Licensed Animal Technician

We are currently seeking a Licensed Animal Technician to join a team on behalf of our client. In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical support for research teams and other departments.

The successful candidate will provide exceptional standards of animal welfare when carrying out a range of duties including animal husbandry, observations, technical procedures and various laboratory tasks. You will have significant experience of working with 2 or more animal species in at least 3 operations areas.

Basic Requirements:

* Home Office Personal Licence holder with significant active use

* IAT Level 3 diploma in Laboratory Animal Science and Technology or degree level qualification in Biological Science/Animal Science.

* Registered Animal Technologist would be ideal

* Documented competence to work unsupervised with 2 or 3 species

* Higher level responsibility, with significant active experience

* Experience of coaching and mentoring other Animal Technicians

* Have a proactive approach to work, taking ownership of your own work and others

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Taking ownership of projects as required from start to completion

* Induction and maintenance of terminal and recovery anaesthesia including pre and post operative care

* Performing surgical techniques

* Has documented competencies to work across three or more operational areas

* Perform welfare and husbandry tasks unsupervised and cover weekend work

* Take responsibility for new starters including delivering induction modules as required

* Perform regulated procedures across a range of species

Agenda and its clients only 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 comprehensive background and pre-employment screening, an essential part of Agenda's recruitment process