Animal Vet Technician II - Js Technology - Rockville, MD
(2023-10)
- Feed, house and handle animals in accordance with institutional, local, and federal regulations.
- Perform animal care with veterinarian oversight which may include specialized drug administration, sample collection, and pre and post procedural care.
- Also to be able to maintain records of treatment.
- Able to perform euthanasia as well as restraining/housing animals.
- Skilled in identifying an animal through ear notch, ear tag, tattoo and or coloring.
- Experience with breeding colonies, sexing and weaning.
- Keeping a daily track of temperature/humidity in designated areas.
- Proficient in tumor measurements/body weights and health scores.
- Capable of injecting/dosing animals through multiple routes.
- Able to bleed through multiple routes, Via tail vein, RO, cardiac, saphenous vein, submandibular.
- Familiar with numerous web software.
- Able to read and follow verbal directions well.
Animal Technician III - Integrated biotherapeutics - Germantown, MD
(2018-02 - 2023-03)
- Supervises 3 sterile processing technicians and the sterile processing department.
- Effectively plans, directs and manages day-to-day operations of areas of responsibility.
- Proficiency in the usage of specialized equipment in both surgical support and patient post-operative care.
- Providing extensive surgical assistance in preparing patients, scrubbing, shaving, acting as a surgical nurse, and operating specific surgical and laser equipment.
- Maintaining a clean working environment to ensure Infectious Disease standards are followed and infection is not spread.
- Handling all medical/biological and infectious waste appropriately.
- Evaluating and modifying protocols to ensure excellent patient care and client service. Ensuring adherence to procedures and work standards; recommending changes.
- General oversight of units. Financial responsibilities include the continuing education budget, staff salaries, supplies, and the fee structure for specialties to insure cost capture, industry equivalence, and supply cost.
- Participating in human resources-related responsibilities, including but not limited to; recruitment and selection process; conducting performance management; ensuring human resources policies and related information are shared with employees; resolution of disciplinary and grievance issues; monthly timesheets.
- Functioning as a working technician for the departments, providing unique internal customer service, surgical support, data collection, and patient care.
- Proficient in performing cancer ID injection using different cell lines.
- Measuring tumor growth as well as lesions with proper usage of a caliper and able to determine the appropriate time to euthanize the animal.
- Knowledgeable of different routes of injections. ID,SQ,IM,Tail Base,IP,TB
- Able to bleed animals by different routes. RO,Submandibular,Tail Vein, Saphenous Vein.
- Have experience working on PK studies, while working closely with PI's/clients in a professional environment.
- Experience in dosing animals by different routes. IP,SQ,PO,IV. Tail Vein.
- ALAT CERTIFIED
Customer Services Laborer - 1800GotJunk - Gaithersburg, MD
(2017-03 - 2018-01)
- Alongside another Truck Team Member, you'll operate the company vehicle (no special driver's license required) on assigned service routes for the day.
- Providing excellent customer service when you're on site to remove the items or give them an estimate that they've requested and educating them on our services.
- Retrieving, transportation, and disposal of unwanted items, responsibly.
- Donate and recycle as much as we can.
Animal Caretaker - Priority One Services, Inc. - Rockville, MD
(2015-08 - 2016-08)
- Assists the contract animal team leader in meeting contractual and CAF. requirements.
- Maintains established performance goals and standards in each animal holding room.
- Fosters a team approach towards completing task on floor and a working partnership with the investigative staff to assure the research requirement are met.
- Daily animal care, feeding, watering, and housing of each animal.
- Twice daily animal health observations of each animal.
- Animal receiving, handing, restraint, sexing, weighing, and euthanasia.
- Changing of cages, pans and racks in accordance with approved change schedule.
- Dispose of waste from the facility following appropriate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Monthly census and weekly space availability and maintaining facility documentation with accurate research data.
- Sanitation of rooms, corridors, support areas, removal of waste, dirty caging accessories and restocking of supplies.
- Monitoring the environmental parameters of each animal holding room (e.g. temperature/humidity, light cycles, operation of ventilated rack systems, automatic watering systems and HVAC).
