Senior Animal Technician – Children’s Research Institute

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career! 

JOB SUMMARY
Works under general supervision to apply advanced animal husbandry and sterile techniques to provide stable environmental conditions for laboratory animals. 

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 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
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Required

• Education
  High School Diploma High School graduation or equivalent or 
  Vocational school 
   

• Experience
  Six (6) months experience as an Animal Technician with High School Diploma or equivalent or Vocational school or 
  2 years Experience as Animal Technician or its equivalent in facility comparable to the Animal Resources Center and 
  Post offer pre-employment testing 
   

JOB DUTIES

• Provide animal husbandry in quarantine, isolation, biohazard, conventional, or barrier-sustained areas.
• Receive, identify, and house selected animal species; maintain related records. Assist with restraint, handling, and manipulation of various animal species as assigned by the on-site Supervisor. Receive, inspect and pack/unpack animals for transport; ensure and provide for sentinel animals in each rodent housing area and comply with the current rodent sentinel SOP.
• Prepare special diets or watering in accordance with principal investigators’ protocols, and ensure special diets are provided to correct animals. Administer commonly used and easily administered treatments or medications as directed by veterinary staff.
• Assist in specialized monitoring and surveillance programs. Review, comprehend, and comply with all SOPs and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area. Maintain accurate departmental animal housing or support area record keeping. May assist in maintenance of breeding programs.
• Monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations, animal husbandry duties to maintain quality of health of research animals, to include: perform daily water/cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning as required; observe all animals and record animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols.
• Order, receive, and distribute feed, bedding, and general supplies; maintain related records.
• Participate in providing on-the-job training and mentorship of Animal Technicians, Animal Care Attendants and Trainees. May provide direction and guidance to Animal Technicians.
• Comply with and wear required personal protective equipment. Operate equipment and use supplies according to safety guidelines.
• Perform basic general housekeeping and adhere to safety procedures. Sanitize facilities, animal housing units, and ancillary animal care equipment.
• Observe and report problems involving animal care equipment and environmental support systems. Perform tasks of lower level technicians or attendants as needed.
• Maintain required attendance level and adherence to work schedule in accordance with required staffing levels in order to ensure that assigned duties are completed. Ability to work weekends or holidays on a rotating basis as assigned. Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time. May be required to shower/change clothes between functions.
• Ability to read and understand oral/written instructions in English. Ability to work while wearing personnel protective equipment for prolonged periods of time to duties.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT

Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

EEO
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.