Technician, R&D II Vivarium

Purpose:

Comparative Medicine is responsible for providing animal care and assuring regulatory animal compliance, while meeting and advancing the scientific needs of our researchers with consideration for the well-being of our research animals. We are a scientifically integrated organization within R&D, working to provide solutions for in-vivo research groups through technical support and model development, maintenance, and on-going refinements.
The Technician II is responsible primarily for technical procedures (in vivo and invitro) but will also support husbandry/animal care and the operational aspects of Comparative Medicine in a GxP environment.

Responsibilities:

• Handling and restraint of research animals (primarily mice but can include but not limited to rats, dogs, and non-human primates
• Perform PO, IV, ID, IP and SC injections.
• Perform other survival and non-survival procedures including blood collection, identification, body weights, etc.
• Perform euthanasia.
• Tissue harvest/necropsy
• Support and help with animal care/husbandry.
• Keep inventories.
• Perform in vitro bench top techniques including preparation of formulations, pipetting, etc.
• Support and help with animal health and environmental monitoring.
• Equipment validation and maintenance
• Writing and revising SOPs and training documents
• Other duties as needed.