Associate Cage Wash Tech-Animal Care

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: ACUP - DAC MCN III, ESB, MMPC, Cage Wash Staff Job Summary: JOB SUMMARY Operates cage wash machinery in order to sanitize primary animal holding cages, support equipment and general access areas, with regular guidance.

Requirements

Customer Service (Fundamental Awareness): A continuing focus on the needs and requirements of customers, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, responsive to customer needs.
Quality Assurance (Novice): Understands the goal of increasing organizational productivity and individual performance by making the products and services within your work assignments more efficient and more effective.
Planning (Fundamental Awareness): Plans work to complete projects on time. Competently handles multiple assignments simultaneously. Able to be flexible to meet changing customer needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity. Uses time efficiently.
Material Processing (Novice): Efficiency in working a series of steps to complete a process. Understanding what it takes to run machinery and the parameters for washing and sterilizing equipment.
Judgement and Decision-Making (Fundamental Awareness): Able to make decisions effectively and accurately in an environment which may be fast-paced or changing. Considers a wide range of alternatives, including those which may fall outside of the scope of the task at hand, before making a decision.
Communication (Fundamental Awareness): Clearly, effectively and respectfully communicates to employees or customers.
Relevant Work Experience
Less than 1 year
High School Diploma or GED

Responsibilities

Participates in cleaning, maintenance, and decontamination of cage wash facility and other assigned areas.
Conducts microbiological monitoring on cages and equipment.
Transports equipment to new locations as instructed.
Records information in accordance with outlined procedures.
Maintains supplies for cage wash facility and other assigned areas.
Operates equipment in accordance with equipment manuals. Reports potential equipment failures or safety concerns.
Assembles caging with necessary supplies and food as instructed.
Follows procedures to comply with operating and regulatory requirements related to care of laboratory animals.