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Senior Animal Care Specialist, Animal Resource Center

2 months ago


Dallas, Texas, United States UT Southwestern Medical Center Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Animal Care Specialist to join our team at the Animal Resource Center. As a key member of our animal care team, you will be responsible for providing exceptional care and husbandry to our research animals.

Key Responsibilities
  • Animal Husbandry: Provide daily care and husbandry to animals in quarantine, isolation, biohazard, or barrier-sustained areas.
  • Animal Handling: Receive, identify, and house selected animal species, and maintain related records.
  • Restraint and Handling: Assist with restraint, handling, and manipulation of various animal species as assigned by the on-site Supervisor.
  • Inventory Management: Receive, inspect, and put away incoming animals, and ensure and provide for sentinel animals in each rodent housing area.
  • Diet Preparation: Prepare special diets in accordance with principal investigators' protocols, and ensure special diets are provided to correct animals.
  • Training and Mentorship: Participate in providing on-the-job training and mentorship of lower-level personnel.
  • Medication Administration: Administer commonly used and easily administered treatments or medications as directed by veterinary staff.
  • Record Keeping: Maintain computer databases and accurate departmental animal housing or support area record keeping.
  • Monitoring and Surveillance: Assist in specialized monitoring and surveillance programs.
  • Animal Health Observations: Monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations, animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals.
  • Supply Management: Order, receive, and distribute feed, bedding, and general supplies, and maintain related records.
  • Personal Protective Equipment: Comply with and wear required personal protective equipment.
  • Equipment Operation: Operate equipment and use supplies according to safety guidelines.
  • Housekeeping: Perform general housekeeping and adhere to safety procedures.
  • Cleaning and Sanitizing: Sanitize facilities, animal housing units, and ancillary animal care equipment.
  • Problem Reporting: Observe and report problems involving animal care equipment and environmental support systems.
  • Attendance and Scheduling: Maintain required attendance level and adherence to work schedule in accordance with required staffing levels in order to ensure that assigned duties are completed.
  • Supervision: May provide working supervision to one or several Animal Technicians.
  • Task Flexibility: Perform tasks of Animal Care Attendant and Animal Technician as needed.
  • Program Support: May assist in maintenance of breeding programs.
  • Additional Duties: Perform other duties as assigned.
About UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center is a world-renowned academic medical center and a leading employer in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. We are committed to providing exceptional patient care, innovative research, and world-class education.

Benefits
  • PPO Medical Plan: Available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage.
  • Preventive Healthcare: 100% coverage for preventive healthcare – no copay.
  • Paid Time Off: Available day one.
  • Retirement Programs: Through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).
  • Paid Parental Leave Benefit.
  • Wellness Programs.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer.