Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Veterinary Emergency Critical Care

Washington State Univ; United States; On-site; USD 155,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation leave

Insurance package

Retirement plan

Deferred compensation

Job summary

Washington State University’s Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences seeks to fill multiple full‑time, open‑rank faculty positions in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ECC). Successful applicants will join a team of ACVECC Diplomates and Residents, contributing to clinical service, teaching, and scholarship at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Pullman, WA.

The ECC service offers advanced life support, state‑of‑the‑art equipment, and a commitment to expanding staffing and services

Qualifications

• DVM or foreign equivalent degree required.
• Board certification or eligibility in ECC (ACVECC/ECVECC) by time of hire.
• Evidence of clinical service, teaching, and/or research excellence for higher ranks.

Education

DVM (or foreign equivalent such as BVSc)

Board-certified or board-eligible in Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) or ECVECC

Job description

Available Title(s)

164-NN_FACULTY - Clinical Assistant Professor - Career, 165-NN_FACULTY - Clinical Associate Professor - Career, 166-NN_FACULTY - Clinical Professor - Career

Business Title

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Veterinary Emergency Critical Care

Employee Type

Faculty Position

Position Term

Position Details: The Opportunity: The Washington State University (WSU) Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (VCS) in the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) seeks to fill multiple full‑time open rank (Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor) career track faculty positions in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ECC). The successful applicants will join 4 Veterinary ECC faculty members (ACVECC Diplomates), and a dedicated team of 4 ECC residents, 8 ECC specialty interns, a technician supervisor, 13 licensed veterinary technicians and technician assistants, and 3 patient service coordinators. The ECC services' strategic plan includes expansion of all levels of staffing and services to facilitate operation of parallel critical care and emergency services.

State‑of‑the‑art equipment and facilities are currently available within the service and hospital and include the capability for long term mechanical ventilation, high flow oxygen therapy, point‑of‑care ultrasound, multi‑parameter monitoring system, in‑house laboratories, thromboelastography (TEG), on‑site blood bank, digital radiography, 3T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, computed tomography (CT), and electrodiagnostic equipment. Endoscopy, bronchoscopy, laparoscopy, and arthroscopy are also available. The ECC Services receive referral cases from a large geographical area including Washington, Oregon, Montana, Alaska, and Canada, and provides support to the surrounding community and nearly every small animal service within the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) in Pullman, Washington. The VTH is a full‑service referral and primary care center that aspires to be the country’s best academic veterinary hospital for patients, students, clients, colleagues, and community.

The joint mission of the VTH and VCS is to improve the health and well‑being of all animals through excellence in medical care, training future veterinarians, and finding innovative ways to diagnose and treat disease. Dedicated to this vision and mission are more than 60 full‑time faculty members and 170 staff and house officers. The VTH is a leading referral center in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest with over 20,000 patient visits per year as a regional tertiary care facility which provides the Clinical Pathology service with a broad‑based caseload.

Additional Information: This is a full time (100% FTE), continuous career track. This position is overtime exempt.

Annual Salary

• Assistant Professor: $155,000 - $165,000
• Associate Professor: $165,000 - $185,000
• Full Professor: $185,000 - $200,000

Benefits

• paid sick and vacation leave
• paid holidays
• medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents
• retirement
• deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts

For additional information, please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for Faculty and Total Compensation. For information or questions about Benefits, please contact HRS Benefits at 509-335-4521. The state of Washington has no state income tax which can increase take home compensation.

Qualifications for all ranks

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM, VMD) degree or a related foreign equivalent degree (such as a BVSc)
• Board‑certified or board‑eligible in Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) or European College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ECVECC) by the time of hire
• Considerations regarding faculty rank will be determined based on the interests and qualifications of the candidate, as will division of effort
• Candidates for Associate Professor and Professor should have evidence of progressively higher levels of experience and expertise in the provision of outstanding clinical service, clinical teaching, and/or research/scholarship

Position Sponsorship Eligibility

Eligible for work visa sponsorship

Background Check

This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34, engages in law enforcement, requires security clearance, interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity, has access to personal identifying and/or financial information, unsupervised access to university buildings/property, or other business‑related need. A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.

Time Type

Full time

Washington State University encourages all qualified candidates to apply, including members of the military and veterans, and persons with disabilities. WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non‑U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource Services: 509-335‑4521 (v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1‑800‑833‑6384; TDD Callers: 1‑800‑833‑6388, 509‑335‑1259(f), or [e-mail].

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