Senior Animal Technician, Animal Resource Center

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
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• Education
  High School Diploma High School graduation or equivalent or
  Vocational school
  

• Experience
  Six (6) months experience as an Animal Technician with High School Diploma or equivalent or Vocational school or
  2 years Experience as Animal Technician or its equivalent in facility comparable to the Animal Resources Center and
  Post offer pre-employment testing
  

• Provide animal husbandry in quarantine, isolation, biohazard, conventional, or barrier-sustained areas.
• Receive, identify, and house selected animal species; maintain related records. Assist with restraint, handling, and manipulation of various animal species as assigned by the on-site Supervisor. Receive, inspect and pack/unpack animals for transport; ensure and provide for sentinel animals in each rodent housing area and comply with the current rodent sentinel SOP.
• Prepare special diets or watering in accordance with principal investigators' protocols, and ensure special diets are provided to correct animals. Administer commonly used and easily administered treatments or medications as directed by veterinary staff.
• Assist in specialized monitoring and surveillance programs. Review, comprehend, and comply with all SOPs and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area. Maintain accurate departmental animal housing or support area record keeping. May assist in maintenance of breeding programs.
• Monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations, animal husbandry duties to maintain quality of health of research animals, to include: perform daily water/cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning as required; observe all animals and record animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols.
• Order, receive, and distribute feed, bedding, and general supplies; maintain related records.
• Participate in providing on-the-job training and mentorship of Animal Technicians, Animal Care Attendants and Trainees. May provide direction and guidance to Animal Technicians.
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