Senior Animal and Theatre Technician

Department: Biological Services Unit (“BSU”)
Organisation: The Griffin Institute (“TGI”)
Reporting to: BSU Lead

Salary: £30,000, plus 27 days holiday
Closing date: 12 August 2022
Hours: 37.5 hours p.w.

 

We are excited to recruit a Senior Animal & Theatre Technician, on a full-time basis. You will be joining the BSU at TGI located in Northwick Park and Saint Mark’s Hospitals in Harrow, North London. The right candidate will be highly skilled and self-motivated. The post holder will be responsible for the daily activities of the BSU/theatre area, including assisting with anaesthesia during surgical procedures and training courses They will be required to work irregular hours in accordance with the needs of the role and be required to participate in a weekend rota and Bank Holidays (including Easter, Christmas and New Year) when requested.

Role & Responsibilities

1. Animal Unit
  • Supervision of Junior staff ensuring a high quality of animal husbandry in accordance with ASPA 1986
  • Carrying out NACWO responsibilities in the absence of the BSU lead
  • Monitoring of animal welfare both pre and post regulated intervention
  • Assisting with surgical preparation and post procedures
  • Receiving animals large and small
  • Cage wash duties; cleaning out cages and pens, using of cage wash machine
  • Ensuring the cleaning of all animal areas is carried out
  • Running rodent behavioural studies
  • Maintaining GLP records and ensuring they are filled out correctly
  • Weekend work for husbandry and study related work
  • Carrying out schedule 1 procedures and post-mortem tissue sampling
  • Maintaining consumables and diet stock level, informing the BSU lead stock needs ordering
2. Theatres:
  • Compliance with GLP/Non GLP for studies and general work
  • Compliance of SOPs
  • Assisting with surgical preparation and procedures
  • Anaesthesia of large and some small animals and monitoring Including induction; gas masking, intubations, I/V cannulation etc.
  • Maintaining GLP records
  • Assisting with the running of courses
  • Autoclaving instruments, drapes, and animal bedding
  • Assisting with post-mortem examinations
  • Giving medication to animals via various routes (injection, oral, inhalation)

Role & Responsibilities

Essential Qualifications required

  • Knowledge of Animals Scientific Procedures Act (1986)
  • Understand the responsibilities of the NACWO role
  • Hold IAT level 2 &3
  • Hold a Home office licence with procedural experience
  • Good communication skills
  • Great team worker nd experience of supervising others
  • Good numeric and written skills (minimum GCSE grade C)
  • Able to work on own initiative
  • IAT level 2

 

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties, and the post holder will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties as discussed and directed by their line manager, or the CEO of the organisation.

Essential Qualifications required

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