Required:

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris (VMD)
• Board eligible or working toward board eligibility by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine.
• Ability to communicate effectively on a group presentation basis to train research technicians andhusbandry staff.                              
  
• Knowledge in the practice of veterinary medicine and especially laboratory animal medicine.                                                                                               
  
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with technical staff, management, and faculty researchers and their staff.
• Ability to communicate on a one-on-one basis as an aid to the diagnosis of disease problems, and ability to seek out proper veterinary medical treatment.        
• Skill in working as part of a team, providing veterinary medical care.
• Ability to communicate with researchers, technicians, and lay personnel.
• Interpersonal skills sufficient to diplomatically interact to resolve conflicts which occur when Laboratory Animal policies and procedures are violated.
• Detailed knowledge of the Animal Welfare Act.        
• Detailed knowledge of the PHS Policy.              
• Knowledge of husbandry of laboratory animals          
• Knowledge of general surgical procedures         
• Skill in performing surgery on animals.            
• Skill in performing necropsies on laboratory animals.    
• Skill in therapeutic treatment of various laboratory     animals.
• Skill in the diagnosis of disease in laboratory animals.    
• Detailed knowledge of pre- and post-surgical care of laboratory animals.

• General knowledge of university personnel policies.
• Skill in writing reports and correspondence.