Lab Animal Care Technician, Part Time

New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a part time Lab Animal Care Technician for the Center for Cell Signaling at the New Jersey Medical School.

The primary purpose of this position is to support the care and maintenance of a zebrafish facility, composed of a Quarantine system and a Main colony system.

• Feeds zebrafish daily, in the morning and afternoon.
• Maintains room logs daily.
• Sets up and/or collects brine shrimp hatchery daily; sanitizes brine shrimp hatchery after collection.
• Sanitizes dirty/used husbandry and breeding accessories, daily or as necessary.
• Scrubs dirty tanks and sanitizes by cage washing; scrubs lids, baffles, and siphons, and sanitizes by bleaching.
• Cleans and sanitizes animal rooms weekly; discards trash as needed.

Minimum Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• No experience is necessary.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• The position requires a responsible and detail-oriented individual, as the job involves working with live zebrafish.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Physical Demands:
  Standing, Sitting, Walking, Talking, and hearing, No special vision requirements, Lifting up to Ibs
• Work Environment:
  Office environment:
  Moderate noise.

• Training will be provided on the job.

Posting Number 26ST0222

Regional Campus Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)

Home Location Campus Newark (RBHS)

City Newark

State NJ

Location Details Pre-employment Screenings:
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.