Animal Attendant, Animal Resource Center-service

2 weeks ago

Galveston, United States UTMB Health Full time

**Minimum Qualifications**:
High school or equivalent; no experience required.

**Preferred**:
Animal experience of any kind.

To assist in providing care of laboratory animals in a humane, safe and sanitary manner including duties associated with cage washing, sanitation and preparation of animal research facilities.

**Job Duties**:
**Cage Washing**:

- Prepares soiled caging for washing.
- Operates washing equipment and ensures proper working order during daily operating procedures, routine cleaning, and preventive maintenance.
- Operates autoclave to sterilize or decontaminate caging equipment.
- Performs daily quality control checks and documents effectiveness of cleaning and sanitizing.
- Assembles clean and sanitized caging for distribution according to supply orders.
- Maintains sanitary conditions of cage washing rooms and other ancillary areas, such as hallways and storage areas.
- Disposes of soiled waste and trash.
- Transports caging and supplies between animal rooms and cage washing rooms.

**Husbandry**:

- Provides daily husbandry care, including feeding and watering, for all species.
- Changes and sanitizes animal caging as scheduled.
- Maintains enrichment program as specified for each species.
- Sanitizes rooms, equipment and hallways as scheduled.
- Documents daily, weekly and monthly duties accurately.
- Observes animals for behavior change and/or evidence of disease and notifies veterinary staff as appropriate.
- Receives transports and distributes incoming animals as specified.
- Ensures accurate cage cards and census.
- Provides specialized animal care, including quarantine, biohazard and sterile housing.
- Ensures equipment in animal rooms are functioning properly.

**Cage Washing and Husbandry**:

- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
- Attends in-house training programs to become more knowledgeable in the field of laboratory animal science.
- Provides superior customer service.
- Follows safety precautions and wears correct protective equipment.
- Follows rules and regulations related to laboratory animal care.
- May assist ARC logistics team with transport of caging or materials and with the receipt and storage of supplies.
- Performs related duties as required.

**Salary Range**:
Commensurate with Experience

**WORKING ENVIRONMENT/LOCATION OF POSITION**:

- Standard research facility environment.
- Able to lift 50 pounds.
- Work weekends, holidays, and some overtime when needed.
- Frequent contact with animal allergens, such as hair and dander.
- Frequent exposure to animal odors, heat and humidity from cage washing rooms, and chemicals used in the cleaning process.
- Possible contact with zoonotic diseases and or research materials could be hazardous to a fetus.
- Potential exposure to radiation and biohazards.

**Equal Employment Opportunity**

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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