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Animal Attendant
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full Time
Experience
0-2 years
Compensation
Compensation not disclosed
Posted
8h ago
Summary and responsibilities
Role overview
Summary
This role involves providing daily husbandry services for various laboratory animal species, including health checks, feeding, watering, and cage maintenance. The attendant will also maintain daily room logs, adhere to biosecurity procedures, and operate and maintain associated facilities and equipment in support of research animals.
Job Description
Responsible for providing species appropriate husbandry services, to include operating and maintaining the associated facilities and equipment, in support of research animals maintained at the institution.
Schedule: Monday-Friday from 7:00am-4:00pm
Responsibilities
With limited supervision, provide daily husbandry services for multiple laboratory animal species to include daily health checks/observations, provision of food and water to individual cages, adhering to biosecurity procedures, animal handling/restraint, transport of animals, bulk feed, bedding, and caging within a vivarium, and changing large numbers of cages/cage racks.
Provide animal room services to include maintaining daily room logs (records of animal inventory, room environment and consumable supplies), adhering to expiration dates for consumables, equipment maintenance schedules, special husbandry instructions related to research needs, sanitizing animal rooms and equipment with disinfectants and detergents in compliance with species specific regulations and policies.
Adhere to complex and numerous regulations enforced by federal, state and local agencies (USDA, CDC, AAALAC, IACUC, Environmental Health and Safety).
Process requests for cages and ensures detailed information is transcribed to cage identification cards for various species.
Works closely with diverse research staff to ensure proper coordination between husbandry duties and research activities.
Operate various types of cage and rack washer equipment, conventional and pass- through autoclaves and other equipment associated with the animal facility; performs maintenance and repair of existing equipment.
Perform all other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Ability to work with a diverse customer base and provide exceptional and professional customer service. Intermediate
Understanding of normal physical appearance, ambulation and behavior of animals used in research. Beginner
Attentive to the individual needs of the animals. Beginner
Detail oriented and precise. Intermediate
Ability to remain focused in a highly distracting environment. Intermediate
Ability to operate a motor vehicle (valid driver's license).
Knowledge of basic computer skills.
EDUCATION:
High school diploma or GED is required.
Required Skills
No experience is required. One (1) to two (2) years experience performing husbandry and handling of animals at an accredited research institution or veterinary practice is preferred.
Updated 8h ago
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0-2 years
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UT Health San Antonio
Team size
Growing team
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is a nationally recognized, top-tier public research university that unites the power of higher education, biomedical discovery and healthcare within one visionary institution. As the third-largest research university in Texas and a Carnegie R1-designated institution, UT San Antonio is a model of access and excellence — advancing knowledge, social mobility and public health across South Texas and beyond.
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Animal Attendant
San Antonio, Texas, United States • Full Time