Animal Lab Technician I
Company: CEDARS-SINAI
Location: Alhambra
Posted on: May 26, 2023
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Job Description:
The Animal Lab Technician I is responsible for performing the
routine and specialized duties related to the husbandry of the
experimental animals. Observes animals for abnormalities, performs
animal care, cage sanitation, room and general facility sanitation,
room environmental monitoring and documentation. Assists clinical
staff with animal handling and restraint.Primary Duties and
Responsibilities:---Assists in routine and special feeding,
watering, handling (safely transferring from one enclosure to
another) and primary enclosure exchanging for all species housed in
the vivarium facilities.---Monitors animal room environments
(temperature, photoperiods, and humidity), records environmental
data and reports abnormalities to appropriate
individual(s).---Follows various written and verbal (in English)
instructions for providing unique and varying diets and medicated
water to varying populations of animals.---Operates cage-washers,
autoclave, and automatic water bottle filler and bedding dispenser.
Uses pressure washer and floor scrubber for secondary enclosure
sanitation.---Provides care for animals that are
immuno-compromised, which have known/unknown pathogens, and/or are
designated as biohazardous.---Responsible for reading,
comprehending, and following a large number of varying standard
operating procedures (SOP's) related to the numerous biohazardous
agents used in the Vivarium.---Observes and recognizes obvious
symptoms of abnormalities in laboratory animals and promptly
reports abnormalities to the appropriate
individual(s).---Responsible for daily barcoding of animal cage
cards for billing and census purposes.---Assists in receipt of
delivered animals and inspection for obvious health abnormalities
as well as observing for deviations from the ordered quantity or
sex.---Assists with conditioning (animal restraint) and treatments
(restraint) of all species under direct supervision of clinical
staff.---Assists with rodent breeding programs (noting birth dates,
projecting weaning dates.---Operates department vehicles as
required.---Responsible for reading, understanding and following
SOP's specific to the husbandry of animals used in Good Laboratory
Practices (GLP) regulated studies. Education:High School
Diploma/GED Required MinimumWork Experience:1 Year Experience -
PreferredLicense/Certification:Assistant Laboratory Animal Tech
(ALAT) - Preferred Working Title: Animal Lab Technician
IDepartment: Comparative MedicineBusiness Entity: Cedars-Sinai
Medical CenterJob Category: Academic/ResearchJob Specialty: Animal
CarePosition Type: Full-timeShift Length: 8 hour shiftShift Type:
DayBase Pay:$18.00 - $27.15
Keywords: CEDARS-SINAI, Alhambra , Animal Lab Technician I, Engineering , Alhambra, California
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