Laboratory Animal Technician II
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Job posting number: #7242765 (Ref:19218-en_US)
Posted: May 7, 2024
Job Description
Summary
Under minimal supervision, provides skilled care and handling of laboratory animals in a safe and sanitary manner. Primary working areas include standard housing areas as well as specialized areas including but not limited to: non-human primate housing areas, biohazardous areas, animal colonies requiring specialzed procedures.
Job Duties
- Conducts daily health checks and feeds and waters animals.
- Changes cages as scheduled and sanitizes housing areas.
- Maintains accurate colony records
- Performs technical procedures such as: permanent animal identification, animal restraint and tissue biopsies.
- Receives animals into and transfers animals out of animal facility. Records and maintains extensive, accurate records for transfer activities.
- Establishes breeding cages and weans juvenile animals.
- Receives, processes and fulfills internal purchase order request.
- Coordinates with Primary Investigators and other staff to maintain colonies and achieve scientific objectives.
- Communicates directly with stakeholders to convey detailed information and accurately achieve directives.
- Provide routine husbandry and other job related duties as assigned.
- Detailed record keeping and log documentation.
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Ability to work independently with limited direct supervision
Minimum Qualifications
- High School diploma or GED.
- Two years of relevant experience.
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Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT) by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS).
Preferred Qualifications
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Basic computer skills (e.g. email, Excel, Word)
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.