Sr. Animal Lab Technician

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City has an opening for a full-time Senior Lab Animal Husbandry Technician. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting in clinical care of research animals, rodent health surveillance, and import / export coordination, and may also include cage cleaning and sanitation, handling and restraining animals, feeding, treatments, and facility maintenance.

Duties :

• Observes, feeds, transfers, and administers pharmaceuticals to laboratory animals, maintains laboratory, collects samples, and maintains records.
• Observes animals for early manifestations of disease such as rapid or labored breathing, or lethargy and reports to designated personnel.
• Provides food and water to laboratory animals
• Transfers animals from soiled to clean enclosures, protecting individual identity of animals
• Ensures laboratory has stable temperature, and humidity levels
• Ensures all equipment, bedding, and cages are clean and in working condition
• Reports any problems or deviations to designated personnel
• Collects blood, tissue, or fluid samples from animals.
• Restrains animals for examination or injection
• Administers pharmaceutical or biological products through intramuscular, subcutaneous, oral, or topical route
• Maintains records of all activities of the animal laboratory
• Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position