Animal Care Technician III (14BS)

Charles River Laboratories•Bethesda, MD

72d•$25 - $27•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for an experienced Animal Care Technician III for our Insourcing Solutions Team in Bethesda, MD. As the Animal Care Technician III, you will maintain, monitor, and document the health, breeding colony production, technical support, and physical environment within the customer's varied animal care environments.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Minimum of two years' experience working in a lab animal environment with direct hands on with a variety of species, and at least six months of breeding technical experience.
AALAS certification at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician level (ALAT)

Responsibilities

Monitors daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations and animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, to include but not limited to perform daily water bottle /automatic water line and cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning, utilizing microisolator techniques, as required; record animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols
Reviews, comprehends, and complies with all SOP's and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area. Cares for and maintains laboratory animals in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act and the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals", as well as NIH policies and guidelines and other pertinent regulations and policies
Performs technical support to include but not limited to animal handling and restraint, weaning, tail snips, ear tagging. May assist with blood collection (retro-orbital sinus, tail vein, cardiac bleeds on mice, rats, and rabbits), tissue samples, perform injections (IP, IM, SG, IV) treatments
Maintains accurate records of animal breeding, health, weaning, identification, and housing/isolator or support areas as required by Institute and facility. Follows breeding and weaning procedures to ensure required production levels
Provides environmental enrichment feed and other enrichment stimuli and /or provides behavioral assessments.
Receives, inspects, and puts away incoming animals and complete related receiving duties
Operates equipment and uses supplies according to safety guidelines; performs general housekeeping and adheres to safety procedures
Assists with receipt, stocking, and maintenance of supply inventories
Ability to take on new tasks and perform daily routines with minimal supervision