Position: Senior Scientist - Veterinary Care & Training Department: Preclinical Sciences & Translational Safety - In Vivo Sciences (IVS) Reports to: Associate Director of Animal Welfare, Veterinary Care,& Training Location: Beerse, Belgium The Senior Scientist, Veterinary Care & Training will be responsible for clinical care, preventative and diagnostic medicine programs, surgery, investigator and technician training, compliance support (protocol review, IACUC, post-approval monitoring, interaction with inspectors, participation in program description documentation), and collaborative research with investigators. Essential responsibilities: Veterinary Care & Compliance: • Provide routine veterinary care for assigned area(s) of clinical responsibility, including participating in an on-call schedule to provide after-hours and weekend veterinary coverage. • Perform and document physical examinations of incoming and resident animals as required by regulations in support of a program ofquality veterinary care. Performs routine “grand veterinary rounds” for the purpose of observing animal health and animal care. • Oversee the program of acclimation and/or quarantine of incoming animals. This includes all necessary and appropriate health checks and surveillance of incoming and resident animals, as well as release of animals from acclimation/quarantine. • Oversee a program of preventative and diagnostic veterinary care; Supervise or perform diagnostic procedures and processing in house or with service providers. Examples include fecal analysis, bacterial culture, tuberculin testing, gross necropsy, diagnostic imaging, and rodent sentinel health surveillance. • Provide oversight and training to assure quality care is provided to the animals by staff and animal scientists. • Contribute to deliver and provide regular updates of training programs and orientation for staff, scientists, and other personnel prior to assigning independent vivarium access. • Review and provide consultation to investigators for IACUC/EC (Ethics Committee) protocols and animal research models. • Provide surgical program oversight, support and training to research investigators. • Assure compliance with all internal and external regulatory and accreditation requirements. • Maintain records to comply with applicable local, state, federal regulations, applicable animal welfare accreditation standards, and internal compliance regulations. • Maintain awareness of new regulations and follow existing regulations affecting animal research. • Provide input to the Attending/Designated Veterinarian, the Institutional Official/License holder and/or IACUC/EC (Ethics Committee) relating to animal care and use and animal welfare. • Participate in animal care and use program and animal quality evaluations of animal suppliers. • Audit animal care and use programs of contract laboratories and vendors in support of local use and/or Johnson & Johnson Corporate Policy. Education and Training/3R improvement: • Establish programs of technical training for staff in support of ongoing in vivo research activities. • Oversee programs of positive reinforcement training and environmental enhancement for all animals. In Vivo Model Technical Innovation: • Establish collaborative research projects with investigators in support of drug discovery (eg animal model development or improvement). Physical Plant/Operational Expertise: • Partner with site and vivarium operational staff to ensure physical plant repairs, upgrades, renovations, and construction projects are executed in a timely manner to ensure animal welfare/well-being and facilitate minimal disruption of animal science business/research programs. • Support vivarium renovation(s) and construction build-out(s) with appropriate subject matter expertise and/or oversight. • Support expectations and need for reliability and operation of facility and key equipment with staff, maintenance personnel and other contractors by continuous education and corroborative problem solving. • In partnership with the Head of the Animal Care & Use Program, Attending/Designated Veterinarian, and operational staff, assess the impact of investigator requests for new/additional work (eg, additional space and equipment allocations, introduction of a new species, significant increases in census, changes to work processes, etc.). 

Qualifications Requirements:

 â€¢ Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills • Excellent oral and written communication skills; Must be able to regularly read, understand, and follow-through on all correspondence. • Must be able to work under time constraints with minimal direction of day-to-day responsibilities, including effectively working with multidisciplinary teams • Must be able to regularly read, understand, verify accuracy, and document various written protocols, including Animal Care and Use protocols, standard operating procedures, work instructions, etc. • Must be able to work with external regulatory agencies and accreditation groups. • Must be able to regularly read, understand, verify accuracy, and document various written protocols, including Animal Care and Use Protocols, Standard Operating Procedures, work instructions, etc. • Compliance and working knowledge of applicable USDA, EU, FDA, GLPs, GMPs, applicable animal welfare guidelines, and AAALAC requirements. • Some “off-core business hours” meeting participation and work required. • Must complete all annual training requirements. • Must perform all work per appropriate safety standards. • Stay ahead of current trends and practices in field of expertise by completing required continuing education. • Ability to wear all Personal Protective Equipment required to perform work tasks. • Applicable vaccinations may be required for entry and work within specific laboratory and vivarium spaces. • Performs other duties as assigned. Preferred: • Understanding of the overall process of drug discovery and development is preferred. • Major biotech/pharma experience preferred. Educational Requirements: • DVM/VMD or equivalent from an AVMA-accredited or recognized school of veterinary medicine. • Currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Belgium or equivalent US/EU license and must be able to meet regional and local regulatory requirements related to veterinary care within three months of employment. • Residency certificate from an accredited program for Laboratory Animal Medicine and/or ACLAM or EU equivalent boarded desirable. • Minimum of five (5) years of experience in animal-based research; major biotech/pharma experience preferred. • Experience and proficiency in “hands on” research support procedures in rodent and nonrodent laboratory animal species. • The overall background of experience and education should be sufficient to allow performance of the job requirements listed. IVS Essential Personnel Statement: • This is an essential personnel role. Essential personnel are defined as the staff who are required to report to their designated work location, to ensure the operation of essential functions or departments during an emergency, as determined by Janssen, or when the business has suspended operations. There are some individuals who may be required to perform essential services remotely and those individuals will be identified in advance and notified by their supervisors, but in most cases Essential Personnel are required to be on-site during an emergency or suspension of operations. Essential personnel are defined as the staff who are required to report to their designated work location, to ensure the operation of essential functions or departments during an emergency, as determined by Janssen, or when the business has suspended operations. There are some individuals who may be required to perform essential services remotely and those individuals will be identified in advance and notified by their supervisors, but in most cases Essential Personnel are required to be on-site during an emergency or suspension of operations. Essential personnel are defined as the staff who are required to report to their designated work location, to ensure the operation of essential functions or departments during an emergency, as determined by Janssen, or when the business has suspended operations. There are some individuals who may be required to perform essential services remotely and those individuals will be identified in advance and notified by their supervisors, but in most cases Essential Personnel are required to be on-site during an emergency or suspension of operations.