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AbbVie Technician I, BioResources in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Job Description
The department of BioResources provides health surveillance, preventative disease programs and daily husbandry and care for all laboratory animals at AbbVie Bioresearch Center. The department has primary responsibility for assuring that the Animal Care Program meets the standards for continued accreditation by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) and meets the regulations required for compliance with the AnimalWelfare Act (AWA).
The Technician I is responsible for the husbandry care for the animals. He/She also has direct contact with animals providing husbandry and cage changing. The person cleans cages using cage wash machinery and prepares feed and bedding for the technicians. The person will perform some technical procedures.
Maintain cage wash equipment: tunnelwasher, rack washer & autoclave
Maintain cage wash areas
Order, receive, and autoclave feed, bedding, and water
Process caging
Clean laundry & maintain laundry
Environmental monitoring on bottle filler, rack & tunnel washers
Operate the hydropac system
Perform ID, IP, and SC injections
Perform non- survival blood collection methods such as cardiac puncture and vena cava bleeds
Perform euthanasia methods such as CO2 and exsanguination
Perform animal ID such as ear punching, ear tagging, and ink marking
Learn and perform PO and IV injections
Learn and perform survival blood collection methods such as tail vein
Learn and perform formulation preparation
Learn and perform arthritic model scoring
Learn and perform anesthesia of rodents
Learn PK/Tox procedures
Other duties as needed
Qualifications
High School Diploma or equivalent and 3 years experience in laboratory animal field, or AS/BS and 1 year experience. Or, ALAT certification with High School Diploma and 1 year experience, or ALAT with AS/BS degree.
Able to lift 50 pounds.
Able to peform repetitive procedures.
Must be adaptable and flexable to meet demands of ever changing work environment.
Must be able to trouble shoot cage wash machinery.
Advises co-workers and/or supervisor of problems.
Understands and acts on detailed instructions.
Additional Information
AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.
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