Research Support Technician
About The Position
The Research Support Technician performs a variety of facility, research, and husbandry support duties. This position is responsible for: 1) Daily care of research animals including cage changing, cleaning, and sanitation, animal observation, handling, and restraint. 2) Preparation for incoming animal orders and transfers 3) Assist in completing husbandry training for new and/or transferred staff. 4) Handle/restrain laboratory animals as necessary and follow proper procedures for assessing health of the animal. 5) As directed by Veterinarians/Vet care staff: assessing, evaluating, and implementing a treatment plan for a select subset of animal health conditions as well as administering routine treatments 6) Utilize VetCare system to document and track health cases. 7) Assist with training labs for usage of the EuthanEx Smart Box. 8) Assist with providing routine care such as parasite control. 9) Facility duties include performing animal inventory scans, ensuring functioning of reverse osmosis water systems, and ensuring room signage is up to date. 10) Assist with placing feed and supply orders, facility tours and orientations, ensuring sentinel program accuracy, work order submission for routine issues, and preparation and storage of appropriate facility paperwork. 11) Other duties as assigned 12) Emergency duties required during adverse weather and /or other emergency situations. Holiday and weekend work required on a rotating basis.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience performing animal husbandry in a laboratory animal environment.
- Demonstrated ability to function in a detail-oriented, teamwork environment.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with research/veterinary staff and personnel at all levels of an organization.
- ALAT certification within the first year of the role.
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Higher levels of AALAS certification.
Responsibilities
- Daily care of research animals including cage changing, cleaning, and sanitation, animal observation, handling, and restraint.
- Preparation for incoming animal orders and transfers
- Assist in completing husbandry training for new and/or transferred staff.
- Handle/restrain laboratory animals as necessary and follow proper procedures for assessing health of the animal.
- As directed by Veterinarians/Vet care staff: assessing, evaluating, and implementing a treatment plan for a select subset of animal health conditions as well as administering routine treatments
- Utilize VetCare system to document and track health cases.
- Assist with training labs for usage of the EuthanEx Smart Box.
- Assist with providing routine care such as parasite control.
- Facility duties include performing animal inventory scans, ensuring functioning of reverse osmosis water systems, and ensuring room signage is up to date.
- Assist with placing feed and supply orders, facility tours and orientations, ensuring sentinel program accuracy, work order submission for routine issues, and preparation and storage of appropriate facility paperwork.
- Other duties as assigned
- Emergency duties required during adverse weather and /or other emergency situations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
