Charles River Laboratories
Veterinary Technician II
Charles River Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States, 92189
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced
Veterinary Technician II
to join our
Insourcing Solutions
team, located in
San Diego, CA .
As the Veterinary Technician II under the direction of the client’s veterinarians and veterinary staff, you will maintain and monitor the health and physical environment of client’s animals involving complex instructions and requiring technical expertise.
Assist veterinary staff in the documentation and triage of all laboratory animal health cases and perform basic and advanced technical in‑life procedures.
Responsibilities
Assist client’s veterinarians in the documentation and triage of all animal health cases noted by technical staff and/or attending veterinarian.
Conduct regular clinical rounds and routine health monitoring and examinations in support of studies and in accordance with the requirements of the research program, and assure the implementation of preventive measures such as environmental enrichment, hydration support, etc.
Assist in investigations, as needed, on reports of animal health issues and/or conditions suggesting problems with animal well‑being, as directed by the attending veterinarian.
Recommend, administer, and record (following coordination with study directors) routine treatment of animals and generate summary reports as necessary.
Perform and document appropriate clinical observations.
Ensure corrective actions for health or welfare issues are developed and implemented in accordance with the research programs.
Notify veterinary staff, study directors, and other appropriate personnel of conditions that are indicative of pain and distress or other abnormal findings that could lead to such conditions or compromise studies.
Perform routine veterinary technical and husbandry skills, including:
Administration of various therapeutic measures by IV, IM, SQ, topical, oral routes, etc.
Venipuncture techniques and other sample collection
Mouse reproductive care (plug checks or litter checks)
Proficient animal restraint techniques
Nail trimming
Monitor and assess critical animals
Perform animal follow‑up observations or new findings as required.
Monitor animal health visually and by following detailed schedules.
Generate animal treatment records; track and schedule follow‑ups.
Maintain appropriate medical records for each animal in accordance with study and regulatory requirements.
Assist in maintaining accurate record‑keeping procedures for the veterinary department.
Provide input into the creation/revision of SOPs and assist in implementation and training of new SOPs.
Assisting in the culture of care, including animal health training, and guidance to less experienced technical staff and other laboratory personnel.
Assist in keeping inventory and stocking the vet rooms (drugs and supplies) and organize and maintain the vet procedure rooms.
May be responsible for tissue sampling, routine animal manipulations and administration of fluids or other treatments as required.
Perform routine technical and husbandry functions (general housekeeping) on studies and adhere to safety procedures.
Assist in surgery and peri‑surgery care—provide and monitor anesthesia, prepare surgical packs, administer supportive therapy.
Perform all other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education : 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.
Experience : 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/Licensure : Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT) certification from AALAS.
Laboratory Animal Technologist (LATG), CVT, LVT, or RVT certification preferred.
Other : Demonstrate understanding of Standard Operating Procedures.
Excellent organizational, time‑management and record‑keeping skills.
Basic word‑processing skills required.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Must be proficient in routine veterinary technical and husbandry techniques.
Shift : Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Weekends and holidays may be required as needed.
Pay Range The pay range for this position is
$32 - 34 USD per hour .
Salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
Physical Demands
Lift, move, manipulate, and/or hold heavy objects up to and including 25 pounds; over 50 pounds with assistance; this includes work materials, equipment, and/or animals.
Perform procedures that require talking, hearing, standing or sitting for long periods, entering data into a computer, using appropriate instruments, reaching with hands and arms, working in narrow spaces, and wearing safety equipment (PPE) according to OSHA regulations and company standards.
Frequently firmly hold species while utilizing fine motor skills.
Specific vision abilities required: close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
Works in a research environment requiring use of sharp objects, working around mechanical parts, with or near known or unknown toxic or caustic chemicals and/or biological hazards, exposure to fumes and airborne particles, working at noise levels ranging from moderate to loud.
Regularly works with live animals with risk of exposure to allergens, zoonotic disease, and biohazards.
Regularly works with or near test articles with unknown levels of toxicity.
Noise level ranges from low to high depending on the species housed.
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 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) built on a foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science.
With a portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services—both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non‑GLP—we support clients from target identification through preclinical development.
We also offer a suite of products and services to support clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities.
With over 20,000 employees in 110 facilities across 20 countries, we coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives to resolve our clients’ unique challenges.
Our mission and strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we are proud that 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years have benefited from our work.
Benefits We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life.
Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401(k), 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 is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
If you need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact a member of our Human Resources team at crrecruitment_US@crl.com.
