Laboratory Animal Care Technician II- Ranch Location : Location

US-CO-Livermore ID

2024-4606

Category Animal Care

Type Full Time - Permanent Overview

We are seeking an Animal Care Technician to join our dynamic team!This position will focus on overall animal care and welfare, production and selection for customer orders, facility upkeep and recordkeeping and procedural duties at our Big Horn Ranch site. The person in this role will need to feel passionate about working with animals, enjoy and excel at organization, and support and maintain a clean, safe and compliant working environment. We are seeking someone that is hardworking, shows attention to detail, takes initiative, has a teamwork mentality and positive attitude. This position is located in Livermore, CO.

Responsibilities

Animal Husbandry:. Perform routine husbandry for a variety of animal species, primarily maintaining sheep colony. As needed will provide husbandry to additional study animal species including but not limited to pigs, dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, rats and mice.The following duties will be performed according to SOPs, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and the USDA Animal Welfare Act. Provide food and water, may include special diets as required by study protocol Cleaning and sanitation of animal caging, accessories, runs, and rooms Perform general room cleaning procedures Monitor cage change station filters and clean or change as needed Perform animal husbandry sanitization monitoring and water monitoring Perform daily observations of the animals and their pens/cages to assure the well-being, health, safety, and husbandry and sanitation is adequate Monitor temperature and humidity, promptly report any out of range readings to facility manager or supervisor, and continue to monitor progress until resolved General facility cleaning such as sweeping and mopping corridors and general work areas outside of animal rooms Maintain in-date animal feed and bedding storage and complete appropriate acquisition and use records Assure proper documentation for all procedures Ensure proper animal enrichment is in place Perform pest monitoring for rodents and insects Clinical observations and treatments: Perform observations for study and colony animals, including daily health observations, clinical observations, post-op surgical observations, pre- and post-dose administration observations, and treatment observations Maintain proper documentation in the electronic data collection system or paper records as needed including study procedures Enter medical records including morbidity or mortality reports, notify veterinarian, enter appropriate follow up records and administer treatments as necessary and trained Administer treatments as necessary and as trained

Animal Receiving and Transportation: Perform animal receiving procedures including preparation of cage cards, perform physical exams, and completion of animal receipt records Ensure animals have adequate space, safe and secure housing, and appropriate enrichment Provide animal transportation for acquisition and disposal as needed

In-life study conduct: Study protocol and notebook review prior to study initiation, as applicable Assist with in-life study conduct procedures and raw data collection, as described in the study protocol and defined by SOPs, including but not limited to fasting of animals and clinical observations Dose animals by a variety of routes of administration including but not limited to: ocular, oral capsule, oral gavage, dermal, SC, and IM Collect biological samples (including but not limited to: blood, urine, or feces) Process biological samples Collect body or feed/water consumption weights

Animal Care and Facility Support: Support for the following activities may be included in job responsibilities; Review animal care facility documentation to ensure accuracy and comp eteness Assist with animal acquisition support helping with determining space availability, availability of caging, and providing advisement regarding space constraints Performing weekly animal census Monitoring for temperature and humidity deviations and reporting HVAC issues to manager Perform emergency generator performance checks Ensuring proper equipment maintenance and recordkeeping for animal facility equipment

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements High School diploma or... For full info follow application link.