Veterinary Technician - Research Animal Operations

Excellent research career opportunity as a Veterinary Technician in Madison, WI! Your role is vital to improving the health of family, friends and animals. Our work in developing new pharmaceutical solutions has an incredible impact on the quality of lives of millions worldwide.

Join us and discover why LabCorp Drug Development has been named by:

• Fortune® Magazine as one of the World's Most Admired Companies 2022 for the fourth consecutive year

• Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers 2022 and more than 90% of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies are repeat customers

How you will be rewarded as a Veterinary Technician in Madison, WI:

• Starting salary: $23/hr.

• 1st shift – M-F 6:30am-3:15pm for the first three months (After 3 months, shifts are flexible, including options for a 4 day a week/ 10 hour per day schedule).

• Full time, with occasional weekend and holiday work.

• Enjoy 24 days of personal-time-off (PTO) (pro-rated depending on start date)

• Have access to other great benefits including tuition reimbursement, paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with a generous company match and of course medical, dental and vision insurance

Access to growth opportunities

With the support of exceptional people from across the globe, you’ll be empowered to own your career journey with:

• Formal and informal mentoring opportunities

• Extensive training and job shadowing opportunities

• Personalized development planning

• Exposure to many drug development scientific career paths

What you will be doing:

As a Veterinary Technician you will support the Veterinarian by performing radiographs, collecting blood and fecal samples, routine animal care procedures such as dog dentals, physical exams, monitoring animal health and other veterinary laboratory procedures as well as surgical requirements (non-surgery suite) including but not limited to the following duties and responsibilities in compliance with appropriate SOP, Protocol, and Regulatory Agency guidelines:

• Ensure animals are cared for in accordance with regulatory guidelines and with the highest scientific, humane, and ethical principles.

• Perform animal husbandry duties as needed. 

• Report all animal care concerns and becomes involved in resolution and appropriate corrective action, when necessary. 

• Can interpret and understand a basic protocol.  

• Basic understanding of good research practices (GXP) principles. 

• Reviews all documentation and understands the level of a quality assurance (QA) audit. 

• Maintains client confidentiality at all times. 

• Learns to utilize computer software. 

• Ensures study activities are conducted according to protocol, standard operating procedure documents, and government regulations.    

• Learns and performs various medicant administration routes, general physical exams, basic dosing, sample collection techniques and restraint procedures on multiple species as applicable. 

•  Learns and may perform methods of euthanasia on multiple species 

• Learns and performs aseptic surgical preparation, anesthesia, and surgical procedures on multiple species as applicable. 

• Effectively manages time and resources. 

• Support other departments on study related tasks (including but not limited to): Animal restraint, blood collection, study support. 

• Learns about Animal Care and Use Activities (ACUA and IACUC). 

• Develops positive relationships and communication skills with veterinary staff and other groups. 

• May be involved in process improvement