Animal Health Technician - Montréal, Canada - McGill University

McGill University

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Montréal, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

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Position Summary:

Under the direction of Veterinary Care Manager, the incumbent performs animal health related duties and technical procedures related to care and use of animals.

Participate in the care and wellbeing of animals, prepares animals, and assists in surgical procedures, administers treatment and medications., provides pre
- and postoperative care, coordinates use of operating room and equipment, acts as resource person to the research community, and maintains records and equipment.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical rounds: examination, monitoring, administration of medications/treatments to a variety of laboratory animals
Animal workshops:

demonstrating courses on basic handling and common procedures of laboratory animals

Veterinary services:

providing of a wide range of technical services to the research community, utilizing technical skills and expertise

Surgical support:

preparation of animals for surgery, assistance with procedures, provision of post-operative care

Specialized areas:

oversight of specialized areas such as containment level 2 housing or chemical hazards housing including orientations, access management, maintenance and husbandry

Breeding colony management:

maintenance of rodent breeding colonies including mating, weaning, tissue collection for genotyping- Imports/Quarantine: receiving of animals, sample collection, rederivation, recordkeeping

Recordkeeping:

maintenance of records or procedures, activities, service charges, etc

Resource person:

Provides guidance and support regarding best practices and refinements of procedures and use of equipment.- Routine health monitoring for all species.- Reviews protocol information to ensure physiological findings are in-line with experimentation expectations.- Utilize Animal Management System (AMS) software for treatment data, colony management, and trend analysis.- Performs euthanasia and necropsy, including the preparation of animals for surgery and provides post-operative care and monitoring of the animals.- Ensures compliance with safety regulations in the use of equipment.

Ensures proper storage, handling and disposal of hazardous materials, chemicals, and medicines.- The list of duties and responsibilities outlined above is representative and not a complete and detailed list of tasks which may be performed by an employee whose position has been matched to this generic job description.- Must be available on week end on rotation.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

DEC III (Animal Health Technology) 3 years of related experience
Knowledge of French and English: McGill University is an Englishlanguage university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing. The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level 3 on a scale of 04._
Minimum Education and Experience:
DEC III
Animal Health Technology 3 Years Related Experience /

Hourly Salary:
(MUNACA Level G) $ $38.65