Clinical Teaching Technician, Registered Veterinary Technician, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

University of Calgary; Calgary; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Calgary's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine seeks a Full-time Temporary Relief Clinical Teaching Technician for about 24 months. The role supports undergraduate DVM clinical skills labs across multiple species and off-campus teaching activities, reporting to the Manager of Clinical Teaching Technicians.

The successful candidate will supervise teaching animals, assist with simulations, and contribute to herd health management, while collaborating with faculty, students, and animal care

Qualifications

• Animal Health Technology diploma and registration in Alberta, with 3–5 years of clinical experience.
• Strong communication skills to teach students and faculty.
• Knowledge of operating room procedures, aseptic techniques, anesthesiology and post-operative care.
• Ability to restrain and handle multiple species, especially large animals.
• Fluency in English and ability to work independently and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure animals are available for teaching purposes and secure required health conditions for courses.
• Prepare and assemble teaching animals, specimens and resources for clinical skills labs at Spy Hill Campus and off-site events.
• Provide technical and teaching support across anesthesia, medicine, surgery, imaging and other diagnostics.
• Create, develop and maintain simulators for veterinary teaching with faculty oversight.
• Monitor animal health, perform health assessments and report concerns to the Veterinarian.
• Assist with inventory, ordering and invoice processing; support budgeting for courses.
• Identify equipment repair needs and coordinate with managers/techs.
• Follow SOPs and safety practices in labs and advise on proper lab procedures.
• Assist in occupational health/safety activities and incident reporting.

Skills

Communication

Teaching

Animal handling

Teamwork

English fluency

Education

Animal Health Technology diploma (registered)

Job description

Description

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is currently seeking a Full-time Temporary Relief Clinical Teaching Technician for approximately 24 months.

The Clinical Teaching Technician reports to the Manager, Clinical Teaching Technicians (CTT). The Clinical Teaching Technician will also receive direction from the Course Coordinators and faculty members regarding the delivery of the clinical skills and other relevant courses. The Clinical Teaching Technician will work closely with the animal husbandry technicians and other members of the Animal Support Unit team including the ASU Manager and the Manager Veterinary Medicine Spy Hill Operations within the University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM).

This position exists to support clinical and practical teaching sessions that support undergraduate courses (primarily clinical skills, professional skills, 4th year rotations and external
clinical-based events) across all years of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program. This position is also involved in supporting clinical teaching off campus and supporting various clinical research activities.

This role requires a Registered Veterinary Technologist with confidence working with multiple species. Mixed¿animal experience is a significant asset, as the position supports teaching across small¿animal, equine, bovine and other species clinical skills labs. As a Clinical Teaching Technician, you will play a supporting role in the management of herd health. You will also play a major role in equine instruction across all years of the DVM program, ensuring safe, high quality learning experiences while collaborating with faculty, students, and animal care teams.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

• Clinical Teaching Technicians, ensures animals are available for teaching purposes, both in supply required and desired health conditions for individual courses
• Participates in preparing and assembling suitable teaching animals, specimens, and other required resources for all clinical based teaching at the Spy Hill Campus (mainly Clinical Skills but can also include Professional Skills, 4th Year rotations, Anatomy, DSU, (animal movement for live labs), outside events that are clinical in nature)
• Provides technical and teaching support for all aspects of clinical veterinary medicine teaching, including anesthesiology, medicine, surgery, imaging and other diagnostics in a variety of domestic and non-domestic species
• Creation, development, and maintenance of simulators for Veterinary teaching with oversight and direction from faculty
• Monitors and assesses general animal health, conducts in-depth heath assessments and reports issues/concerns to the Veterinarian. Each technician is assigned a species to ensure herd health of each species and to report back to the Assistant University Veterinarian
• Communication with public donors on sensitive issues related to animal donation for teaching and research
• Assist with inventory maintenance of required supplies as well as ordering and processing invoices through PeopleSoft. Participates in the forecasting of budgets with coordinators and budget owner with regards to the courses they are supporting
• Identifies equipment repair needs through trouble shooting, advises the Manager Veterinary Medicine Spy Hill Operations in conjunction with the Equipment and Operations Technician
• Complies with all SOPs, safety protocols, processes, practices, policies and procedures to ensure the smooth and safe operation of laboratories. Demonstrates safe practices to students and advises on all laboratory procedures as required
• Advises Manager, CTT of any inappropriate laboratory use
• May assist in identifying Hazard Assessments and or participate on occupational health and safety committees
• Ensures incidents or occupational illness are properly documented and reported as outlined in University of Calgary Safety and Security protocols

Qualifications / Requirements

• An Animal Health Technology diploma and registration (or eligibility for registration) as an Animal Health Technologist in Alberta in addition to 3 to 5 years previous clinical experience as an Animal Health Technologist in a clinical setting is required
• Ability to communicate and impart knowledge to students and faculty is required
• Demonstrated knowledge of operating room procedures and aseptic techniques as well as anesthesiology and post-operative patient care
• The ability to restrain and handle a wide variety of species, particularly large animals
• A thorough knowledge of University Animal Welfare Committee and CCAC guidelines is necessary (may be acquired on the job), as well as sanitation, disinfection, and sterilization principles
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to facilitate interaction with a variety of facilities users is needed (fluency in English is necessary) as well as the ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated teamwork skills, strong organizational, and excellent interpersonal skills
• Willingness to research, prepare and execute Lab teaching sessions as directed by faculty
• Having previous experience in a teaching or research setting would be considered an asset

Application Deadline

October 28, 2026

We would like to thank all applicants in advance for submitting their resumes. Please note, only those candidates chosen to continue on through the selection process will be contacted.

This position is part of the AUPE bargaining unit, and falls under the Technical Job Family, Phase 2.

For a listing of all management and staff opportunities at the University of Calgary, view our Management and Staff Careers website.

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