Veterinary Lab Technician

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Allergies, Anesthesiology, Animal Care, Animal Husbandry, Animal Research, Binary Search Tree, Biomedicine, Critical Care, DOM (Document Object Model), Database Administration, Documentation, Genotyping, Hospital, Housekeeping/Cleaning, Immunology, Laboratory, Maintain Compliance, Medical Imaging, Medication Administration, Microbiology, Outpatient Care, Patient Care, Real-time PCR (qPCR), Regulatory Compliance, Research Laboratory, Sleep Medicine, Specimen Collection, Time Management, Translational Research, Veterinary Medicine
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, PA
POSTED
25 days ago

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The Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division of the DOM. The division is made of up approximately 70 clinical staff and over 100 research staff who work in a variety of locations including: Bridgeside Point, Biomedical Science Tower (BST), UPMC Hospitals including Presbyterian, Shadyside, East, Jameson and Mercy. The division provides world class services across 10 inpatient services at five hospitals and over 70,000 outpatient office visits. We have a major research mission that focuses on basic, clinical, and translational research on the lung, microbiome, COVID-19, sleep medicine, and allergy and immunology.

The incumbent will perform animal husbandry, database management, and provides assistance in animal experiments.

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Provides support to veterinarians, fellow technicians, and researchers to provide laboratory animal care and research support, daily monitoring of animal well-being, and cleaning and maintenance of clinical areas. Assists with procedures, provides surgical and anesthesia support, triages cases, performs medical imaging, administers medications, and other various related duties. Maintains documentation and ensures compliance with all applicable regulations. Orders and maintains supply inventory.

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Provides support to veterinarians, fellow technicians, and researchers to provide laboratory animal care and research support, daily monitoring of animal well-being, and cleaning and maintenance of clinical areas. Assists with procedures, provides surgical and anesthesia support, triages cases, performs medical imaging, administers medications, and other various related duties. Maintains documentation and ensures compliance with all applicable regulations. Orders and maintains supply inventory.

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Provide animal care to a colony comprising several transgenic mouse strains, duties include animal weaning, maintenance of animal health and enrichment, collection of samples and genotyping.

Maintain the animal database, recording animal lineage, strain, age, and experimental designations.

Assist in running animal experiments, duties include administering experimental agents, collecting samples, and performing microbiological techniques including immunofluorescence, Western blot, and qPCR.

Keeps detailed, accurate, and timely data and log books, Organizes and documents results.

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Provide animal care to a colony comprising several transgenic mouse strains, duties include animal weaning, maintenance of animal health and enrichment, collection of samples and genotyping.

Maintain the animal database, recording animal lineage, strain, age, and experimental designations.

Assist in running animal experiments, duties include administering experimental agents, collecting samples, and performing microbiological techniques including immunofluorescence, Western blot, and qPCR.

Keeps detailed, accurate, and timely data and log books, Organizes and documents results.

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Must be able to stand and/or sit for up to 8 hours.

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Must be able to stand and/or sit for up to 8 hours.

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The University of Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity employer / disability / veteran.

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