Small Animal Research Technician

Job Description

Primary duties and responsibilities of this position are to facilitate the execution of client-sponsored preclinical research, specializing in biocompatibility, pharmacology, and toxicology studies. Performs all in-life activities for small laboratory animals including data collection, providing for their basic needs, and performing a variety of procedures as part of the research process. Procedures performed include, for example, small animal surgery, anesthesia, dosing of test agents in small animals through a variety of dosing methods (such as intraperitoneal, intravenous, epicutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, oral, and applying topical test agents), scoring and assessing reaction to the agents, post-procedure recovery, and small animal euthanasia.