Senior Laboratory Animal Care Specialist

2 weeks ago

Syracuse, New York, United States State University of New York Upstate Medical University Full time

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Senior Laboratory Animal Caretaker to join our team at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. As a Senior Laboratory Animal Caretaker, you will be responsible for providing exceptional care and handling of laboratory animals, ensuring their health and well-being, and maintaining accurate records of animal care and research activities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Feed and water lab animals, clean cages, equipment, and rooms
  • Maintain existing breeding colonies, maintaining accurate records for inbreeding and outbreeding of rodent species
  • Provide care of laboratory animals in a safe, humane, and sanitary manner using equipment and established procedures
  • Handle, restrain, and determine the sex of all common laboratory animals
  • Supply technical services to investigators including dispensing of special diets and medicated drinking water, providing special housing requirements or assisting with specific restraint and handling procedures
  • Perform general animal health techniques such as: routine veterinary treatments, pre- and post-operative care and performing euthanasia according to established principles
  • Knowledge of anatomical and physiologic variations among common laboratory animals and disease transmission and control, including isolation and quarantine procedures required
  • Recognize common signs of clinical illness and/or irregularities in laboratory animals
  • Knowledge of all phases of animal husbandry required
  • Knowledgeable of federal, state, and local regulations & guidelines pertaining to laboratory animals and be able to recognize and report areas of noncompliance
  • Will need to be knowledgeable about facility security procedures and capable of monitoring them
  • Perform heavy lifting and transporting of heavy items
  • Must possess valid driver's license

Minimum Qualifications:

  • New York State Department of Civil Service Eligible List or eligible for transfer
  • A provisional appointment may be made due to the exhaustion of the Civil Service Eligible List for this title
  • Provisional candidates must have one year of service as a laboratory animal caretaker in a research facility including but not limited to hospitals, universities, institutions, or laboratories
  • OR two years of satisfactory full-time experience in the handling and care of live vertebrate animals in other than a residential setting
  • OR certification as an Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician or higher by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences and one year of satisfactory full-time experience in the handling and care of live vertebrate animals in other than a residential setting
  • OR satisfactory completion of two-years' course work in veterinary medicine, animal husbandry, animal science, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications:

Schedule is based on 40 hours a week. Monday thru Friday 7:00am - 3:30pm plus rotating weekends and holidays

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