Expression of interest for a post as Chief Veterinarian
Karolinska Institutet, Institutionen för komparativ medicin / Veterinärsjobb / Solna
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Its mission is to contribute to the improvement of human health through research and education. Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the country's broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
Comparative Medicine has the operational responsibility for the infrastructure supporting all aspects of experiments on laboratory animals. We provide LAS education and training as well as continuous professional development (CPD). We endeavor to develop the 3R principle (Reduce, Refine, Replace) in Karolinska Institutet's research using experimental animals. Comparative Medicine is responsible for the development of this infrastructure and have for example developed a new concept for next generation of animal facilities (concept facilities) The first facilities based on this concept opened in 2013 and a new, state of the art facility, which will serve the research infrastructure on Karolinska Institutet will open in 2018.
We also act as a link between Karolinska Institutet and other bodies that regulate how experimental animals may be used in research, on the national and international level.
Our challenge - your opportunity: Chief Veterinarian
As part of the next phase of the development of Comparative Medicine, we are seeking a Chief Veterinarian. The purpose of this call is to provide us with a list of candidates, from which we can draw up a detailed job specification for the position as Chief Veterinarian. In the next stage – the recruitment process - applicants from the initial stage will be given advance notice of the appointment.
In the position as Chief Veterinarian, the successful candidate will be part of the management team of Comparative Medicine and act as a counselee for senior officials of KI concerning questions related to all aspects of the use of laboratory animals. The successful candidate is expected to assist the educational unit as well as animal facilities in all areas covering animal ethics, animal welfare and the care and use of laboratory animals. The successful candidate is also expected to take on a leading role in the Veterinarian College of KI as well as the local animal welfare body (AWB).
The candidate is expected to have substantial merits in work related to use of laboratory animals in research, an EU valid diploma in veterinarian medicine and a PhD relating to work with laboratory animals. An active research portfolio is considered as meritorious for the position.
Expression of interest
The written expression of interest should be followed by a record of qualifications and other relevant merits that the applicant wants to present. We will only consider applicants with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and a demonstrated track record within Laboratory Animal Medicine.
Please send your expression of interest through the MyNetwork recruitment system by January 15, 2015, at the latest.
For further information please contact Director of Comparative Medicine, prof. Brun Ulfhake, brun.ulfhake@ki,se, +46 8-524 86564
Publiceringsdatum2015-01-13Arbetstider och omfattning100 % tillsvidareanställning
ErsättningMonthly salary
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2015-01-30
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: 2-4045/2014
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AdressKarolinska Institutet, Institutionen för komparativ medicin
Komparativ medicin Karolinska Institutet
17177 Stockholm
KontorsadressKomparativ medicin Karolinska Institutet
Jobbnummer 2126559
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