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Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure): Clinical Assistant or Clinical Associate Professor (Large Animal Clinical Educator) Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Location College Station, TX

Open Date 10/10/2025

Position ID 170983

Description

The Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), Texas A&M University (TAMU) invites applications for a full-time, 11-month/year,Academic Professional Track (non-tenure track) clinical faculty position at the rank of clinical assistant or clinical associate professor to serve as a large animal clinical educator. This is a primary pre-clinical teaching position. Opportunities for hospital-based patient care are not required, but available. The anticipated start date is spring 2026.

The successful candidate will have a primary instructional role developing and delivering large animal content and will participate in instruction of the integrated and highly experiential DVM curriculum. The individual will participate in multiple courses, including the Professional & Clinical Skills course, which is contiguous through the first six semesters of the curriculum. In this course students gain clinical skills in the simulation laboratory, professional skills, including communication, ethical decision-making, personal and professional finance, and critical thinking skills through problem-based instruction. Excellence and creativity in education is expected as well as course coordinator responsibilities to support the curriculum. Broad experience in large animal species is required. The ideal candidate will have a combination of skills derived from both academic and private practice settings.

For candidates desiring patient care activities, the majority of their overall effort (60-70%) will be dedicated to instruction in the pre-clinical curriculum with the remainder of time (30-40%) divided between clinical service in the Large Animal Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, academic service, and/or scholarly activities. Candidates desiring solely a pre-clinical teaching role will spend 70% of their overall effort in instruction in the preclinical curriculum with the remainder of the time (30%) divided between academic service and/or scholarly activities. Applicants must be committed to a team-centered atmosphere and possess excellent communication skills with animal caregivers, faculty colleagues, veterinary students, house officers, technicians, and staff. In addition, faculty members are expected to commit to holding themselves and colleagues accountable to the VMBS code of professional conduct. (https://vetmed.tamu.edu/dean/vmbs-code-of-professional-conduct)

The Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences includes 50 faculty members with a wide-range of backgrounds and scholarly interests. Faculty members are located at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station and at the Veterinary Education Research and Outreach (VERO) program at the campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon. Clinical units at College Station include Equine Internal Medicine, Equine Surgery, Equine Theriogenology, Equine Field Services and Community Practice, Equine Sports Medicine, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery, Food Animal Field Services, and Diagnostic Imaging. Additionally, the department provides ambulatory service to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice animal units through a team of faculty members dedicated to this service.

Pre-clinical training in College Station occurs within our Veterinary & Biomedical Education Complex (VBEC), a 330,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art educational facility. VBEC is home to a variety of educational venues for lectures, laboratories, small group learning, and an array of hands-on skills training. This complex also houses the Center for Educational Technologies, which provides pedagogical support to faculty for teaching and learning. Our 34,000 square-foot VERO facility was completed in 2020 on the campus of WTAMU in Canyon, Texas, and supports key research and outreach initiatives focused on the livestock industry and service to rural communities in the Texas Panhandle as well as our DVM 2+2 program.

The Bryan–College Station community has a combined population of approximately 300,000 and is a growing metropolitan area offering a rich mix of cultural and recreational activities, excellent schools, and a relatively low cost of living.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

+ Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or equivalent degree.

+ Be able to hold a Texas state veterinary license, a DEA license

+ USDA Category II accreditation is required for applicants desiring patient care responsibilities.

+ Patient care also requires applicants to be licensed or eligible for regular or special license to practice veterinary medicine in Texas.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Board certification or eligibility to take a board examination in a specialty recognized by the AVMA American Board of Veterinary Specialties (ABVS), including ABVP, is preferred.

Application Instructions

If you meet the position qualifications and would like to join our team of passionate educators, clinicians, and researchers at Texas A&M University, please submit the following documents: a) cover letter, b) personal statement to include philosophy and plans for teaching and clinical service, c) your current curriculum vitae, including status of board certification, and d) contact information for 5 references to the Texas A&M University faculty job board hosted by Interfolio https://apply.interfolio.com/175739

Inquiries may be directed to the search advisory committee chair, Dr. Dusty Nagy at [email protected].

Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted and will be considered until the position is filled.