Animal Care Technician

Job Description

Responsibilities :

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Animal Research Technician in the Athens, GA area.
• Work schedule : Monday-Friday 8 : 00AM-4 : 30PM. 40 hrs / week.
• weekend Overtime required once a month
• As vacancies become availalble, there will be a possibility of the assignment to be converted to a full time role
• Performs animal husbandry and health care in accordance with experimental protocol and Animal Welfare Act / Regulations, NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals,
• Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching, Company AH policies and Veterinary Sciences standard operating procedures, and the fundamental requirements for AAALAC accreditation.
• In addition, this individual assists with scientific procedures in accordance with study protocols, completes and maintains appropriate documentation associated with all job assignments, and provides equipment sanitation and facility maintenance.
• This individual will work in an animal research laboratory setting under Biosafety Level 1 and 2 conditions.
• This person may provide guidance to junior team members as delegated by the Site Veterinarian or Group / Team Leader.
• In addition, they may serve as site representative on site-specific committees and workgroups.
• Complies with applicable regulations and company policies.
• Documents and maintains records of animal care, preventive medicine, USDA-required, and study protocol-driven documents.
• Provides animal husbandry and care including provision of feed, water, and enrichment materials. Maintains, adjusts, and repairs animal pens, feeders, drinking systems, and livestock handling equipment.
• Performs cleaning and sanitation of animal rooms and equipment.
• May provide supervision of junior team members upon delegation from Group / Team Leader or site management.
• Restrains and manipulates animals for routine and emergency procedures.
• Recognizes when animals are sick, distressed or otherwise abnormal and communicates these observations to the Site Veterinarian or Group / Team Leader.
• Conducts daily animal health and welfare assessments.
• Administers treatment to animals at the direction of the Site Veterinarian or delegate.
• Conducts scientific clinical observations and disease outcome assessments.
• May administer experimental treatment articles in accordance with study protocols.
• Records all scientific information on documents provided with study protocols or standard department forms as appropriate.
• Under supervision, may administer and monitor sedation, and may conduct euthanasia in accordance with study protocols and at direction of Site Veterinarian or delegate.
• May perform site biosecurity functions including water system sanitation, bagged feed and fomite decontamination, and environmental auditing sample collection.
• Assists with clinical R&D sample collection pre- and post-mortem in accordance with study protocols and direction of Investigator or delegate.
• Sample types may include but are not limited to blood, feces, oral fluids, nasal, tonsillar, or laryngeal swabs, tissues, etc.
• Assists with necropsies at direction of Site Veterinarian or delegate.

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