Job description

• Technician’s primary responsibility is to provide basic husbandry, handling, restraint, health surveillance, and technical support in compliance with local regulatory requirements.
• Experience working in a pharmaceutical setting preferred, animal hospital technical experience will be considered.
• Maintain and perform cage washing, housekeeping and facility support areas as assigned.
• Must possess very good technical skills.
• Will need to perform multiple technical procedures including, but not limited to: sq dosing mice, ic blood collection mice, oral dosing mice, blood collection in rabbits.
• Must be comfortable handling a variety of common lab animal species: eg. Rabbits, mice, rats, nhp, hamsters.
• Must be comfortable performing husbandry/cage cleaning/box changes on a variety of common lab animal species.
• Daily interaction with fellow animal technicians in animal rooms and on studies.
• Daily interaction with management and veterinary staff.
• Daily interaction with technicians/Principal investigators conducting study work
• Proficient at handling and performing husbandry tasks (eg. Changing mouse boxes) for a variety of lab animal species.
• Proficient at various technical skills, including but not limited to: SQ dosing mice, IC blood collection mice, ear tagging mice, surgical preparation on mice, blood collection in rabbits, blood collection in NHP.
• Ability to perform clinical animal observations for health assessment.
• Comfortable with computer systems: will need to work with computerized animal health records, enter observations/measurement in excel spreadsheets, handle e-mails, web-based training, online forms and other basic computer programs.
• Will need to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Will need to be able to push/pull racks/caging, lift bags of feed/bedding, reach, bend, stoop.
• Will need to be their feet most of the day
• Will need to work in areas with BSL2/BSL3 requirement.
• Will need to have a negative TB test up to date, provide documentation of up to date Flu vaccination, and provide documentation of MMR vaccination or positive MMR titers.
• Will need respiratory fit testing up to date

Education:

• High school degree or GED required 5+ years of animal work experience.
• Associates or BS/BA in related field preferred. 2+ years animal work experience.
• AALAS certification at the LAT(or equivalent eg. Licensed veterinary technician) preferred.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: $22.00 - $27.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Veterinary experience: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

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