Application Deadline: Jan 10, 2022

As a Veterinary Medical Officer (Wildlife) your duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Conducts biological field investigations involving wildlife populations, including population health, arthropod vector, and harvest surveys, targeted disease surveillance, and ecological epidemiology.

• Conducts pathological examinations and selects appropriate additional diagnostic tests to identify the causative agents in wildlife disease outbreaks.

• Works in coordination with partners to ensure animal welfare compliance during Service activities involving animals.

• Coordinates closely with other agencies regarding collaborative biological monitoring programs both on and off public lands, and facilitates the transfer and integration of biological data to collaborators.

• Provides oral presentations on significant wildlife health and disease issues involving DOI trust resources ranging from highly technical professional audiences, to congressional and agency staffs, to newsmedia, and the general public.

• Provides training in wildlife health monitoring and surveillance procedures, wildlife restraint and handling, and disease response.

• Works with field Biologists to provide training in wildlife health monitoring and surveillance procedures,chemical and physical restraint and handling, and Disease Contingency Planning.