Title:  Veterinary Pathologist

Job Description

Job title: Veterinary Pathologist

Job location: Bangalore

Department: Safety Assessment

About syngene:  syngene (www.syngeneintl.com) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures, and sops, in letter and spirit

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company’s integrity & quality standards
• Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams, and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self
• Compliance to Syngene’s quality standards at all times
• Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals
• Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time

Core Purpose of the Role:

The purpose of this role is to act as study pathologist for various non-clinical toxicology studies. Perform gross and microscopic examination of tissues and organs to identify test compound related changes, interpretation of pathology data and pathology report preparation.

Role Accountabilities:

• Study Pathologist for acute, sub-acute, sub chronic, reproductive, carcinogenicity, inhalation and dermal toxicity studies involving pharmaceuticals, biologics and agrochemicals.
• Study pathologist for animal model and efficacy studies.
• Providing technical contribution to the study plan.
• Involving and monitoring of animal euthanasia, gross examination, organ collection, verification, weighing and preservation.
• Online data entry using data capture software.
• Training of laboratory technicians for necropsy and histology techniques.
• Evaluation of blood cell morphology (RBC, WBC and platelet).
• Evaluation of bone marrow smear for M:E ratio, bone marrow differential count.
• Peer review of pathology data performed by other pathologists.
• Interpretation of clinical pathology, organ weight, gross and histopathology findings and preparation of pathology report.
• Providing periodic update to sponsor during pathology phase of the study.
• Ensuring proper documentation as per regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that work performed is in accordance with the requirements of the study plan and in full compliance with GLP.

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role

Experience

• 1-4 years

Skills and Capabilities:

• Ability to interpret test item related findings and report preparation for regulatory submission.
• Knowledge of basic toxicology, laboratory animal science and regulatory guidelines.Ø Experience in non-routine techniques such as, immunohistochemistry and special stains

Education

• MVSc

  Equal Opportunity Employer:

It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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