Wildlife Veterinarian wanted

The Wildlife Veterinarian main job responsibilities are :

• Develop agency wildlife disease plans and protocols for such disease related activities as disease surveillance and response plans, agency protocols for investigation and reporting of potential disease incidents.
  
• Implement plans and protocols. Update agency administrators and other staff biologists on indigenous and non-indigenous wildlife disease threats.
  
• Coordinate or conduct all wildlife disease surveillance, monitoring, investigation research, control or eradication measures and response for the agency.
  
• Coordinate all field wildlife disease surveillance within the agency.
  
• Use scientific methods for collecting, analyzing and reporting on samples collected in the field and in the laboratory.
  
• Ensure valid sampling and statistical methodology and train staff to ensure they use appropriate methods (necropsy tissue and serum sampling, sample storage and shipping, etc.).
  
• Make sure staff has access to agency data, project results, reports, white papers and other documents.
  
• Design and conduct wildlife disease research projects in collaboration with universities and/or with agency staff.
  
• Represent the agency on or provide guidance to external organizations including the US and NC Departments of Agriculture, Emergency Disease Eradication Organization, National Wildlife Health Center, USDA Rabies Eradication program, NC Emerging and Zoonotic Disease Working Group, state or national emergency disease response and planning efforts, the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, the NC Vector Borne Task Force and the AFWA Fish and Wildlife Health Committee.
• Develop multi-agency and cross-jurisdictional plans and activities.
• Assist with regulations development and review for agency rules having wildlife disease implications. Draft or review North Carolina Statutes.