Animal Caretaker

University at Buffalo; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Laboratory Animal Facility at University at Buffalo is seeking an Animal Caretaker to provide daily care for laboratory animals, maintain clean rooms and cages, and follow safety protocols when handling animals. You will monitor animal health and environments, assist with veterinary procedures as needed, and help with inventory and documentation of arrivals, housing, and sanitation.

This position offers exposure to diverse research settings and requires reliability and adherence to ethical

Qualifications

• Basic animal care duties and safety awareness.
• Ability to follow protocols and maintain records.
• Strong teamwork and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Monitor health of animals and room environments; report abnormal conditions and assist veterinary care when needed.
• Assist principal investigators, students and technicians.
• Operate and maintain equipment for cage preparation and room sanitation; manage animal intake, housing, inventories, and related records.

Job description

The Laboratory Animal Facility at UB is seeking an Animal Caretaker who will be responsible for daily care of various laboratory species. The person will perform basic husbandry duties for animals housed in different health and safety levels: Clean animal rooms and caging, water and feed animals, dispose of wastes appropriately, follow safety protocols when using hazardous agents.

Additional Duties Are As Follows

• Monitor health of animals and room environments and report abnormal conditions. Assist in veterinary care, administer treatments and perform other technical procedures. Humanely handle, restrain and transport animals.
• Assist principal investigators, students and technicians.
• Operate and maintain equipment used in cage preparation and room sanitation. Receive, house, remove and record arrival and departure of animals, maintain animal inventories. Perform tasks such as: maintenance of; supply inventories, breeding records, activity logs, sanitation records.

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As an Equal Opportunity / Affimative Action employer, the Research Foundation will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin and veteran or disability status.