Scientist, Laboratory Animal Resources Full-time

Scientist

The Scientist position under the guidance of the Laboratory Animal Manager and Director will provide study support and world-class animal care to impact drug development and discovery and improve human health. This position will be Monday-Friday 7:00am-3:00pm with rotating weekends and holidays. Study support may include:

• Performing Animal Handling
• Compound Administration (All routes)
• In-Life Blood Sampling
• Necropsy Sampling and Tissue Collection
• Animal Health Observation, Clinical Scoring, Data Collection, and Data Management
• Research Equipment Use and Maintenance
• Pre, Peri, and Post-Operative Surgical Care

Responsibilities include understanding and executing in vivo studies including collaborating with researchers, conducting laboratory procedures in compliance with established protocols/plans and with regulatory and laboratory requirements and documenting experimental data including activities undertaken, existing conditions, observed results and variation from expected data patterns. Perform animal health checks including some weekends and holidays, assist in surgery with pre, post and peri-operative care, provide husbandry oversight on some weekends including room checks and emergency facility issues, engage in safety inspections and provide insight for safety initiatives, learn new in-vivo procedures as needed or requested.

The ideal candidate should be team-oriented, value workplace collaboration and can work with minimal to no supervision.

Education Minimum Requirement: BS in Biology, Veterinary Medicine, life sciences or related in vivo field

Required Experience and Skills: Minimum of 2 years’ hands-on experience in a Research in vivo field

Preferred Experience and Skills: AAALAS certification, Experience with rodent surgery techniques

Required Skills: Accountability, Animal Care, Animal Handling, Animal Welfare, Biological Research, Blood Specimen Collection, Detail-Oriented, Ethical Standards, In Vivo Studies, Laboratory Animal Medicine, Perioperative Care, Preoperative Care, Rodents, Tissue Collection

Preferred Skills: Veterinary Surgery