Comparative Medicine Trainee- Center for Comparative Medicine

Mount Sinai Medical Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,907,827 - 76,248,782; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Health System seeks a Comparative Medicine Trainee responsible for sanitation and daily upkeep of a laboratory animal facility. This role supports researchers by maintaining cages, inventorying PPE and supplies, and ensuring compliance with health and safety guidelines across autoclaving and rack washing operations.

Responsibilities include environmental monitoring, health reporting, documentation, and assisting in training.

Qualifications

• Must have basic animal care knowledge and attention to detail.
• Prior animal facility experience is limited or not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clean cages, water and food; report equipment maintenance.
• Maintain clean and safe work environment; sanitation of cage wash areas.
• Operate and monitor equipment like tunnel/rack washer and autoclave.
• Record environmental conditions and maintain logs; follow written instructions.
• Assist with health monitoring and report issues to supervisor/veterinary staff.
• Participate in departmental training and contribute to problem solving.

Skills

Less than 1 year animal care

Education

H.S./G.E.D.

Job description

Description

Comparative Medicine Trainee is responsible for basic sanitation/disinfection and maintenance of an animal facility, and for daily record-keeping and operation of major laboratory equipment. CM Trainees will support researchers and perform general husbandry for laboratory animals related to cage wash. Trainees are responsible for stocking inventory of PPE and supplies. Trainees will also be responsible for sanitizing laboratory spaces, including animal holding rooms, cage wash areas and associated corridors as per federal, state and local guidelines as well as autoclaving all equipment and maintaining records for both the autoclave and rack washer. Other duties may be required per management.

CAGE MAINTENANCE

• Provide animals with clean cages, water, and food.
• Identify functional caging equipment and report equipment maintenance.
• Sanitize cages using washroom equipment.
• Removal of waste material such as bedding, trash, etc.

EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

• Ensure clean and operating equipment (racks and biological cabinets).
• Make adjustments to equipment as needed and make minor decisions in use of equipment.
• Understand the function of various equipment within the facility (tunnel washer, rack washer, autoclave, bottle filler, etc.) to prevent damage or loss of time.

FACILITY MAINTENANCE

• Provide a clean and safe work environment.
• Report facility damage to supervisor.

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

• Maintain clean work area.
• Sanitize and disinfect cage wash, equipment and other facility areas.
• Identify, record, and report environmental conditions.

HEALTH MONITORING

• Record and report issues to supervisor and/or veterinary staff.
• Comply with institutional certifications and requirements for working with infectious disease waste from BSL-2 and/or BSL-3 environments.

DOCUMENTATION

• Ability to follow detailed written instructions in performing routine work paying close attention to details.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

• Provide a clean and safe atmosphere for animals, employees, and facility users.
• Contribute and recommend new ideas and input on problem‑solving issues.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• Participate in departmental training of various areas comprising animal, facility, and employment‑related issues.
• Contribute to the workforce and environment by exhibiting newly learned skills and sharing newly found knowledge with others.

Qualifications

• H.S./G.E.D.
• Less than 1 year animal care experience

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer, complying with all applicable federal civil rights laws. We do not discriminate, exclude, or treat individuals differently based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve feel respected and supported. Our goal is to create a healthcare and learning institution that actively works to remove barriers, address challenges, and promote fairness in all aspects of our organization.

Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $24.7463 - $26.6102 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses, incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.