Animal Health Technician I - DLAM

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); Presencial; USD 38.000 - 47.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

UCLA Health invites applications for an Animal Health Technician I to support Campus Animal Health Program in Los Angeles. You will perform daily health checks on laboratory animals, report issues, assist treatments, and collect samples under veterinary supervision.

The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, accurate record-keeping, and compliance with safety standards and animal welfare regulations. Indefinite, full-time schedule, typically Mon-Fri with potential weekends.

Formación

• Recognize abnormalities in behavior and disease signs in lab animals.
• Communicate effectively with faculty and staff of varying veterinary training.
• Lift animals up to 50 pounds.
• Administer oral and parenteral medications to different species.
• Collect body fluids, feces, and urine; submit samples properly.
• Follow safety procedures and SOPs precisely.
• Maintain accurate medical records and reports.
• Handle and restrain laboratory animals during procedures.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct daily health assessments of laboratory animals.
• Identify and report health concerns; assist treatment and care.
• Administer medications and collect clinical samples as needed.
• Maintain medical records and support veterinary procedures.
• Assist with facility health monitoring and inventory management.
• Provide weekend/holiday coverage as required.

Conocimientos

Animal handling

Medication administration

Health assessment

Record keeping

Safety procedures

SOP compliance

Physical strength

Educación

Bachelor in Science or RVT

ALAT/AALAS Certification

Descripción del empleo

Salary Range: $27.25 - 34.29 Hourly

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 7:00am-4:00pm, may include weekends and holidays

Employment Type

Duration

Indefinite

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Animal Health Technician I provides essential veterinary and clinical support for UCLA's Campus Animal Health Program.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to conducting daily health assessments of laboratory animals, identifying and reporting health concerns, assisting with the treatment and care of sick or injured animals, administering medications, collecting clinical samples, maintaining medical records, implementing environmental enrichment, and supporting veterinary procedures.

The position also assists with facility health monitoring, inventory management, weekend and holiday coverage, and ensuring compliance with institutional policies and applicable animal welfare regulations. The successful candidate will help maintain high standards of animal care and support UCLA's biomedical research programs.

Salary range: $27.25 - $34.29 Hourly

Job 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 necropsyrooms.
• 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.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.