Animal Health Technician II - DLAM

University of California - Los Angeles Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 44,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of California - Los Angeles Health seeks an Animal Health Technician II to provide paraveterinary care for campus animal research programs, investigator services, and procedure training.

This role supports clinical and laboratory management, animal conditioning and quarantine, and requires a science degree or RVT with experience, plus strong communication and safety practices. Accurate health records and adherence to SOPs are essential in this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in science or RVT + 3 years in laboratory animals.
• High school diploma + ALAT AALAS certification + 5 years in laboratory animals.
• Ability to recognize abnormalities in behavior of laboratory animals and signs of disease.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Skill in administering oral and parenteral medications including fluids.
• Skill in handling and restraining laboratory animals.
• Knowledge of basic anesthesia administration, monitoring and recovery
• Skill in collecting diagnostic samples (blood, urine, feces).
• Familiar with local, state, and federal regulations governing Animal Research

Responsibilities

• Provide paraveterinary health care duties related to UCLA animal research.
• Support campus animal health programs and investigator services training.
• Manage clinical and laboratory operations and animal conditioning & quarantine.
• Maintain health records with legible handwriting or computer systems.

Skills

Animal handling

Gavage administration

Parenteral injections

Surgical preparation

Diagnostics sample collection

Anesthesia monitoring

Recordkeeping

Safety compliance

Team communication

Education

Bachelor's in science or RVT

High school diploma + ALAT/AALAS

Job description

Description

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

Qualifications

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 8th 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