Veterinary Technician I

Duties and Responsibilities

The Veterinary Technician has the following duties and responsibilities:

• Understand and follow SOPs, protocols, safety procedures, and quality assurance guidelines for animal care at all levels of biohazard containment.
• Assist veterinarian with examinations and procedures, and alert veterinarian of emergencies or animal problems.
• Administer clinical treatments as directed (Topical, PO, IM, SQ, IV, ID) to critical and chronic animals.
• Monitor, observe, identify and communicate signs of abnormal behavior or poor health status of in-house animals.
• Perform blood withdrawals using an assortment of techniques (retro-orbital, tail nick, anterior vena cava).
• Perform in-house necropsy and tissue removal for the quarterly sentinel program as well as sick animals and/or study directive and end points.
• Safely and correctly handle / restrain animals for observation and/or minor procedures.
• Collect physiological data (pulse, respiration, heart rate, body temperature, etc).
• Calculate doses.
• Schedule and coordinate requests for technical assistance.
• Assist in maintaining breeder colony including transgenic animals.
• Maintain medical records and online databases accurately..
• Maintain and assure technical supplies do not fall below critical levels or expire, and that items are requested / ordered with sufficient lead-time to ensure availability and delivery.
• Anesthesia administration and recovery.
• Perform QC PM animal health surveillance observations and check for good overall cage conditions once weekly and on weekends; report any caretaker oversights to management for correction.
• Supervise caretakers during weekend shifts.
• Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Minimum of 3 years as a veterinary technician preferably in a vivarium facility
• LATG preferred
• Bachelor of Science in a life science field preferred

Must agree to a background investigation and pre-employment health screening