Position Announcement: APHIS Veterinary Medical Officer, Swine Health Programs

October 11, 2006 — USDA APHIS VS

USDA APHIS VS is looking for a Veterinary Medical Officer (VMO) to join the Swine Health Programs Team. The other members of the USDA APHIS Swine Health Programs Team are Drs. John Korslund and Dave Pyburn. Any questions on this position announcement can be addressed directly to either of them.

The primary role of this VMO will be to serve as a member of the Swine Health Programs Team on the Aquaculture, Swine, Equine and Poultry (ASEP) Health Programs Staff administering the Swine Health Protection Act, Swine Surveillance Programs, and Pseudorabies and Swine Brucellosis Eradication Programs. This position is located in Des Moines, Iowa. This VMO will advise field veterinary managers (State and Federal) on cooperative program disease surveillance and eradication procedures, work levels, and program priorities. This VMO will establish new or clarify existing surveillance and eradication procedures relative to routine and task force operations. This VMO will evaluate and interpret scientific and diagnostic reports pertaining to domestic animal diseases and recommend actions to be taken in existing or newly established programs. This VMO will evaluate states to determine compliance with standards and other requirements in attaining and maintaining program diseases eradication status. The position involves participation in program reviews and evaluations at national field level and in field stations for compliance with laws and regulations. This VMO will maintain up-to-date directives by writing new and revising current VS Notices, Memorandums and other guidelines. This VMO will facilitate ASEP Swine Team activity on new initiatives identified through strategic planning processes.

This announcement is scheduled to close on 10/30/06.

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