staff. Once trained, Animal Care Trainees are assigned to an alternating weekend and holiday schedule.
The ideal candidate should be highly motivated, extremely dependable, reliable, detail-oriented, and possess a positive attitude and passion for animal care in a research environment. The Animal Care Trainee will be a team player who is willing to learn on the job and collaborate with coworkers and other departments at the facility. The Animal Care Trainee will work to ensure the highest quality of husbandry and care. Efficient and effective communication skills with co-workers, the management team, PIs, research staff, students, and other support services are also required.
Collaborate. Innovate. Serve. These three simple words capture what we do at ENBRC to help advance science and improve the health and well-being of humans and non-human primates. If you are someone with animal care experience who is familiar with standard policies and practices associated with providing humane and compassionate care to animals in a biomedical research setting, this is an amazing opportunity to indirectly save and change lives and make a positive impact in the science and research community.
Dedicated to discovering causes, preventions, treatments, and cures of disease, Emory National Biomedical Research Center (ENBRC) is improving human and animal health and lives worldwide. One of seven NPRCs funded by the NIH, ENBRC conducts studies that make breakthrough discoveries possible. Learn more at enbrc.emory.edu
The Animal Care Trainee learns to perform routine duties associated with animal care in a research setting such as feeding, administering medication, maintaining sanitary conditions, observation, restraint and minor cage maintenance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Operates cage washers and ensures that equipment is in proper working order.
- May assist in the collection of blood, urine and feces from animals for medical research.
- Performs related responsibilities as required.
- Employees in this classification may be required to work with, take specific precautions against and/or be immunized against potentially hazardous agents.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- The ability to read and write and to lift up to 75 pounds.
- Positions in this classification may require a valid Georgia driver's license and an insurable driving record.
PREFERRED/DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Previous animal care experience.
- AALAS certification.
- Collaborative and team spirited.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
- Work schedule is Monday through Friday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm alternating weekends and holidays.
- Outdoor work environment and out hazards (weather conditions and insects for example).
- Work environment involves working with biohazardous blood and tissues.
- Work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks, which require following basic safety precautions.
- Work is normally performed in a typical laboratory environment.
- Requires the ability to bend, kneel, and/or squat.
- Requires significant walking.
