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!

Schedule: 1^st Shift (7:30am-4pm) Tues-Sat or Sun-Thurs (must be comfortable with both possible schedules)

Pay: $19/hr.
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As an Animal Care Technician, you should have husbandry experience, a desire to work in a research environment, a good work ethic, and be content providing care for the animals on study. If you have experience with large animals, rodents, or research, this would be a great fit for you!

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.
• Interpret medical orders, accurately calculate pharmacologic doses and administer medications.
• Post-operative exams, evaluations and data collection
• Assist with the transport and receipt of animals
• Review and evaluate medical records, research data for accuracy
• Mentor new Animal Care Tech I staff

• High School Diploma/GED & a minimum of  2 years of lab animal exp or veterinary  experience.  Alternatively an Associates or Bachelor Degree & a minimum of 1 year lab animal exp or veterinary exp.
• Interpret medical orders, accurately calculate pharmacologic doses and administer medications.
• The ability to understand medical orders both written and verbal.
• Knowledge of different drug classifications.
• The ability to perform physical exams on various animal species.
• The ability to routinely lift more than 50 lbs.

**This job description is a complete list of all desired skills but not all are required.  We strongly encourage candidates who have some of the skills to apply.  We look forward to a conversation to learn more about you**