Animal Care Attendant
Location: Dallas, TX
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Job Number: 210001GB
Category: Research & Laboratory
Responsibilities
Animal Care Attendant, Full Time and Part Time Availability
Why UT Southwestern?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. At UT Southwestern, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals and to provide security for you and your family. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism and a life-changing career!
Job Summary
Start your research career today by becoming an Animal Care Attendant at UT Southwestern in our world-renowned medical and research center. The Animal Resource Center (ARC) is hiring for an entry-level animal care position that will help to provide care and maintenance of our laboratory animals and animal facilities. As a valued member of the ARC, you will have the opportunity to support the institutional care and use of animals in cutting edge research across hundreds of medical research labs at UT Southwestern. This position offers room for growth so that you can gain the skills you need to help you advance into your research career as part of an Animal Care or Research career track.
This entry-level position has full-time or part-time availability and is a great opportunity to start your medical research career. Join UT Southwestern in our mission to educate, discover and heal!
Job Duties
- Be part of a team responsible for the overall care of rare and unique animals that are vital in the award-winning, life-altering research conducted at UTSW
- Maintains the overall cleanliness of the ARC
- Operates, cleans, and maintains the cage wash start-up and shut-down procedures
- Maintains equipment, reports equipment issues and maintains logbooks
- Evaluates and prepares extra equipment and delivers sterile equipment
- Recognizes equipment needs and rapidly processes appropriate equipment
- Accurately requests, sorts, and organizes routine supplies to meet area needs
- Operates, cleans, and maintains autoclave equipment
- Maintains proper bedding levels in cages and accurately sorts bedding materials
- Completes multiple loads of laundry to meet area needs
- Provides supply requests in timely manner
- Correctly applies appropriate techniques and chemicals to maintain and sterilize facility floors
Experience and Education
- No experience required
- High School graduation or GED strongly preferred
For COVID-19 vaccine information, applicants should visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/covid-19/work-on-campus/
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. In accordance with federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of: race; color; religion; national origin; sex; including sexual harassment; age; disability; genetic information; citizenship status; and protected veteran status. In addition, it is UT Southwestern policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Benefits
Health Benefits
- PPO and ACO Options
- 100% Coverage for Preventative Health − No Co-Pay
- Tobacco-Free Incentives
- Generous Prescription Drug Plan
- 3 Options for Dental Coverage
- 2 Options for Vision Coverage
- Abundance of Wellness and Employee Assistance Programs
Retirement Plan
(Eligibility varies by employment status)
- The Teacher Retirement System of Texas is a defined benefit plan with 5-year vesting
- Employee Contribution Max 7.7% of salary
- Employer Contribution Match up to 7.5% of salary
- Optional Retirement Program (ORP) defined contribution plan with 1 year, 1 day vesting
- Employee Contribution Max of 6.65% of salary
- Employer Contribution Match of 8.5% of salary
- Optional Tax-Sheltered Annuity
- Optional Deferred Compensation Plan
PTO Benefits
- 15 Paid Holidays, Eligible Day 1
- 8 Hours/Month Accrued Vacation
- 8 Hours/Month Accrued Sick Leave
Other Benefits
- On-Site Day Care
- Employee Discount Program
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Short-Term Disability Coverage
- Voluntary Group Life Coverage
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment Coverage
Working at UTSW
Curiosity Pursued With Rigor
Explore the full range of opportunities we offer within our research areas and labs.
If you want a larger canvas for exploration and discovery, look no further. We have more than 500 labs on campus. Here are just a few of the research investigations you’ll find underway at UT Southwestern Medical Center:
- Use of AI to identify cancer cells
- How Alzheimer’s proteins create dysfunction in fat cells
- A global initiative to map human brain cells
- Use of cryo-electron microscopy to study the atomic structure of key molecules
Work here, and you’ll help us create and conduct translational bench-to-bedside research that quickly moves basic discoveries into treatments that directly benefit patients. Here’s an example: We’ve found that small artificial molecules called peptoids show promise as both diagnostic tools and treatments for various types of cancer. Peptoids can bind to cancerous cells more tightly than normal cells. So our researchers are looking at ways to combine peptoids with anti-cancer drugs to target cancer cells more specifically.
At UT Southwestern, you can be part of our next breakthrough.
Opportunities for Laboratory & Medical Technologists
As a progressive, innovation-driven medical center, UT Southwestern relies heavily on our lab techs, medical techs, histotechnologists, and cytotechnologists to play a key role in the diagnosis and care planning of patients.
Our broad spectrum of services will present you with opportunities to work across a range of dynamic lab settings. You’ll have abundant tools, training, and support to facilitate your success and professional growth.
For each member of this diverse and collaborative team, we provide excellent benefits, including PTO and pension and retirement plans. When you consider Dallas’ relatively low cost of living and high quality of life, UT Southwestern emerges as your best option for a fulfilling career.
Bringing the Future into Focus
There are many ways to contribute here. As we continue to explore new solutions that will save lives and enhance quality of life for millions, we’re committed to providing rigorous scientific training in both basic and clinical research to scholars across the Medical Center and community. You can take advantage or help support a number of robust programs, such as:
- Disease-Oriented Clinical Scholars
- Endowed Scholars
- Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
- Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP)
- Quantitative and Physical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research
Fellowship Program (QP-SURF)
- Science Teacher Access to Resources at Southwestern (STARS)
- Endowed Scholars
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF)
- UT Dallas Green Fellows
Supporting a Culture of Clinical Trials
Our research teams help plan, conduct, fund, administer, and report on clinical trials across the broad spectrum of health conditions and diseases. More than 1,000 trials are currently underway, including these areas of medicine:
- 268 in Cancer(STARS)
- 118 in Neurology
- 79 in Children’s Health
- 69 in Digestive Systems & Liver Disease
- 65 in Heart and Vascular
- 64 in Lung Disease & Asthma
- 51 in Blood Disorders
Employee Testimonials
Traci Holmes
Traci Holmes
Research Programs Manager
Research Programs Manager
I love working at UT Southwestern Medical Center because it means being part of a team that is striving to enhance the lives of others through education, research, and clinical care.
Sangita Sethuram
Sangita Sethuram
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Our team’s cutting-edge research helps us get one step closer each day to our mission of promoting health and a healthy society. That is the reason I come to work every single day.
Gerald Strickland
Gerald Strickland
Psychological Associate I
Psychological Associate I
I love my job because the people I work with are very professional, kind, and understanding.
