Job Description

The Animal Health Technician II (AHT II) is under the direct supervision of the Comparative Medicine Veterinarian. This is an intermediate level position working with laboratory animals. Job responsibilities include knowledge and application of relevant laboratory animal medicine standards, rules, and regulations and performing animal health technician tasks under direct or indirect supervision. The AHT II participates in maintaining the health and welfare of research animals in the vivarium, maintaining animal welfare standards, providing procedural support to research staff, training research and comparative medicine staff on animal handling and techniques, and assisting with the tactical management of one or more various programs within the department.

Clinical Care responsibilities - Provides triage, presumptive diagnosis, treatment and follow up as needed for animals at CSMC. Communicates the cases to appropriate individuals and documents them using paper based and electronic systems. Reviews and create documents as needed for the clinical program as requested by the Supervisor.United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Covered Species Procedural Support - Assists with surgical and non-surgical procedures in USDA covered species including pre surgical preparation, sedation, anesthesia inductions, administration, monitoring and recovery. Documents activities timely and accurately in medical records and other templates. Assists with tactical management of the large animal procedural support program.USDA Covered Species Procedure Scheduling – Schedules appointments for large animal procedures which require Comparative Medicine procedural support and makes changes to the scheduled appointments as appropriate and when requested by research staff.Executes tasks and may assist in tactical management of the Environmental Enrichment Program under supervision of the Veterinarian. Develops and maintains documentation.Equipment Maintenance - Performs inventory, quality control checks, safety checks, and cleaning of clinical support equipment such as anesthesia machines and monitoring equipment. May provide tactical management of the equipment maintenance program.Conducts inventory and maintenance of assigned rooms and replenishes associated supplies within the vivariumExecutes assigned tasks to support the maintenance of the Rodent Biosecurity program
QualificationsMinimum - Graduate of an AVMA-CVTEA or CVMA accredited veterinary technology program minimumBachelor's Degree preferred3 years Experience working in a laboratory animal setting.

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Req ID : 7505
Working Title : Heart Institute Animal Health Technician II Dr. Lefer Group
Department : Heart Institute
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Academic / Research
Job Specialty : Animal Care
Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
Base Pay : $28.30 - $48.11