Animal Care and Research Assistant

Requirements

• High school degree or GED required
• 2 years' experience required(+certifications)
• Experience working in a pharmaceutical setting
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with animal care and welfare regulations
• Experience with cage wash equipment
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively
• PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and work standing up lifting items above shoulder level for extended periods of time. Ability to perform repetitive physical activities such as: pushing and pulling racks of caging, lifting bags of feed and bedding, reaching, stooping and bending.
• For this position, you are expected to enter the nonhuman primate areas as part of your job responsibilities, a pre-hire requirement is either providing proof of measles immunity or receiving the measles vaccination before hire.
• NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS
• Weekend and holiday work are required
• Work shift from 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM, working weekends every other week.
• Work Location Assignment: On Premise
• Relocation support available
• Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
• Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.
• U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.
• Sunshine Act
• Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to he

Benefits

Additional Information

Why Patients Need You Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients. Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients. What You Will Achieve The Technical Specialist's primary responsibility is to provide basic husbandry, handling, restraint and health surveillance of laboratory animals in compliance with local regulatory requirements. This individual will also be responsible for maintaining inventory of animal supplies and providing basic technical assistance (i.e., restraint, injections, blood collections) in support of research studies. Perform all regulatory responsibilities in compliance with applicable regulatory standards. How You Will Achieve It Primary Duties: Perform routine animal husbandry duties as directed. Observe and report status of animal health, food and water consumption, appearance, behavior. Provide support in basic veterinary medical treatment as prescribed by the veterinary staff. Support cage wash equipment operations and maintenance. Support research by providing basic technical services (restraint, dose administration,) to research investigators. Required to work with all species housed at the site. Train and mentor new hires in animal husbandry and facility support duties fulfilling department training requirements. May be required to work under one of the following: The United States Department of Agriculture Animal Welfare Act and associated Regulations and Standards, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, Good Laboratory Practices, Public Health Service Policy and/or AAALAC accreditation standards.

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