Sr. Clinical Veterinarian

Leadership & Supervision

• Directly manage, mentor, and support a team of 5-6 veterinarians.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, coaching, and professional development planning.
• Oversee daily scheduling, workload distribution, and coverage to ensure veterinary support across all programs.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with veterinary technicians, supporting their professional growth and ensuring alignment between veterinarians and technical staff.
• Foster a culture of inclusiveness, teamwork and respect within the veterinary group, encouraging collaboration, mentoring and knowledge sharing across all levels of staff.
• Promote a supportive and nurturing environment where veterinarians, veterinary technicians and technical staff feel engaged, valued and empowered to contribute to program success.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide advanced veterinary care for nonhuman primate models.
• Perform and supervise diagnostic, preventive, surgical, and therapeutic procedures.
• Consult with investigators and client representatives regarding study design, animal models, clinical outcomes, colony health and welfare considerations.
• Review, interpret, and apply veterinary medical data to support evidence-based medicine.

Regulatory & Compliance Oversight

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations including USDA, OLAW, AAALAC, and CDC requirements.
• Assist the Attending Veterinarian in fulfilling regulatory obligations, including semiannual program reviews, inspections, and reporting.
• Review and provide veterinary input on IACUC protocols; serve as a voting member as assigned.
• Maintain accurate medical records and ensure veterinary staff adhere to documentation standards.

Program Development & Strategic Support

• Partner with the Attending Veterinarian to set strategic direction for veterinary services.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance animal welfare, clinical care, and research outcomes.
• Contribute to training programs for veterinary staff, research personnel, and animal care staff.
• Represent the veterinary team in cross-functional meetings, audits, and sponsor/client interactions.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM or equivalent) from an AVMA-accredited institution.
• Active veterinary license in at least one U.S. state; ability to obtain Texas licensure within 6 months of hire.
• Minimum 5-7 years of progressive experience in laboratory animal medicine.
• American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM) board certification strongly preferred; board-eligible candidates will be considered.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing veterinary teams.
• Strong working knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements (USDA, OLAW, AAALAC, CDC).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to balance clinical responsibilities with staff development and administrative oversight.

• Work performed in surgical, clinical, and office settings.
• Exposure to laboratory animals, allergens, and research environments.
• Participation in after-hours, weekend, and on-call veterinary coverage required.
• May involve occasional lifting, bending, and standing for extended periods.
• Must be able to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).

• Customer Focus. Identifies, prioritizes and anticipates customer needs and delivers relevant, value-add, solutions to meet and exceed them
• Results Driven. Internal drive toward action to efficiently, timely, and accurately achieve results. Sets high but achievable standards for self and others. Seeks opportunities to improve process and outcomes. Constantly reviews performance to identify areas to develop.
• Efficient. Takes responsibility for own time and effectiveness. Identifies what needs to be done and does it before being asked or before the situation requires it. Able to work things out without having to be shown too often. Seeks opportunities to contribute appropriately without direction.
• Communication. Able to communicate information and ideas clearly and articulately both in oral and written form. Uses appropriate language, style and methods depending on audience and the purpose of communication. Able to convey complex information clearly. Anticipates the information that others will need. Expresses ideas effectively. Practices attentive and active listening.
• Collaboration. Actively supports and contributes to the success of the team and the broader site operations. Actively encourages and practices collaboration and cooperation on the team. Shares information and supports other team members. Can get things done with and through others and set realistic objectives. Seeks opportunities to develop others.
• Relationship Builder. Develops, maintains, and strengthens strong partnerships with others internally and externally, cross functionally, in person and remotely.
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. Able to identify and separate out the key components of problems and situations. Able to manipulate and interpret information from a range of sources to spot patterns and trends in information and to deduce cause and effect from this. Can generate a range of creative solutions, evaluate, and choose the most appropriate option
• Improvement Driven. Inspires and generates new solutions and approaches to issues and challenges to maximize efficiency and effectiveness through everyday practice of root cause analysis and critical thinking problem solving; Continually works to refine skills and abilities; Builds on ideas of others to come up with new ways to address issues or problems; Generates creative new solutions and approaches to issues and processes.
• Organization and time Management. Plans and prioritizes work, manages time appropriately to meet deadlines, follows up with others to ensure one's own work and commitments are completed on time, deals with pressure and deadlines through good planning.

*This position could be offered at different levels for candidates who qualify with a combination of advanced levels of education and/or years of experience. The salary range will adjust along with the level of the role to match the person's relevant experience and/or education level.

Inotiv is a growing contemporary drug discovery and development company where we "Play to Win" in an industry rich with opportunity. Together, we face challenges and together we win in the delivery of world-class drug discovery and development solutions that impact the health and well-being of people all over the world. There's an opportunity for everyone at all phases of a career, each individual's unique skill set has an impact on the work we conduct. If you have the talent and desire to impact the quality of people's lives, we have the career opportunities to make it happen. Join us in embracing research and science to impact the health and well-being of people all over the world.

Salary will be commensurate with experience and responsibilities. Benefits include health and dental coverage, short- and long-term disability, paid time off, paid parental leave, 401K, and more!

Inotiv is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity to all persons, regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. This policy governs all aspects of employment, including selection, job assignment, compensation, discipline, termination and access to benefits and training.