Veterinary Technician II

Job Qualifications

We are seeking an experienced Veterinary Technician II to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Boston, MA.

As the Veterinary Technician II, you perform daily clinical and activities of the veterinary and vivarium staff within the animal care environments at Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs (CRADL). Assists in management of certain aspects of veterinary programs including clinical rounds, biosecurity, and document review. Ensures the health and welfare of laboratory animals are maintained in compliance with local, state, federal and institutional guidelines, and regulations.

Additional responsibilities:

• Review, comprehend and comply with all SOPs, BOPs and quality assurance standards pertaining to laboratory animals for research.
• Monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing twice daily animal health and clinical obse. Work up animal health concerns per CRADL SOPs and BOPs.
• Electronic recordkeeping of clinical observation and treatment with necessary communications with veterinary staff and client researchers.
• Generate and submit internal and external reports in the required formats and timeframes as required and perform any analysis as required.
• Perform regular clinical observations, review, and follow-up with veterinary team on open health cases.
• Provide timely response to emergency cases.
• Responsible for tissue sampling, routine animal manipulations (e.g., dosing) and administration of fluids or other treatments as required in the course of veterinary duties.

Duties contined

• Ability to perform or obtain proficiency in specialized model support such as surgical support post-op surgical care and study model clinical scoring for treatment plans or endpoint evaluation.
• Recommend and perform diagnostic procedures including tissue collection and necropsy.
• Act as a leader for less experienced veterinary and/or training staff, including participating in onboarding of new employees, as well as ongoing mentorship, including cage-side and weekly rounds to review cases with veterinary staff.
• Perform staff proficiency or researcher competency assessments as assigned.
• Perform routine reconciliation and audit of controlled substances.
• May be assigned to perform technical services on behalf of clients, and/or provide training on techniques to researchers or members of CRADL staff.
• Implement the routine health surveillance program according to CRADL SOPs. Ensure all samples are collected correctly and on schedule, are correctly submitted, and ensure results are returned and reviewed within an appropriate time period.
• Review and approve health reports from routine health surveillance within the vivarium, escalating results for Sr. Veterinary staff to review when needed.
• Review and approve health screening documentation for incoming animal orders, escalating results for veterinarian review when needed.
• Provide input into the development and implementation of programmatic documents. May initiate the development, revision, and implementation of documents as requested.
• Identify areas for potential improvement in practices, including but not limited to animal welfare, biosecurity, client communication, internal communication, work processes, and quality assurance in partnership with CRADL husbandry and technical staff.
• Initiate action to replenish & maintain veterinary supplies by promptly informing the Sr. Veterinary staff.
• Channel significant concerns or issues to management for resolution.
  
• Participate in Post-Approval Monitoring program by correctly identifying unanticipated experimental outcomes and non-compliance events and reporting them appropriately.

Duties contined

• Cultivate respectful collaborative relationships with researchers and provide excellent customer service including but not limited to providing guidance on how to enhance 3Rs principals in experimental protocols.
• Interact with customers as required to solve customer requests, inquiries, and complaints and to be a technical resource for matters pertaining to the vivarium.
• Dispose of biological, hazardous, and animal facility waste following established procedures.
• Assist in overseeing and maintaining quality performance of CRADL and client objectives inclusive of meeting/exceeding company standards with respect to animal health and welfare.
• Report non-compliance or animal welfare concerns to the Animal Welfare Team and/or IACUC office.
• Attend and participate in on-the-job and classroom training sessions and complete all assigned computer-based safety and professional development training by predetermined due dates.
• Communicate procedural questions and self-identified training deficiencies to team lead or Supervisor.
• Maintain required attendance level and adherence to work schedule in accordance with required staffing levels in order to ensure that assigned duties are completed.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Duties continued

• Monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing twice daily animal health and clinical observations. Work up animal health concerns per CRADL SOPs and BOPs.
• Responsible for tissue sampling, routine animal manipulations (e.g., dosing) and administration of fluids or other treatments as required in the course of veterinary duties.
• Ability to perform or obtain proficiency in specialized model support such as surgical support post-op surgical care and study model clinical scoring for treatment plans or endpoint evaluation.
• Recommend and perform diagnostic procedures including tissue collection and necropsy.
• Act as a leader for less experienced veterinary and/or training staff, including participating in onboarding of new employees, as well as ongoing mentorship, including cage-side and weekly rounds to review cases with veterinary staff.
• Perform routine reconciliation and audit of controlled substances.
• Review and approve health reports from routine health surveillance within the vivarium, escalating results for Sr. Veterinary staff to review when needed.
• Identify areas for potential improvement in practices, including but not limited to animal welfare, biosecurity, client communication, internal communication, work processes, and quality assurance in partnership with CRADL husbandry and technical staff.
• Initiate action to replenish & maintain veterinary supplies by promptly informing the Sr. Veterinary staff.
• Participate in Post-Approval Monitoring program by correctly identifying unanticipated experimental outcomes and non-compliance events and reporting them appropriately.
• Interact with customers as required to solve customer requests, inquiries, and complaints and to be a technical resource for matters pertaining to the vivarium.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

The following are minimum requirements related to the Veterinary Technician II position.

• Associate degree (A.A./A.S.) or bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent in animal or laboratory science, business, or related discipline.
• Minimum of two - three (2 - 3) years of veterinary experience or six - twelve (6 - 12) months directly related laboratory animal experience in a laboratory animal facility.
• Certification from AALAS (American Association for Laboratory Animal Science) at the Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT), LATG (Laboratory Animal Technologist) level or a CVT, LVT, or RVT certification preferred.
• Position requires travel between local sites to support client needs, must have valid drivers license and reliable personal vehicle. Mileage will be reimbursed at the standard company rate.

The pay range for this position is $33 - 38 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.