Head of Veterinary Medicine, Basel, Novartis (80-100%*)

Internal job title: Associate Director CM (Comparative Medicine) Location: Basel, CH, onsite. The Head of Veterinary Medicine will lead a team of 3 VM associates to deliver the "Veterinary Medicine" program for the Basel Rodent vivarium, with the aim of accomplishing flawless veterinary care including clinical monitoring/treatment and health & hygiene monitoring of laboratory animal colonies as well as support of research groups in their in-vivo experimental work, organization/coordination of CM internal QA, leadership of veterinary technicians and training of staff. She/He will contribute to the CM leadership team onsite and globally for VM and CM strategies and improvements. Key responsibilities include prophylactic routine measures, diagnostic testing, therapeutic measures, 24/7 veterinary emergency service, microbiological monitoring, triage of animal imports/exports, management of prescription drugs, and advising research groups on lab animal science.