Research Support Specialist IV

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For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform.

In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

We are looking for a Research Support Specialist IV to join our Insourcing Solutions Team in Baltimore, MD.

As the RSS IV, you will be responsible for handling rats, collecting biological samples, performing necropsies and data input management.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Provides technical and husbandry support for rats within the facility
• Ensures that cages are labeled correctly with information regarding strain or lineage, sex and sexual status of mice and rats
• Provides animal identification: ear notching, tail tattoo or transponder
• Assists with the supervision of specialized care of animals including preparation of special diets and medicated water, care of immature, aged and special animals
• May be required to perform IP, IM. , and SQ injections, oral gavage, submandibular, eye, and cardiac bleeds, full body perfusion and dissection
• May be required to become proficient at performing surgical services such as jugular, carotid, femoral vessel cannulation, CSF collection, stereotaxic intracranial implants and liver resection
• Interfaces with research staff to assist with logistics and scheduling of projects, and conduct research and laboratory support services as directed
• Conducts behavioral testing on rats to assess loco motors, cognitive, sensory and emotional functions
• Ensure that proper veterinary care and treatment for animals is maintained and records are documented completely

• Education: HS diploma or GED equivalency required
• Experience/Certification: 1-year experience with research animals + LAT certification OR Bachelor of Science in Animal Science or similar + 3 years of experience working with research animals OR 10-13 years of experience working with research animals

The hourly for this position is $42/hour. The schedule is Monday through Friday 7AM-3:30PM, you must be available some weekends and holidays when necessary.

About Insourcing Solutions
Charles River Insourcing Solutions can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic in sourcing of GMP, GLP and non-GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities.

Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in…