Job Purpose
The purpose of this position is to provide veterinary care and service for all laboratory animals and related service covered under NUS animal care and use program. This includes all procedures in Comparative Medicine (CM) animal facilities and other area where research/ teaching/ training with animal are conducted within NUS. The duties and assignment also includes coverage after hours, weekend, and holiday (through service for researcher or veterinary care purpose when applicable, primarily for emergency). Job coverage to assist and/ or with the clinical veterinarians in day-to-day activities in veterinary care program; as well as providing service to researcher in experimental/ workshop procedures.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Preventive medicine and health monitoring for existing colony, newly arrived or quarantined animal.
- Perform daily health checks on all species housed and cared by CM or NUS animal care and use program.
- Attending clinical case observed or reported.
- Assist in medical treatments, care, monitoring and record keeping.
- Assist in medical treatments, care, monitoring and record keeping.
- Assist in veterinary procedures, including but not limited to surgery, non-surgery, anaesthesia, monitoring, diagnostic procedure, sample collection, imaging, necropsy and laboratory analysis.
- Maintenance of inventory (Vet care consumables), medical records or import and export.
- Operate CM pharmacy service.
- Directly teach and/ or assist in the hands-on training programs for animal users.
- Provide support for animal experimental procedures for research and workshops. Including but not limited to surgery, non-surgery, anaesthesia, monitoring, substance administration, sample collection, imaging or necropsy.
- Provide critical support for large animal research and imaging. In some cases to conduct the actual surgical research procedures.
- Operate the C-arm, Fluoroscopy, x-ray equipment and cardiac bypass equipment, when applicable (for diagnostic or experiment).
- Involve in transportation of non-rodents animal (within or outside CM and NUS campus).
- Maintaining activities in CM Diagnostic Laboratory including conducting sample analysis, inventory, sample storing, report database.
Requirements
- Diploma in Veterinary Technology, Biotechnology or equivalent discipline
- Experience working with rodents, rabbits, pig and/ or aquatic species
- AALAS certified is preferred
- Experience in a laboratory animal research program , particularly in an academic
setting is preferred
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- A good team player
- Able to lift up to 15kg
- Basic knowledge of MS outlook, Excel and Word
- Holder of Class 3 driving license is an advantage
More Information
Location: Kent Ridge Campus
Organization: Comparative Medicine
Department : Veterinary
Employee Referral Eligible: Yes
Job requisition ID : 22905
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