Surgery Technician II

About the role

The Surgical Technician II position focuses on overall animal care and welfare, successful animal surgery completion, training of new staff, recordkeeping, and procedural duties. The ideal candidate should be passionate about working with animals, enjoy and excel at organization, and support and maintain a clean, safe, and compliant working environment.

Responsibilities

• Care for animals including feeding, cleaning, and surgery support responsibilities
• Follows protocol to ensure the health and welfare of the animals in care
• Surgery support tasks including preparation of surgical instruments and supplies for surgeons' use, operating the autoclaves, calibrating animal weight scales, disinfecting surgery equipment, transferring animals, and weighing animals
• Successfully performs rodent catheterization and soft tissue removal surgeries
• Works with managers in the development of new surgical models and implementation of new and better surgical techniques
• Trains new Support Technicians and Surgeons
• Suggests improvements to work instructions in accordance with the 3 Rs (Refine, Replace and Reduce)
• Inventory control of drugs, including checking expirations dates, calculating concentrations of drugs, accurately maintaining and daily reviewing the inventory of controlled drugs
• Coordinates order details to include selection, packaging, and confirming accuracy
• Keeps accurate records of feeding, cleaning, and care of animals
• Animal anesthesia, prep, and post-operative care of surgical animals
• Ensures animal welfare, with IACUC and quality standards is met within area of responsibility, which includes compliance to work procedures
• All other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Desire to work with and care for animals on a daily basis
• Interest in animal surgery and care
• Continuous effort toward contributing to a clean and safe working environment
• Able and willing to complete paperwork as needed
• Available to work weekends/holidays on a rotating basis
• Willingness to work overtime when needed

Qualifications

• Minimum, 2 year degree in animal science; pertinent work experience (such as laboratory, veterinary or surgical experience) may be substituted for education
• Basic math skills
• Respect for animal welfare
• Able to work in a team atmosphere
• Leadership skills
• Adherence to the company domestic pet policy and biosecurity

Skills

• Lift up to 50 lbs on occasion
• Stand/walk on concrete for at least 2 hours at a time
• Frequently bend, reach, push, pull, squat and lift

Benefits

• Health and dental coverage
• Short- and long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Paid parental leave
• 401K participation with company match

Pay

Salary will be commensurate with experience and responsibilities.

Schedule

This position requires that the Surgical Technician II be able to:

• Lift up to 50 lbs on occasion
• Stand/walk on concrete for at least 2 hours at a time
• Frequently bend, reach, push, pull, squat and lift