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Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Hourly
Range $17.00 - $23.00
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plan
Employee wellness programs
Professional development opportunities
Employee assistance program
Job Description
The Department of Comparative Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a dedicated unit focused on supporting biomedical research that involves the ethical and humane care of laboratory animals. This department plays a critical role in biomedical discoveries by ensuring that animals used in research receive the highest standards of welfare and care while maintaining strict compliance with all relevant regulations. Cedars-Sinai, a leading nonprofit academic healthcare organization, is renowned for its innovative medical research and high-quality patient care. The Comparative Medicine department supports these endeavors by providing expert consultation, comprehensive training, veterinary care, and facility maintenance tailored specifically for research... Show More
Job Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- Three years of laboratory animal science experience
- Assistant Laboratory Animal Tech (ALAT) certification from AALAS
- Valid and current driver’s license
- Ability to comply with rules and regulations governing animal care in research
- Strong communication skills in English
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain accuracy
- Knowledge of Microsoft Windows and other vivarium support systems
Job Qualifications
- A High School Diploma/GED is required
- A bachelor’s degree is preferred with relevant coursework in laboratory animal sciences
- Assistant Laboratory Animal Tech (ALAT) from the AALAS is required
- Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT) from the AALAS is preferred
- Valid and current driver’s license is required
- Three (3) years of Laboratory Animal Science experience is required
- Ability to learn, apply and maintain compliance with the rules and regulations governing the care and use of animals in research
- Ability to provide and/or support a level of work excellence and accuracy
- recognize and address flaws or errors that others may overlook
- Ability to document tasks in an orderly, timely and accurately manner
- Ability to convey and/or receive written/verbal information to/from various audiences in different formats
- Able to follow written and oral instructions in English
- Ability to handle multiple demands and/or manage complex and competing priorities
- Knowledge of Microsoft Windows, ability to learn other systems that support operations in the vivarium
Job Duties
- Performs routine and special feeding, watering, handling (safely transferring animals from one enclosure to another) and changes cages or primary enclosure for all species housed in the vivarium including USDA covered species
- Processes service requests submitted by research staff to provide special diets and medicated water to animals in the vivarium
- Assists clinical and research staff with animal handling and provides treatments (including basic, intermediate and advanced) for rodents, this may include procedures such as SQ, IP injections and topical applications
- Performs veterinary related tasks post training by Clinical Staff and maintains clinical records as required
- Provides species-specific environmental enrichment to animals according to CM standards
- In addition, supports environmental enrichment initiatives, conducts assessments for new items and provides feedback for all species
- Receives animals from vendors, assists the Animal Care Coordinator with animal delivery reports and identification of obvious health abnormalities and deviations from the ordered type, quantity or sex
- Performs barcoding scanning of animal cage cards for billing and census purposes, participate in census reconciliation, and issue census reports as needed
- Works with ALTIII to audit inventory of feed and bedding, supplies and equipment
- Stores and dispenses special diets ordered by Research Staff
- this includes appropriate labeling, assigning secondary containers, and following proper storage conditions
- Assists with decontamination of Vivarium spaces as needed (after training and proficiency assessment)
- Supports ALTIII and Supervisors with on-the-floor vivarium training for laboratory staff including the use of Animal Transfer Stations (ATS)/Biological Safety Cabinets (BSC), proper micro-isolator technique, facility workflow, and large animal species, among other techniques
- Additionally, assists the ALTIII and Supervisors with training of new CM employees hired in the classification of ALTI and ALTII
- Responsible for independently identifying additional tasks (other than those assigned) which need to be performed
Job Qualifications
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
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