Veterinary Technician II

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

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:

• 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.
• Electronic recordkeeping of clinical observation and treatment with necessary communications with veterinary staff and client researchers.
• Generate and submit internal and external reports, 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.
• 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.

Duties continued

• 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 timely.
• Review and approve health reports from routine health surveillance within the vivarium, and health reports from incoming animals, escalate results to senior staff if needed.
• Provide input into the development and implementation of programmatic documents. May initiate the development, revision, and implementation
• 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.
• Assist in overseeing and maintaining quality performance of CRADL and client objectives.
• Report non-compliance or animal welfare concerns to the Animal Welfare Team and/or IACUC office.
• Communicate procedural questions and self-identified training deficiencies to team lead or Supervisor.
• 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.

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.

About Insourcing Solutions
Charles River Insourcing Solutions℠ can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic insourcing of GMP, GLP and non-GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions℠ provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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