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Job Description
Title: Senior Animal Technician
Location: San Francisco CA
Assignment length: 6 months contract with possibility of extension
Shift: 7:30 am 4:00 pm (includes a 30 min break)
Job description:
Note:
Key Responsibilities:
Husbandry duties (30%)
Maintenance (20%)
- Cleaning and sterilization of equipment between experiments
- Gnotobiotic facility maintenance (sweeping mopping ensuring all equipment is in good working order)
- Facilitating servicing of equipment as needed for calibration/validation
- Monitoring ordering and restocking consumables as needed
- Preparation for IACUC/AAALAC inspections and remedy of any deficiencies found
- Interaction with LARC/IACUC/EHS staff as needed for facility maintenance
Quality Control of GermFree status/Lab Techniques (10%)
- Collection of fecal pellets
- Culturing fecal pellets in aerobic and anaerobic media
- DNA isolation PCR and qPCR to confirm sterility
Assisting core users with experiments/Animal health duties (10%)
- Bacterial or fungal colonization via oral gavage or other methods as needed
- Collecting and documenting weights body condition scores or disease scores as needed
- Assisting with euthanasia and organ harvest at the end of experiments (may include downstream processing of tissues)
- Direct communication with core users re: animal health concerns during the course of experiments. SAT will try to resolve any issues and report to supervisor to escalate if needed.
Performing and developing advanced techniques in a gnotobiotic setting (20%)
- Administration and documentation of anesthesia/analgesia in germfree mice (includes strict control of controlled substances and associated paperwork)
- Surgical techniques including wound dehiscence repair vasectomy and others as required including documentation
- Development and translation of new methods of administration of compounds/disease models into the germfree setting: examples include injection of cord blood hematopoetic stem cells into germfree postnatal pups for reconstitution of the immune system intratracheal administration of compounds to create a germfree model of atopy and asthma and embryo injection into germfree pseudopregant females
Record keeping (10%)
- Maintaining database of mouse colony (on paper in the facility and electronically via mLIMS software)
- Maintaining logs of autoclave usage testing and book keeping of biological indicator status
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Education Training and Experience:
- Graduation from high school completion of training equivalent to the Laboratory Animal Technician certification of the AALAS and two years of animal care experience; or high school graduation and three years of animal care experience in the care of animal species appropriate to the particular job; or an equivalent combination of education and experience; and knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.
- Bachelors degree (or equivalent degree)
- Veterinary Technician License
- Note: Classification and salary will depend on the qualifications of the candidate hired.
If the Client extends an offer then the candidate should go through the health screening process.
- Need immunization records for MMR and Varicella (Mumps Measles & Rubella and Varicella) should be positive if you have negative results in any of these then you have to take 2 MMR vaccinations with a gap of 28 days since you cannot take 2MMR vaccinations at a time.
- For the TB test you have other available options TSPOT or QF TB Gold or 2 step PPDs for 2 step PPDs you need visit clinic twice and to get these results it may take more than 1 week and should provide latest documents 2019 valid within 3 months )
- Tdap vaccination
- Flu
- COVID vaccination
USC/Greencard candidates are encouraged to Apply
Thank you
Best Regards
Shriya Sangral
Technical Recruiter
SDK Software Inc (Siri InfoSolutions Group)
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Employment Type
Full Time
