Veterinary Technologist - Comparative Medicine

Responsibilities

• Work with animals confined to conventional, barrier, quarantine, or specialized biohazard housing.
• Animals may include livestock, equine, aquatics, rodents/rabbits/other wildlife; tasks may require handling of acute, chronic, and infectious diseases.
• Participate in research projects; monitor animals and record health data; follow medical treatment plans; assist during surgical and necropsy procedures; manage controlled drug inventory, census records, and sentinel surveillance programs.
• Participate as research project member; assist with experimental design and treatment management plans; perform standard veterinary technical procedures; record observations, assessments, and treatments; ensure accountability for data and specimen collection.
• Work closely with clinical veterinarians and research staff to perform daily health assessments, assist with physical exams, perform experimental manipulations, administer treatment as instructed, and react to life‑threatening emergencies.
• Coordinate surgical suite activities; act as circulating nurse during procedures; monitor anesthesia, record vitals; maintain surgery audit.
• Maintain controlled drug inventory; order, receive, dispense, and secure; perform drug calculations and dilutions; assist PIs with DEA forms.
• Manage selective and other breeding colonies, sentinel surveillance programs, and animal census records.
• Facilitate necropsy procedures and histological evaluations; assist with serologic and microbiologic examinations, tissue/organ harvesting.
• Follow IACUC, IRB, DEA, USDA and other research and regulatory protocols, policies, guidelines, and procedures.
• Participate in committee meetings; create/revise SOP's, policies, guidelines, training, and course material; conduct training.
• Execute environmental stewardship; evaluate, plan for, and oversee equipment and facility maintenance; recommend equipment purchases; participate in facility renovations and upgrade projects as directed.
• May supervise staff, including hiring and performance management.
• Must participate in the rotating veterinary care schedule for weekends and holidays.

Requirements

• Associate degree
• 4+ years of relevant experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• No required certifications