Job Details

Train, supervise, delegate or directly perform the veterinary technician job which include the following:
- Performing daily rounds
- Monitoring the research animal health, behavior, vital signs and food and water intake.
- Recording detailed information about each research animals weight, size, diet, and behavior.
- Monitoring and recording environmental conditions such as temperature, lighting, humidity and ventilation
- Completing and maintaining animal health and procedure records
- Preparing, calculating dosages and labeling medications for oral and parental administration.
- Administering medications, vaccines, and treatments prescribed by a veterinarian, researchers or stated in the research protocols.
- Trimming nails and hooves, removing sutures and performing other routine procedures.
- Collecting blood, stool, urine and tissue samples for testing and research, and compiling results.
- Assisting veterinarians and researchers with handling animals for examinations and procedures
- Taking inventory of supplies, coordinating ordering, organizing, storing, labeling and restocking supplies including medical and surgical supplies, and foods.
- Receiving and transporting research animals, equipment and supplies as needed.
- Maintaining database records
- Writing reports.
- Creating employee work schedules.
- Maintaining the research IACUC protocols and SOP and ensure compliance with these protocols and timelines.

Perform, train, supervise or delegate the veterinary technician surgical duties which include the following:
- Maintaining sanitizing and disinfecting the operating suite and preoperative and postoperative room.
- Maintaining and disinfect/ sterilizing instruments and equipment.
- Identifying and preparing animals for surgery.
- Administering pre-anesthetics medications and anesthesia to the research animals and performing monitoring under anesthesia.
- Assisting researchers and veterinarians while performing surgeries.
- Operating x-ray, ultrasound and other imaging machines.
- Performing the pre- and postoperative care.
- Coordinate the operating room schedule with the surgeons and research staff.

Train and supervise animal care technicians on the animal husbandry and daily animal care, train and supervise new employee, interns, students and volunteers.

Ensure that the facility including the staff complies with all animal welfare guidelines and standards set forth by the animal welfare act, the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), the National Institute of Healths guide for the use and care of laboratory animals, the institutional Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) .

Maintain, revise and create the facilities policies and procedures as required in collaboration with the veterinarian and the research institutional officials. Will be involved in the evaluation of the personnel performance.