Minimum Qualifications:
High school or equivalent; no experience required.
Preferred Qualifications: Logistics experience.
Job Summary:
To assist in providing care of laboratory animals in a humane, safe and sanitary manner including duties associated with cage washing, sanitation and preparation of animal research facilities.
Job Duties:
Cage Washing:
- Prepares soiled caging for washing.
- Operates washing equipment and ensures proper working order during daily operating procedures, routine cleaning, and preventive maintenance.
- Operates autoclave to sterilize or decontaminate caging equipment.
- Performs daily quality control checks and documents effectiveness of cleaning and sanitizing.
- Assembles clean and sanitized caging for distribution according to supply orders.
- Maintains sanitary conditions of cage washing rooms and other ancillary areas, such as hallways and storage areas.
- Disposes of soiled waste and trash.
- Transports caging and supplies between animal rooms and cage washing rooms.
Husbandry:
- Provides daily husbandry care, including feeding and watering, for all species.
- Changes and sanitizes animal caging as scheduled.
- Maintains enrichment program as specified for each species.
- Sanitizes rooms, equipment and hallways as scheduled.
- Documents daily, weekly and monthly duties accurately.
- Observes animals for behavior change and/or evidence of disease and notifies veterinary staff as appropriate.
- Receives transports and distributes incoming animals as specified.
- Ensures accurate cage cards and census.
- Provides specialized animal care, including quarantine, biohazard and sterile housing.
- Ensures equipment in animal rooms are functioning properly.
- Cage Washing and Husbandry:
- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
- Attends in-house training programs to become more knowledgeable in the field of laboratory animal science.
- Provides superior customer service.
- Follows safety precautions and wears correct protective equipment.
- Follows rules and regulations related to laboratory animal care.
MARGINAL OR PERIODIC JOB FUNCTIONS:
- May assist ARC logistics team with transport of caging or materials and with the receipt and storage of supplies.
- Performs related duties as required.
Salary Range:
Commensurate with experience.
Qualifications
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Primary Location: United States-Texas-Galveston
Work Locations:
0140 - Administration Bldg
301 University Blvd. Administration Building, rm 2.208
Galveston 77555 - 0140
Job: Research Academic & Clinical
Organization: UTMB Health
: Regular
Shift: Standard
Employee Status: Non-Manager
Job Level: Day Shift
Job Posting: Jul 14, 2023, 9:45:43 AM