Animal Lab Tech I- Per diem, Comparative Medicine
About The Position
The Comparative Medicine department is seeking a motivated and eager Animal Lab Tech I to join their team! The Department of Comparative Medicine is dedicated to the facilitation of biomedical research utilizing animals, while striving to maintain the highest quality of ethical, humane and appropriate animal care. The Department is committed to continuing to improve the quality of services provided to research investigators for the purpose of improving the health of humans and animals. We support groundbreaking research with consultation, training, veterinary care, and facility maintenance services. The Animal Lab Technician I (ALTI) is an entry level position for technicians with less than one year of experience in the husbandry of laboratory animals. Job responsibilities include knowledge and application of relevant laboratory animal medicine standards, rules, and regulations and performing animal husbandry tasks under direct or indirect supervision. These tasks include but are not limited to performing daily animal health checks, daily cage assessment, cage changing, primary enclosure wash and disinfection, maintenance of animal rooms and comprehension and application of standard operating procedures (SOP) to prevent cross contamination of colony animals and equipment.
Requirements
- Less than one year of experience in the husbandry of laboratory animals.
- Knowledge and application of relevant laboratory animal medicine standards, rules, and regulations.
- Ability to perform animal husbandry tasks under direct or indirect supervision.
- Ability to perform daily animal health checks, daily cage assessment, cage changing, primary enclosure wash and disinfection, and maintenance of animal rooms.
- Comprehension and application of standard operating procedures (SOP) to prevent cross contamination of colony animals and equipment.
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions to provide special diets and medicated water.
- Ability to provide care for both immune-competent and immune-compromised animals, which may also be designated as biohazardous or chemically hazardous.
- Ability to provide a basic assessment of animal general appearance, clinical signs, and behavior.
- Ability to report abnormal conditions in animals, including overcrowding and non-compliances related to animal welfare and health.
- Ability to assist clinical and research staff with animal handling and basic treatments of all rodents.
- Ability to perform veterinary related tasks post training by Clinical Staff and maintain clinical records.
- Ability to provide species-specific environmental enrichment to animals.
- Ability to assist with animal receiving as instructed.
- Ability to monitor animal room environmental parameters and accurately record environmental data.
- Ability to report abnormalities to ALTIII or Supervisor.
- Ability to assist with vivarium support tasks including but not limited to Reverse Osmosis/Deionized water system checks, Individual Ventilated Cage rack cycling, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and feed and bedding inventory audits.
Responsibilities
- Sanitizes primary enclosures either by cage changing (e.g. rodents) or enclosure wash and disinfection (e.g. swine and canine) including high pressure washing, disinfectant handling and waste management.
- Assists in routine and special feeding, watering, handling (safely transferring animals from one enclosure to another) and changes cages and sanitizes primary enclosure for all species housed in the vivarium.
- Follows written and verbal instructions to provide special diets and medicated water to animals in the vivarium.
- Provides care for both immune-competent and immune-compromised animals, which may also be designated as biohazardous or chemically hazardous.
- Provides a basic assessment of animal general appearance, clinical signs, and behavior to recognize normal vs abnormal conditions in animals.
- Reports abnormal conditions in animals to the clinical team for further assessment, including overcrowding and non compliances related to animal welfare and health.
- Assists clinical and research staff with animal handling and basic treatments of all rodents (teeth trimming, separation, euthanasia).
- Performs veterinary related tasks post training by Clinical Staff and maintains clinical records as required; rodent breeding tasks may be performed as needed.
- Provides species-specific environmental enrichment to animals according to Comparative Medicine standards.
- Assists with animal receiving as instructed by the Animal Care Coordinator.
- Monitors animal room environmental parameters (e.g. temperature, photoperiods, and humidity), accurately records environmental data and reports abnormalities to ALTIII or Supervisor.
- Assists the ALTIII and/or area Supervisor with vivarium support tasks including but not limited to Reverse Osmosis/Deionized water system checks, Individual Ventilated Cage rack cycling, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and feed and bedding inventory audits.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
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