Licensed Veterinary Technician

Role Description

This position is responsible for providing animal research technician support in a Pharmaceutical research environment at the Zoetis Kalamazoo and Richland site(s). Primary species of responsibility are companion animals (canine/feline) but could include other species (rodent/poultry/bovine/swine/equine).

The LVT will be in Animal Research Support, as a part of the Veterinary Services team.  This role will support veterinary services, and job duties may include:

• Inventory control
• Medical case management
• Colony diet and weight management
• Colony preventive health management, scheduling and administration
• Daily detailed observations and recording in electronic medical records or as raw study data
• Attendance at Veterinary Service meetings
• Attendance and participation in clinical rounds
• Working on miscellaneous projects for veterinary service
• Regulatory paperwork as needed
• Dental and surgical procedures including all pre-operative preparation, perioperative and post-operative care and monitoring on animals
• Anesthesia monitoring
• Training of animal care technicians for companion animal observations, husbandry and procedures
• Technical procedures include but are not limited to: blood draws on companion animal species, urine collection, TPR and triage examination, IV catheterization, fluid admiration, hospitalization and ICU care, euthanasia and necropsy support, diagnostic testing including in-house bloodwork, fecal exams and urinalysis
• Study specific procedures may include but are not limited to: administration of IVP, monitoring of animals, surgical support for surgical models, sedation or anesthesia support for models, blood collection
• Lab and veterinary equipment maintenance
• Controlled substance inventory management

Requirements:

• Completion of a Veterinary Technician program through a 2- or 4-year program, (LVT) licensed to practice in at least one state with the ability to become licensed in Michigan within the first year.
• Ability to wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as N95 respirators, ear/eye protection, etc.
• 2 plus years of industry or private practice experience is preferred.

Highly Desired Skills/Attributes:

• Previous clinical experience in a research setting as an LVT.
• Experience in training veterinary technical staff.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Travel between sites may be required as needed for site coverage.

Work environment:

May be required to work with zoonotic animal pathogens and chemicals. There may be handling of zoonotic organisms and working in both ABSL-2 facilities requiring showering in/out procedures.

 

 

Full time

 

 

Regular

 

 

Colleague

 

 

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