- Daily monitoring of birth and weaning's.
- Maintains accurate documentation.
- Responsible to wear (PPE) proper personal protection.
- Perform routine minor maintenance and repair of equipment, i.e. carts rodent racks, including periodic lubrication of casters.
Local Response Team Member LRT - Charles Rivers Laboratories - Frederick, MD
(2011-08 - 2015-05)
- Required to travel between different Charles Rivers Laboratories in and out of state to provide quality services to clients.
- Proficient in cage wash, animal caretaker, animal technician, and Supervisor Role.
- Interaction with clients directly to resolve request, inquiries or issues they have.
- Outstanding communication skills and professionalism to all clients.
Non-Human Primate Technician - Bioqual, Inc. - Rockville, MD
(2008-04 - 2011-07)
During my tenure here with Bioqual during my time here, I have learned a great deal about non-human primates.
- Responsibilities consist of routine bleeding almost every day, routine physicals, inoculations, processing, and shipping specimens such as urine, blood, feces, and vaginal fluids etc.
- I also tattoo animals if necessary.
- I daily check and made sure that the animals maintaining a proper diet by eating a sufficient number of biscuits, fruit and vegetables and fresh water, the animals are inspected for sickness/injuries and taken care of by myself or a veterinarian if needed on a daily basis.
- After the health report is complete steps are taken to file it in the proper area.
- Routine bleeds, physicals, inoculations, processing and shipping specimens.
- Proficient in CFS taps, BAL's, per & post prep, flushes, dosing and removal of abnormalities if possible.
- Documents are filed in our database.
- Assist in necropsy and follow all SOP procedures.
- My performance in this area has always passed.
- Animal housing areas are thoroughly cleaned daily.
- I swept and pressure washed using the appropriate chemicals.
- Area are checked for the temperature and humidity control to ensure that it is properly ventilated.
Animal Technician - George Washington University - Washington, DC
(2004-04 - 2007-07)
During my tenure there with George Washington University, I have learned a great deal.
- Responsibilities consist of maintaining several different species of animals, rabbits, pigs, guinea pigs, cats, dogs, rats and monkeys on a daily basis.
- I handled different kind of hand and mechanical tools used are, weighing machines, measuring devices, forceps, nail clippers, tail clippers, slides for blood and tissue collection, punch tool, mechanical hand-operated instruments (for ear, tail or tattooing).
- Administer injections, medications, sterilizing equipment and preparing laboratory samples.
- Pressure washing machines, temperature gages, thermometers.
- GW has provided me extensive training to care for the animals.
- I ensure that they get the proper diet and fresh water daily.
- I inspected for sickness/injuries and health reports are prepared/submitted daily.
- Updating/Maintaining of animal records.
- Bleedings, tail snips, ear tags, collection, catheter placement and implantation of subcutaneous pumps.
- Routine and random inspections are made by the N. E. I. Transgenic investigators to ensure that proper treatment is being given to the animals.
- My performance in this area has passed.
- Animal housing areas are thoroughly cleaned daily.
- I swept and pressure washed using the appropriate chemicals.
- Area are checked for the temperature and humidity control to ensure that it is properly ventilated.
- Monthly decons are also performed.
Cage wash/Animal Caretaker II - National Institute of Health - Rockville, MD
(2001-04 - 2004-04)
During my tenure there with Priority One housed at the National Institute of Health. I have learned a great deal.
- Responsibilities consist of maintaining several different species of animals I use various hand tools and surgical instruments to work with, rabbits, pigs, guinea pigs, cats, dogs, rats on a daily basis.
- N.I.H. has provided me extensive training to care for the animals.
- I ensure that they get the proper diet and fresh water daily.
- They are inspected for sickness/injuries and health reports are prepared and submitted daily.
- Routine and random inspections are made by the N. E. I. Transgenic investigators to ensure that proper treatment is being given to the animals.
- My performance in this area has passed.
- Animal housing areas are thoroughly cleaned daily.
- I swept and pressure washed using the appropriate chemicals.
- Area are checked for the temperature and humidity control to ensure that it is properly ventilated.
- Monthly decons are also performed.
