Animal Health Technician II - DLAM

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health seeks an Animal Health Technician II to support UCLA's animal research programs. You will perform paraveterinary health care duties, assist with investigator services and procedures training, and oversee clinical and laboratory management including animal conditioning and quarantine.

The role demands the ability to lift 50 pounds, strong written health-reporting skills, and strict adherence to safety procedures and regulatory guidelines.

Qualifications

• Ability to recognize abnormalities in behavior of laboratory animals and signs that indicate disease.
• Effective communication with faculty and staff across varying levels of veterinary training.
• Capable of lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Proficient in writing health reports and maintaining records.

Responsibilities

• Provide paraveterinary health care duties for UCLA animal research programs.
• Support investigator services and procedures training.
• Manage clinical and laboratory operations and animal conditioning and quarantine.
• Follow safety procedures and SOPs in a bio-containment setting.

Skills

Animal handling

Communication

Ability to lift 50 lbs

Health reporting

Safety procedures

Education

Bachelor’s in science or RVT

ALAT/AALAS Certification

High school diploma

Job description

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Work Schedule

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

Posted Date

09/23/2026

Salary Range: $31.76 - 39.72 Hourly

Employment Type

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

33186

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Animal Health Technician II will provide a wide variety of paraveterinary health care duties that are directly related to all animal research conducted at UCLA. Major duties include, but are not limited to campus animal health programs, investigator services & procedures training, clinical and laboratory management, and animal conditioning & quarantine.

Salary Range: $31.76 - $39.72 Hour

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Bachelor’s in science or RVT + 3 years of experience in laboratory animals. Or, High school diploma + ALAT AALAS Certification + 5 years of experience in laboratory animals.
• Ability to recognize abnormalities in behavior of laboratory animals (dogs, rabbits, rats, mice, pigs, sheep, and others) and signs that indicate disease.
• Ability to effectively communicate with faculty and staff who have varying degrees of veterinary medical training.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Skill in administering oral (including gavage) and parenteral (ID, SQ, IM, IP, IV) medications including fluids to different species.
• Skill in handling and restraining laboratory animals.
• Skills in the operational aspect of an inhalation gas anesthesia machines.
• Skill in the collection of animal diagnostic samples from animals including but not limited to blood, urine, feces.
• Knowledge of basic anesthesia administration, monitoring and recovery principles
• Skill in operating and maintaining basic surgery room equipment including preparing and sterilizing surgical instruments.
• Ability to complete tasks in an independent, orderly and timely fashion.
• Skill in writing health reports and other records with legible handwriting, or using computer systems
• Skill handling and monitoring animals pre-intra and post-operatively .
• Skill in cleaning and disinfecting 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 agents.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 euthanize animals using CO2 chambers. Knowledge of appropriate disposal of the animals, including bio-hazardous animals.
• 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 8 th Ed., and Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• 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, working instructions and other written and verbal training materials.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of the requirements for sample storage and processing
• Assist in training of fellow employees and lab members for IACUC or DLAM required training. Report completion of training to MSO and document appropriately.
• Ability to assist in class preparation and delivery.
• Skill in teaching biomedical procedures

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.