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UHUT Health San Antonio
UT Health San Antonio•Biomedical Research

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

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Husbandry Services • 1+ yrs
Animal Handling • 1+ yrs
Biosecurity Procedures • 1+ yrs
Equipment Maintenance • 1+ yrs
Record Keeping • 1+ yrs
Customer Service • 1+ yrs
Detail Orientation • 1+ yrs
Computer Skills • 1+ yrs

Experience

0-2 years

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Operations

Industries

Healthcare & Pharma

Employment

Full Time

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodYearly

Benefits and perks

Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Disability Insurance
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Holidays
Employee Discounts

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationSan Antonio, Texas, United States
Work typeOnsite
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleMedium • 6/10
physicalMedium • 7/10
cognitiveMedium • 7/10
executionHigh • 8/10
creativityLow • 3/10
uncertaintyMedium • 5/10
communicationMedium • 6/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

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