Animal health technician job description

Responsibilities

Under direction of the Management Services Officer, AHT IV and/or the Clinical Veterinarian, provide a wide variety of paraveterinary health care duties that are directly related to all research conducted at UCLA. Major duties include conditioning & quarantine, campus health programs, clinical management, procedures training, and laboratory specimen handling.

Qualifications

Required:

+ Ability to recognize abnormalities in behavior of laboratory animals and signs that indicate disease.

+ Ability to effectively communicate with faculty and staff who have varying degrees of veterinary medical training.

+ Ability to lift animals up to 50 pounds.

+ Skill in administering oral (including gavage) and parenteral (ID, SQ, IM, IP) medications including fluids to different species.

+ Skill in handling and restraining laboratory animals.

+ Skill in the collection of animal body fluids, feces and urine. And, knowledge in sample submission

+ Ability to complete tasks in an orderly and timely fashion.

+ Skill in writing health reports and other records with legible handwriting, or using computer systems

+ Skill in prioritizing assignments in a timely and accurate manner.

+ Skill in medical procedures including treatment administration and follow up, post operative care, and bandaging.

+ Skill in preparing and sterilizing instrument packs.

+ Skill in preparing animals for surgery and necropsy.

+ Skill in cleaning laboratory, surgery and necropsy rooms.

+ Ability to euthanize animals using CO2 chambers. Knowledge of appropriate disposal of the animals, including bio-hazardous animals.

+ Skill in teaching and assess proficiency of personnel conducting biomedical procedures including animal handling, restraint, oral and parenteral administration of substances, specimen collection, aseptic technique, and/or surgery

+ Ability to follow safety procedures.

+ Familiar with local, state, and federal regulations governing Animal Research: The Animal Welfare Act ( 9 CFR, Sub.Ch A), Good Laboratory Practice for Nonclinical Laboratory Studies ( 21 CFR Part 58), The Guide 8th Ed., and Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

+ Knowledge of and ability to accurately follow SOPs.

+ Knowledge of the institutional environmental enrichment program(s), and skills to implement and assess it.

+ Knowledge of proper documentation practices with the skills to perform this task.

Preferred:

+ Ability to assist in class preparation and delivery.

+ Bachelor in science or RVT + 1 years of experience in laboratory animals. Or, High school diploma + ALAT AALAS Certification + 3 years of experience in laboratory animals.

UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

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Job Title: Animal Health Technician II - Westwood

UC Job Title: ANML HEALTH TCHN 2


Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 7am-4pm

Job Type: career

Duration: Indefinite

Work Location: Los Angeles

Salary Range: 26.24 - 32.81

Job Duties:

Under the supervision of the Manager Services Officer, provide a wide variety of paraveterinary health care duties that are directly related to all animal research conducted at UCLA. Major duties include campus animal health programs, investigator services & procedures training, clinical and laboratory management, and animal conditioning & quarantine.

Job Qualifications:

Required:

