Veterinary Technician III

The Alaka’ina Foundation Family of Companies (FOCs) is looking for a Veterinary Technician III to support our government customer located at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

In addition to your salary, you will receive a one-time sign-on bonus.

• Assisting veterinarian and research personnel with examinations and procedures to include the safe and correct handling and restraint of animals for observation and/or minor procedures.
• Cleaning and sanitizing animal rooms, facility and animal care equipment and associated animal facility areas.
• Administering clinical treatments (topical, oral, subcutaneous, intravenous, and intradermal) to critical and chronic animals.
• Maintaining accurate documentation and animal medical records.
• Recognizing changes in animal clinical condition indicative of complications or an emergency situation and alerts veterinarian and/or research personnel.
• Accurately calculating drug dosages.
• Disposing of animal carcasses following established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Performing anesthesia recovery and post-operative care for animals.
• Performing animal health observations and reports any abnormal conditions or behavior of animals to the Veterinarian, Facility Manager, Vivarium Manager, and/or Surgery Manager.
• Performing basic preoperative preparation of animals to include clipping and scrubbing of surgical sites.
• Monitoring basic animal vital signs to include taking temperature, pulse, and respiration rate before surgery, during surgery, and during recovery from surgery.
• Operating advanced anesthesia equipment and associated monitoring devices with supervision. Includes the collection of physiological data.
• Performing basic laboratory procedures such as fecal analysis, urinalysis, and PCV.
• Performing supportive administrative duties including animal medical record review, training record filing and review.
• Performing euthanasia and necropsy of laboratory animals as required.
• Operating advanced diagnostic equipment including Computed Tomography, C-arm radiography, ultrasound, and endoscopy.
• Operating advanced anesthesia equipment and associated monitoring devices which includes the collection of physiological data.
• Works under indirect supervision on all invasive medical and/or surgical procedures during day or night shift.
• Maintaining inventory of veterinary drugs and supplies.
• Providing onboarding of new Veterinary Support Branch Laboratory Animal Veterinary Technicians.
• Performs all levels of patient care in any Operating Room, ICU, Preparation Room and Animal Bio-Safety Level Rooms within the Vivarium.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the theory behind all research procedures performed.
• Plans, organizes and accomplishes assignments with limited assistance. Self-directed and works independently on complex or sensitive projects as well as an integral part of a research team. Working within tight time frames is critical.
• Assists and/or performs sterile and non-sterile surgical procedures on large and small animals, to include but not limited to placement of carotid and femoral catheters, implant telemetry devices, and perform microsurgery on rodents.
• Provides instrumentation, surgical procedures, intensive care, and observation during recovery and survival stages.
• Administers experimental treatments, collects samples, and observation associated with the collection of research data.
• Performs necropsy, tissue collection, processing, and preservation, and carcass disposal.
• Cleans, sterilizes, and maintains all instruments and equipment in the surgery area, and prepares catheters and other devices for use in sterile procedures.
• Conducts daily calibration of instrumentation, monitoring equipment, and data collection systems.
• Recognizes changes in animal clinical…