to provide customer satisfaction, with minimal supervision.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform microscopic examinations on a wide variety of laboratory animal species, correlating findings with macroscopic, organ weight, immunohistochemical, and other findings; enter findings in data capture system.

• Assist with necropsy supervision; may conduct necropsies, including gross pathology interpretation and sample collection.

• Evaluate microscopic slides and review and interpret pathology data.

• Write comprehensive pathology reports detailing all test articles effects and correlates with other study findings; work with study directors to verify data is accurately integrated into study reports.

• Provide training, technical guidance and leadership to laboratory staff and trainees.

• Communicate effectively with management, sponsors, and coworkers in a timely manner to ensure important study or project milestones are achieved.

• Provide scientific expertise in pathology, including scientific review of research protocols, customer service to sponsors, and promote the capabilities of our company.

• Serve as a principal investigator when needed.

• Perform pathology peer reviews and participate in pathology working groups.

• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Workplace Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a microscope and work/type at a computer.

• Must be able to perform laboratory procedures, which require using appropriate instruments, reaching with hands and arms, working in narrow spaces.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

• May work in a laboratory environment with mild to moderate noise.

• Potential exposure to chemical and/or biological hazards.While performing the duties of this job the employee may occasionally be required to wear protective clothing (goggles, face shield, surgical mask, cap, gloves, scrubs, boots), and/or work near live animals with risk of exposure to allergens and/or zoonotic diseases.

• The employee may occasionally be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, unpleasant odors, and/or wet, humid, and/or extreme temperature conditions.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Education/Experience: D.V.M. / V.M.D. (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) degree required. Ph.D. in Pathology or related discipline preferred, with minimum five years of related experience in anatomic pathology or experimental pathology.

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

Certification/Licensure: American College of Veterinary Pathologists (A.C.V.P.) board-certification required.

Other:

• People leader experience preferred

• Demonstrated ability to complete a significant workload without sacrificing quality and study timelines.

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels inside and outside the organization.

• Basic familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite.

• Computer skills, commensurate with Essential Functions, including the ability to learn a validated system.

• Ability to work extended hours beyond normal work schedule to include, but not limited to evenings, weekends, extended shifts, and/or extra shifts, sometimes on short notice.

• Ability to work under specific time constraints.

Compensation Data

The pay range for this position is $220,000 - $230,000. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

About Safety Assessment

Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 120 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We're committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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