Attending Veterinarian

Novo Nordisk R&D Centre China (NNRCC)

Location: Zhongguancun Life Science Park, Changping District, Beijing

Attending Veterinarian in Animal Facility Department, Research Operation Unit

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company and a world leader in diabetes and obesity care. Our purpose is to drive changes to defeat diabetes, obesity, and other serious chronic diseases such as NASH, CVD, CKD, rare blood and rare endocrine diseases. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines, and working to prevent and ultimately cure the diseases we treat. NNRCC is an integrated part of Novo Nordisk R&D organization. NNRCC Animal Facility team strives to deliver the highest standards of animal care, welfare and ethics, fully support the dog and rodent pharmacology. We work in a state-of-the-art facility and value a high team spirit, good communication and dynamic collaborations.

The Position

The position holder is expected to be a highly independent veterinarian, to ensure an animal facility with high animal ethics standard and a high quality of health status of the animals. You will be responsible for veterinary care of the animals and for ensuring that the daily care lives up to our high standards experimental animal care. You will have a close collaboration with other scientists, animal facility team leader and animal caretakers.
The key areas of responsibility and main job tasks are:

•    Oversee the animal health control and monitoring programs through the development and implementation of SOPs.
•    Examine, diagnose and treat diseases of laboratory animals to ensure the health of animals used in scientific research and to comply with regulations governing their humane and ethical treatment
•    Oversee activities concerned with housing, husbandry and animal facility maintenance to ensure compliance with Novo Nordisk global standards

•    Demonstrate soundness of judgment in challenging experimental plans to ensure correct use of laboratory animals and ability in responding to unexpected results or adverse outcomes (pharmacovigilance)
•    Collaborate with colleagues in Laboratory Animal Science to ensure alignment between animal facilities in Copenhagen, Boston and Beijing
•    Oversee regulatory compliance with all applicable local and national Chinese laws, consultation and training for animal users

•    Collaborate with other Novo Nordisk scientists on the development of animal models, to plan procedures, and selects animals for specific research based on knowledge of species and research principles and techniques
•    Represent NNRCC on national meetings related to laboratory animal science and animal ethics/welfare and through scholarly work
•    Promote a safe and positive work environment for all personnel in the laboratory animal facility

•    Conduct animal welfare monitoring for internal operations and external collaborations to ensure compliance and facilitate smooth partnerships. 
•    Assist management with daily management, long term planning, and training of animal caretakers.

Other individual assignments

•    Become a member of IACUC

Qualifications

•    B.S. in Veterinarian Medicine and M.Sc or above in a relevant scientific discipline with focus on veterinary science, preferably within laboratory animal area; or D.V.M from U.S and EU countries
•    3 to 5+ years residency experience within clinical hospital, laboratory animal science or experience from a similar pharma industry or CRO position to include experience in dog & rodent medicine and surgery
•    Board-certified laboratory animal veterinarian is a plus

•    Management experience is a plus
•    Demonstrated understanding of animal ethics, housing, documentation/record-keeping, handling and veterinary care relevant for laboratory animals as well as Chinese and international regulations on laboratory animals
•    Fluent in oral and written English

•    Functional in oral and written Chinese-mandarin
•    Positive and motivated, good team-player, highly flexible and have a “can-do” approach
•    Able to respond to non-business hour emergencies within the animal facility via an on-call schedule coordinated with other staff members.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.