Assistant Supervisor Animal Care Facilities

Mayo Career Site US; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Mayo Clinic in Phoenix is seeking an Animal Care Technician who provides primary care and husbandry for research animals, including feeding, watering, sanitation, and daily observations. You will work under the animal facility supervisor and collaborate with veterinary technologists and researchers.

Responsibilities include assisting with training, orientations, scheduling, SOP development, inventory, ordering, and data entry.

Qualifications

• Provide quality care to all animals used in research, including feeding, watering, sanitation, and observation.
• Assist with training and development of animal care technicians and facility staff.
• Communicate with principal investigators and lab staff to answer questions and troubleshoot problems.

Responsibilities

• Assist facility supervisor with staff training, orientations, scheduling, SOP development, inventory and ordering.
• Contribute to facility maintenance and data entry as needed.
• Perform additional tasks as directed by veterinarians or supervisors.

Skills

Animal care

Teamwork

Communication

Job description

Is responsible to and receives primary direction from the animal facility supervisor. Is also responsible to and works collaboratively with veterinary technologists, facility manager, veterinary consultants and the research administrator.

• Approximately 50% of job responsibility is to provide quality care to all animals utilized in research including animal husbandry activities such as feeding, watering, sanitation, observation, room cleaning, and other duties as assigned.
• Approximately 50% of job responsibility is to assists the facility supervisor with the training and development of the animal care technicians to ensure they are providing quality animal care for all research animals. Assists with facility orientations, facility maintenance, staff scheduling, SOP development, inventory and ordering, data entry, etc. Communicates with principal investigators and lab staff to answer questions, trouble shoot problems, etc.
• Performs additional job-related functions as detailed by the staff veterinarians or facility supervisor.

This vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship. We will not sponsor or transfer visas for this position. Also, Mayo Clinic DOES NOT participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program.