This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, visit
www.criver.com .
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Veterinary Technician II
to join our
Insourcing Solutions
team, located in
San Diego, CA .
As the Veterinary Technician II under the direction of the client’s veterinarians and veterinary staff, you will maintain and monitor the health and physical environment of client’s animals involving complex instructions and requiring technical expertise.
Assist veterinary staff in the documentation and triage of all laboratory animal health cases and perform basic and advanced technical in‑life procedures.
Responsibilities
Assist client’s veterinarians in the documentation and triage of all animal health cases noted by technical staff and/or attending veterinarian.
Conduct regular clinical rounds and routine health monitoring and examinations in support of studies and in accordance with the requirements of the research program, and assure the implementation of preventive measures such as environmental enrichment, hydration support, etc.
Assist in investigations, as needed, on reports of animal health issues and/or conditions suggesting problems with animal well‑being, as directed by the attending veterinarian.
Recommend, administer, and record (following coordination with study directors) routine treatment of animals and generate summary reports as necessary.
Perform and document appropriate clinical observations.
Ensure corrective actions for health or welfare issues are developed and implemented in accordance with the research programs.
Notify veterinary staff, study directors, and other appropriate personnel of conditions that are indicative of pain and distress or other abnormal findings that could lead to such conditions or compromise studies.
Perform routine veterinary technical and husbandry skills, including:
Administration of various therapeutic measures by IV, IM, SQ, topical, oral routes, etc.
Venipuncture techniques and other sample collection
Mouse reproductive care (plug checks or litter checks)
Proficient animal restraint techniques
Nail trimming
Monitor and assess critical animals
Perform animal follow‑up observations or new findings as required.
Monitor animal health visually and by following detailed schedules.
Generate animal treatment records; track and schedule follow‑ups.
Maintain appropriate medical records for each animal in accordance with study and regulatory requirements.
Assist in maintaining accurate record‑keeping procedures for the veterinary department.
Provide input into the creation/revision of SOPs and assist in implementation and training of new SOPs.
Assisting in the culture of care, including animal health training, and guidance to less experienced technical staff and other laboratory personnel.
Assist in keeping inventory and stocking the vet rooms (drugs and supplies) and organize and maintain the vet procedure rooms.
May be responsible for tissue sampling, routine animal manipulations and administration of fluids or other treatments as required.
Perform routine technical and husbandry functions (general housekeeping) on studies and adhere to safety procedures.
Assist in surgery and peri‑surgery care—provide and monitor anesthesia, prepare surgical packs, administer supportive therapy.
Perform all other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education : 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.
Experience : 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/Licensure : Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT) certification from AALAS.
Laboratory Animal Technologist (LATG), CVT, LVT, or RVT certification preferred.
Other : Demonstrate understanding of Standard Operating Procedures.
Excellent organizational, time‑management and record‑keeping skills.
Basic word‑processing skills required.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Must be proficient in routine veterinary technical and husbandry techniques.
Shift : Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Weekends and holidays may be required as needed.
Pay Range The pay range for this position is
$32 - 34 USD per hour .
Salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
Physical Demands
Lift, move, manipulate, and/or hold heavy objects up to and including 25 pounds; over 50 pounds with assistance; this includes work materials, equipment, and/or animals.
Perform procedures that require talking, hearing, standing or sitting for long periods, entering data into a computer, using appropriate instruments, reaching with hands and arms, working in narrow spaces, and wearing safety equipment (PPE) according to OSHA regulations and company standards.
Frequently firmly hold species while utilizing fine motor skills.
Specific vision abilities required: close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
Works in a research environment requiring use of sharp objects, working around mechanical parts, with or near known or unknown toxic or caustic chemicals and/or biological hazards, exposure to fumes and airborne particles, working at noise levels ranging from moderate to loud.
Regularly works with live animals with risk of exposure to allergens, zoonotic disease, and biohazards.
Regularly works with or near test articles with unknown levels of toxicity.
Noise level ranges from low to high depending on the species housed.
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 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) built on a foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science.
With a portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services—both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non‑GLP—we support clients from target identification through preclinical development.
We also offer a suite of products and services to support clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities.
With over 20,000 employees in 110 facilities across 20 countries, we coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives to resolve our clients’ unique challenges.
Our mission and strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we are proud that 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years have benefited from our work.
Benefits We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life.
Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401(k), 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 is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
If you need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact a member of our Human Resources team at crrecruitment_US@crl.com.
This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, visit
www.criver.com .
#J-18808-Ljbffr