Lab Animal Tech II

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Boston, MA

4d•$21 - $28•Onsite

About The Position

Provides daily husbandry care and maintenance required for the health and cleanliness of research animals and their housing facilities in accordance with established procedures and schedules which adhere to State and Federal regulations and accrediting agencies guidelines (AAALAC). Provides technical assistance with procedures to include bloodletting, parasite screens and routine treatments under the direction of the Supervisor. Assist research staff as needed.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED required.
1-3 years related work experience required.
Two years experience working with laboratory animals including specialized husbandry techniques.
Knowledge of basic animal technical procedures such as restraint, bloodletting, sample collection and routine treatments for laboratory animals.
Must be able to work well as part of a team and follow detailed instruction and carry through with minimal supervision.
Must not be overly allergic to animals so as to affect ability to work with laboratory animals.
Basic familiarity with computers.
Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.

Nice To Haves

Certificate 1 preferred: Laboratory Animal Technician
Certificate 2 preferred: Asst Laboratory Animal Tech
Certification at the AALAS Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician or Laboratory Animal Technician levels.

Responsibilities

Provides daily husbandry care to research animals according to department standard operating procedures, state and federal regulations and accrediting agency guidelines.
Provides clean sanitized caging material, fresh food and water and environmental enrichment on a scheduled and as needed basis.
Monitors animal health and well being in assigned areas.
Reports all signs of illness to the Supervisor immediately.
Completes all required reporting documents and cage notification cards.
Assists with the sentinel surveillance program.
Performs bloodletting, fur plucks and fecal testing on sentinel animals according to the departments standard operating procedure.
Prepares samples for transport to offsite diagnostic laboratory.
Houses newly arriving animal colonies according to department standard operating procedures.
Ensures that orders match the posted incoming animal log and assigned cage cards.
Reports errors immediately to the Supervisor.
Provides technical assistance with animal treatments and health monitoring of colony animals.
Reports any concerns to the Supervisor.
May assist research staff with training in commonly used techniques such as restraint, bloodletting and injections.