Title and Standard Job Description Library

• Job Summary: The job summary is a brief statement explaining the primary functions of the job, including its main purpose and overall goal.
  Oversees the care and use of animals used in research, testing, and teaching. Monitors and promotes animal welfare at all times during animal use and during all phases of the animal's life. Develops the unit's strategic plan and budget, establishes operational standards and protocols for all animal-related services, and supervises staff to ensure proper functionality and regulatory compliance. Serves as Attending Veterinarian of record.
• Job Responsibilities: Job responsibilities are the core job duties that people in this job usually perform.
  • Directs strategic planning initiatives and establishes unit objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources in alignment with the strategic plan
  • Develops and implements operating policies and procedures to comply with regulations, institutional policies, and unit objectives
  • Designs and implements animal care programs of preventive medicine for designated individual animals and colonies
  • Provides oversight of the animal health and welfare program to ensure a high standard of care, including the training and development of veterinary care and support staff
  • Oversees the documentation of medical procedures and activity, disseminates information, and makes medical recommendations based on results
  • Serves as a subject matter expert, consultant, and unit liaison to internal and external stakeholders and leadership regarding animal care and welfare, and the use of animals in research protocols
  • Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
  • Assists faculty and research staff in developing grant proposals and animal care and use protocols, and provides continuous consultation and training during the course of projects to ensure appropriate and high-level skilled support of the research
  • Serve as the liaison between the University and the various federal and regulatory bodies that oversee the use of animals in research
  • Oversees and may conduct physical exams, diagnose medical conditions, treat injuries and diseases, and provide surgical and post-operative care for animals in various environments
• Education: Education describes the minimum level of education that people in this job usually have. Education that is a preferred minimum is recommended for this job but not required. Relevant work experience can satisfy preferred minimum education. A hiring manager may include additional education requirements when recruiting for a position.
  Terminal Degree Preferred Minimum
• FLSA Status: Federal regulations determine Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) status. Employees who are non-exempt receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week. Employees who are exempt do not receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week.
  Exempt
• Institution Job: A job that has primary responsibilities that impact the majority or the entirety of the institution, or has significantly larger scope than the school/college/division in which it resides, and typically contains “(Inst)” in the job title or mentions “institution” or “enterprise” in a standard job description.
  No
• Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees: The supervisor directly oversees the equivalent of at least 2.0 FTE employees or indirectly oversees one or more supervisors. The supervisor has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, promote, manage conduct and performance, discharge, assign, reward, and discipline employees. The supervisor typically reviews the work of employees and may approve employee timesheets.
  Yes
• Employee Category: Each employee category is unique in type of work performed, job security, benefits package, and/or ability to organize unions. Assignment to an employee category is based upon job title. Refer to the UW–Madison Employment Categories policy for more information.
  Limited
• Scaled Job: Jobs with the same title may have a different scope of work based on the school, college, or division where the work is performed. Scaling recognizes these differences based on the scope, impact, and complexity of the work performed. A scaled job title has multiple salary grades to align with market data. Learn more about job scaling.
  No
• Salary Range (Annual): Jobs in the same salary grade have similar pay in the market. Each salary grade has a salary range that includes a minimum and a maximum. A job is paid between the minimum and maximum of its salary grade. Learn more about UW's salary structure.
  97: Contact your division
• Job Code: A job code identifies jobs in the university’s human resources system.
  AN017: Attending Veterinarian

Knowledges and Skills Learning Resources

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