Vacature Veterinarian

About Pharming
Pharming Group N.V. (Nasdaq: PHAR/Euronext Amsterdam: PHARM) is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. Pharming is commercializing and developing an innovative portfolio of protein replacement therapies and precision medicines, including small molecules, biologics, and gene therapies that are in early to late-stage development. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands, and has employees around the globe who serve patients in over 30 markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.
Our Culture
Pharming is committed to our core values: "We Care, We Collaborate, We Walk the Talk", which is complementary to our focus on self-development of our people, teamwork, leadership and being results orientated. In our growing organization, it is important that employees feel connected and engaged. Our core values enable our mission of bringing the unserved rare disease patients the solutions they need and create a clear pathway forward to meet our strategic goals and objectives.

About the role:
Review, monitor and where needed implement the company's animal health and welfare policies as well as Dutch and EU legislation as appropriate to Pharmaceutical Production and Research & Development environments. Such policies aim at preserving and promoting the health and welfare of animals as well as optimizing the reproductive and the productive performance of animals. Duties include monitoring of the breeding and care of transgenic rabbits used in the production of milk containing recombinant protein, training of personnel involved in animal caretaking.

Areas of Responsibility:
Documentation

• Keep records and maintain activities according to SOPs and Work Instructions, taking into account legislation, cGMP rules where applicable and the basic quality system of Pharming.
• Provide the Biotechnicians with adequate and detailed working instructions and where needed training, in relation to the veterinary care, preventive measures and health monitoring actions.
• Document investigations and resolutions of health-related deviations.
  

Maintain animal health and welfare

• Ensure legal requirements are met in relation to animal husbandry, breeding and animal health and welfare, participate in the Animal Welfare Body (IvD);
• Monitor and where needed define specifications for animal health and welfare of the production and breeding herd.
• Review laboratory health screening results and necropsy reports, and health investigation forms (FDO). Analyze health, productivity, and fertility trends.
• Keep an updated database of rabbit diseases and rabbit pathogens.
• Issue Animal Health certificates, e.g. the Monthly Health Certificate for Rabbit colonies
• Decide, in consultation with the Director Transgenic Platform Support or delegate thereof, on actions to be taken in case of animal disease outbreak or positive health testing results.
• Assist biotechnicians in their work in the area of animal health and welfare related topics, for example by providing veterinary medicinal information, scientific research or organizing training.
• Manage the site(s) pharmacy and keep proper record for the 'opiates law'.
  

Back-up support to the Director Transgenic Platform Support

• Participating in the Quality or Change Review Board, if required.
• Provide support with regulatory input, if required.
• Participate in Project Team Meetings.

• Master's Degree in Veterinary Medicine and a in The Netherlands;
• Article 9 Certification of Wet op de Dierproeven including species specific module rabbits&rodents (may be obtained in the course of employment).

What you'll get in return
We offer you a permanent position (starting with a one-year contract), with an excellent remuneration scheme, including:

• A highly competitive salary
• 8.33% holiday allowance (for NL)
• A minimum of 30 vacation days
• An excellent pension plan
• Commuting allowance

You will also join our Learning & Development program, which can offer a tailor made development plan, based on your personal and professional needs. Learning opportunities are everywhere, in all forms imaginable and we want to create learning memories for all "Pharmers".

Apply for the job
Does this sound like you and do you want to join our team? Then we'd love to hear from you!

We're an equal opportunity employer.

Functie:	veterinarian
Startdatum:	02-11-2023
Ervaring:	Ervaren
Educatielevel:	HBO
Contracttype:	Vast
Salaris:	onbekend – onbekend
Uren per week:	1 – 40

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