* Ability to recognize abnormalities in behavior of laboratory animals and signs that indicate disease
* Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with people of varying degree of veterinary medical training, faculty and staff
* Ability to lift animals up to 50 pounds
* Skill in administering oral (including gavage) and parenteral (ID, SQ, IM, IV, ID, IP) medications including fluids to different species. And, skill to calculate doses and volumes to be administered
* Skill in handling and restraining laboratory animals
* Knowledge of basic principles of anesthesia administration, maintenance, monitoring and recovery. And, skill in the operational aspect of an inhalation gas machine
* Skill in the collection of animal body fluids, urine, and blood. And, knowledge in sample submission
* Ability to complete tasks in an orderly and timely fashion
* Skill in communicating and writing animal health and facility reports
* Skill in prioritizing assignments in a timely and accurate manner
* Skill in medical procedures including treatment administration and follow up, post operative care, and bandaging
* Skill in preparing and sterilizing instrument packs
* Skill in preparing animals for surgery and necropsy
* Skill in cleaning laboratory, surgery and necropsy rooms
* Ability to euthanize animals using CO2 chambers and by IV injection of euthanasia solution or an over dose of anesthetic. Knowledge of and skill in performing the injection including the use of controlled substances and ability to ascertain that death has occurred. Knowledge of appropriate disposal of the animals, including bio-hazardous animals
* Ability to assist in class preparation and delivery
* Skill in teaching and assess proficiency of personnel conducting biomedical procedures including animal handling, restraint, oral and parenteral administration of substances, specimen collection, aseptic technique, and/or surgery
* Bachelor in science or RVT + 3 years of experience in similar positions. Or, High school diploma + LAT AALAS Certification + 5 years of experience in similar positions
* Ability to follow safety procedures
* Knowledge of and the ability to apply the concept of contamination control practices including engineering, administrative, and procedural controls for the containment of pathogens, including disinfection, and waste handling methods appropriate for work in bio-containment animal facilities up to BSL2 level with BSL3 practices
* Knowledge of and ability to accurately follow SOPs. As well as procedures and documents associated with a GLP studies
* Knowledge of the institutional environmental enrichment program(s), and skills to implement and assess it.

23. Knowledge of proper documentation practices with the skills to perform this task

Bargaining Unit: TX

Layoff Referral Deadline:

Posted Date: 10/11/2022

Posting Category: Research

Primary Areas:

1. Large Animal (specifically canine and swine)-Coordinates receiving and acclimation. Creates and maintains electronic medical records. Responsible for post-procedure care. Calculates and prepares routine standard dosing for analgesia and performs sedations for scheduled non-surgical procedures according to approved protocol.

2. Davis Rodent Colony

3. Researcher Rodent Biomethodology Trainer

Rotating Primary Areas (qualified team members are assigned to rotation):

1. AHSP Rodent Colony

2. BIRI support

3. Rabbit Colony-Coordinates receiving and acclimation. Creates and maintains electronic medical records. Responsible for pre- and post-procedure care.

4. Float (qualified to provide proficient overage for Large Animal and Davis Rodent Colony AHTs during absence). Provides support to all clinical areas during period of unusually high workload.

Specialty Areas:

1. Large Animal Core Surgical Facility (Sx AHT)-reserved for highly qualified team members. Assist and/or independently calculate, prepare, and administer routine standard dosing for anesthesia and analgesia; maintains appropriate records-including controlled substance logs. Induce and monitor anesthesia for various large animal species. Operates specialized core surgical equipment. Prepares and sterilizes surgical instruments and equipment according to approved standards.

2. Controlled Substance Technician-under supervision of the Manager of Veterinary Services, participates in overseeing the Research Institute's Controlled Substance user program.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Advanced proficiencies in:

1. Communication - Ability to convey and/or receive written/verbal information to/from various audiences in different formats

2. Time Management - Ability to demonstrate time management and priority setting skills

3. Technical - Ability to use software applications and operate technological devices (e.g., computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.)

Assoc. Degree/College Diploma. Graduate of an AVMA-CVTEA or CVMA accredited veterinary technology program or passing VTNE score strongly preferred

Licenses:

Assistant Laboratory Animal Tech (ALAT). Certification or eligibility for certification by AALAS at the Assistant Technician, Technician or Technologist level

Experience:

Minimum 1 year work experience. A combination of education or related work experience will be considered.

Physical Demands:

Constant handling, grasping, feeling, and eye/foot coordination.

Frequent walking, carrying (50 lbs), reaching, hearing and repetitive motions.

Occasional standing, sitting, lifting (50 lbs.), pushing (50 lbs.), pulling (50 lbs.) and talking.

Rare climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling.

Working Title: Animal Health Technician
Department: Comparative Medicine
Business Entity: Academic / Research
Job Category: ,Academic/Research,Academic/Research
Job Specialty: Animal Care
Position Type: Full-time
Shift Length: 8 hour shift
Shift Type: Day