Animal Care Technician (Research)

About the position

A growing client in research is looking to grow their team with hiring a new Animal Care Tech! If you have experience caring for animals in a veterinary or research field, we'd love to talk to you about this role!

Responsibilities

• Provide daily care to laboratory animals including feeding, watering, and cage cleaning.
• Maintain accurate daily records of animal health as well as all SOP and regulatory required documents.
• Sanitize animal rooms, cages, and other equipment to maintain a healthy environment for animals.
• Operate sanitizing equipment, environmental housing equipment and research related equipment.
• Transfers animals and animal identification to clean caging/racks, and materials from storage to work areas.
• Transports laboratory equipment and materials to and from rooms.
• Observes animals twice daily and reports abnormal findings.
• Interpret medical orders, accurately calculate pharmacologic doses and administer medications.
• Assist with the transport and receipt of animals.
• Review and evaluate medical records, research data for accuracy.

Requirements

• Minimum High School Diploma
• Minimum of 1 year with lab animal experience or veterinary experience.
• Immunizations are required for this position (Tetanus, Hepatitis B, Smallpox, Polio, and Influenza).