Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. At UT Southwestern, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development that align with your future goals and help to provide security for you and your family. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more that are all available on the day you start work. UT Southwestern is honored to be a Veteran Friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you've made to our country. We're proud to support your next mission. Ranked by Forbes as one of the Top 10 National Employers, we invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for growth.

Experience and Education

• High school graduation, vocational school, or GED equivalent, and six (6) months experience as Animal Technician, or two (2) years of experience as animal technician or its equivalent in facility comparable to Animal Resources Center.

Job Duties

• Provides animal husbandry in quarantine, isolation, biohazard, or barrier-sustained areas.
• Receives, identifies, and houses selected animal species; maintains related records.
• Assist with restraint, handling and manipulation of various animal species as assigned by the on-site Supervisor.
• Receive, inspect and put away incoming animals; ensure and provide for sentinel animals in each rodent housing area.
• Prepares special diets in accordance with principal investigators' protocols, and ensures special diets are provided to correct animals.
• Participate in providing on-the-job training and mentorship of lower level personnel.
• Administers commonly used and easily administered treatments or medications as directed by veterinary staff.
• Maintains computer databases.
• Assists in specialized monitoring and surveillance programs.
• Review, comprehend and comply with all SOP's and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area.
• Maintain accurate departmental animal housing or support area record keeping.
• Assist in specialized monitoring and surveillance programs.
• Monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations, animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, to include: perform daily bottle/cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning as required; record animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols.
• Orders, receives, and distributes feed, bedding and general supplies; maintains related records.
• Complies with and wears required personal protective equipment.
• Operate equipment and use supplies according to safety guidelines.
• Perform general housekeeping and adhere to safety procedures.
• Sanitizes facilities, animal housing units, and ancillary animal care equipment.
• Observes and reports problems involving animal care equipment and environmental support systems.
• Maintain required attendance level and adherence to work schedule in accordance with required staffing levels in order to ensure that assigned duties are completed.
• May provide working supervision to one or several Animal Technicians.
• Perform tasks of Animal Care Attendant and Animal Technician as needed.
• May assist in maintenance of breeding programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code •51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.