Animal Care Specialist

2 weeks ago

Babraham, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Medical Research Council Full time

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Animal Care Specialist to join our team at the Medical Research Council. The successful candidate will be responsible for the daily care and maintenance of research mice within individually ventilated caging systems (IVCs).

Key Responsibilities:

  • Daily welfare observations using good attention to detail to check animal numbers and caging information and to report any abnormalities as appropriate.
  • Regular observations of cage cleanliness and changing cage bases to ensure suitable environments for the animals.
  • Ensure the animals have access to food, water and environmental enrichment.
  • Maintain the animal rooms to a high standard of hygiene, for example; damp-dusting the surfaces, vacuuming and mopping the floors.
  • Liaise closely with scientific staff, whose animals you are responsible for.
  • Work closely to protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Ensure that Home Office Compliance is met in all areas at all times.
  • Maintain detailed, accurate records of all activities, using both electronic and manual methods.

Working Relationships:

The successful candidate will be a member of a small team (normally 3-5 people), supervised by a senior technician under the overall management of a facility manager.

Additional Information:

The role involves working overtime for one weekend (2 sessions) every month for which overtime and travel costs will be paid according to UKRI-MRC rates. A weekend session is approximately 3 hours per day. There are opportunities to work more overtime on weekends and Bank Holidays via a volunteering system.

This job is based on the Babraham Research Campus, there may be occasional travel to our main lab on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

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