Transgenic Animal Technician

1 week ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Agenda Resource Management Full time

We are seeking both licenced technicians and trainee technicians who are keen to learn and progress. Full training will be given and will be fully funded.

**Essential Requirements**:

- Experience in working in a designated establishment with laboratory rodents
- Natural empathy towards animals and a passion for animal care and welfare
- Can work in as part of a team and independently when required
- A good communicator
- A drive to progress and develop

**Desirable requirements**:

- Experience in supporting transgenic breeding colonies

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Provide care and husbandry of research rodents
- Monitor and report clinical observations, phenotypes and breeding performance
- Support transgenic breeding strategies under the guidance of researchers and senior staff
- Perform oestrus checks, plug checks and weaning
- Perform or support regulated procedures, including but not limited to IP injections, sample collection, micro injections and embryo transfer.
- Support surgical technicians during surgical procedures, monitoring animal anaesthesia and recovery
- Ensuring best standards of animal welfare and researchers’ requirements are met.
- Support weekend work, typically in a 1 in 3 rota.
- Agenda and its clients only recruit people _who are passionate about animal care and welfare, people with integrity who are honest and trustworthy and who have a great work ethic. To enable us to hire the very best people, we will conduct a comprehensivebackground and pre-employment screening, an essential part of Agenda's recruitment process._



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