Animal Care Technician - Hamilton, Canada - McMaster University

McMaster University

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Hamilton, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Schedule
Flexibility in scheduled start and end times exist with this opportunity.

The hours of work will equate to working 28 hours per week through working 7 hours each on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and between the hours of 7:00 am to 5:00 pm each day.

Education Level
2 year communicity college diploma in Veterinary Technology or related field.

Career Level
2 years of relevant experience.

Animal Care Technician

JD#:
JD0048

Located within the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Animal Facility is a primary service division whose purpose is to serve the McMaster research community and ensure animals housed at our seven sites are cared for ethically and humanely.

About McMaster

At McMaster University, we strive to attract, develop, and retain talented faculty and staff, and to foster inclusive excellence which values the strengths, perspectives, and contributions of everyone.

McMaster is one of the Top 70 Universities in the World and is recognized as Canada's Most Research-Intensive University.

McMaster continues to be recognized as one of the top employers in the Hamilton/Niagara region and one of Canada's Top Diversity employers.

Our Faculty and Culture of Excellence

The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), the largest Faculty within McMaster, is unique as the only Canadian university that combines schools of medicine (including two regional campuses), nursing, rehabilitation science, and the programs of midwifery, Bachelor of Health Sciences, physician assistant and postgraduate health sciences education within one faculty.

Our pioneering approaches to education and our reputation for world-class research have consistently placed McMaster and the Faculty among the top 50 universities in the world for health and medicine.

Those who join FHS
will find a community of 5,400 talented individuals who are inspired by the faculty's commitment to our values of
interprofessional collaboration,
commitment to our communities,
accountability,
innovation,
excellence,
integrity,
respect, and
optimism.

The Opportunity

Job Summary:

Responsible for providing support to the University research community as it relates to the use of animals in biomedical research and teaching.

Performs routine technical procedures and animal husbandry and ensures procedures are followed according to standard operating procedures, guidelines, and legislation.

Purpose and Key Functions:

Perform routine technical procedures ensuring strict adherence to established standard operating procedures, guidelines, and legislation.
Participate in required safety and security procedures and conduct animal husbandry and care while following established standard operating procedures and regulatory compliance requirements.
Provide technical assistance to researchers including surgical assistance, preparation, and postsurgical monitoring.
Wrap instruments for sterilization prior to surgery.
Perform minor surgeries and technical procedures including sampling, bleeding, injection and all procedures involving the use of anaesthetics and related equipment.
Participate in health monitoring, which includes health assessments, quality assurance, treatment and post approval monitoring, of all animals under the direction of the veterinary staff.
Monitor technical procedures, performed by others using the facilities, for deviations from established standard operating procedures.
Monitor endpoints and report issues to veterinary staff.
Provide department policy and procedure information to others.
Provide animal care and husbandry for all species including specialty animals in the facility.
Develop and modify standard operating procedures.
Complete cage cards with the appropriate animal information.
Document and maintain breeding records for inspection and census information.
Document treatment logs detailing the historical and current treatment regimes for animals.
Document initial observations from gross pathology and provide reports to veterinary staff.
Calculate blood volume, drug dosage, and intravenous fluid rates.
Review weight charts to ensure that the animals are within the required limits for the study.
Use a variety of facility equipment such as microscopes and centrifuges.
Calibrate scales used to weigh animals.
Analyze and troubleshoot equipment failures and complete the required repair.
Maintain breeding colonies which includes breeding, feeding, weaning, and keeping records of activities, under the oversight of the veterinary staff.
Observe the health condition and behaviour of animals and report injuries, disease, or abnormal behaviour to supervisor or designated person.
May be required to make recommendations regarding the euthanization of animals in accordance with standard operating procedures.
Assemble animal cages, and prepare shipping crates as required.
Set up and collate materials for teaching in