Lab Animal Care Technician

Overview

The role of the Division of Animal Resources (DAR) is to facilitate research and teaching with animals at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. The Tufts Farm and Laboratory Animal Medicine Service (LAMS) are integral units of the DAR. We maintain teaching, research, and production animals.
The role of the Laboratory Animal Medicine Service is to facilitate research and teaching with animals at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. To do this, LAMS develops and implements a high-quality program of animal care and use to enable the teaching and research activities of the school. This program is characterized by a high level of client service, strong veterinary expertise, effective technical service delivery, quality animal housing and care, compliance with federal and state regulations and maintenance of AAALAC accreditation.
What You'll Do

The Laboratory Animal Care Technician is a vital member of the integrated team responsible for the care of animals in the DAR. Provide excellent husbandry and care to a wide variety of laboratory and teaching animals. Specific animal duties include: receipt and transport, provision of food and water, changing and cleaning of cages, monitoring health and welfare, documentation of census and animal health records, handling and restraint, sanitation of caging and rooms. Operation of various equipment and transport vehicles. The candidate must be committed to the humane handling and care of animals used in research and teaching and be able to provide services to a variety of research investigators. This position will require working in a Farm environment, BSL-2 environment and a BSL-3 and/or select agent environment.

Essential Functions as a Lab Animal Technician will be:

Animal Care and Husbandry
Cleaning, feeding, and watering animals on a daily basis.
Receive, properly identify, transport, handle and restrain animals by appropriate techniques.
Report animal problems immediately to veterinary care staff
Provide necessary enrichment for animals housed in this facility.
Follow SOPs, regulations, and guidelines to promote animal health and welfare
Sanitization, Facility Maintenance and Equipment Operation
Sanitize animal rooms, caging, animal use equipment and support areas with approved chemical agents by appropriate techniques.
Operate equipment such as cage and rack washers, autoclaves, foggers, and vehicles for animal transport.
Potential use of heavy equipment such as forklift, bobcat and hoist
Follow health and safety policies by complying with established procedures and regulations to promote personnel safety.
Maintain facility security to ensure animal and personnel safety
Recordkeeping
Document and maintain daily animal census and animal health records with accuracy.
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An employee in this position must complete all appropriate background checks at the time of hire, promotion, or transfer. Equal Opportunity Employer minority/females/veterans/disability/sexual orientation/gender identity.