Posting Description

SURGERY VETERINARY TECHNICIAN, Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM), to work closely with stakeholders and the broader MIT research community to ensure that the health and welfare of animals is paramount; serve as a liaison between the veterinarian(s) and research laboratory personnel to facilitate and support a variety of specialized and complex technical procedures in animals; maintain complete and accurate medical records; provide exceptional clinical care and provide exceptional technical assistance to animals in: anesthesia, surgical preparation, imaging procedures, recovering and/or nursing support  at MIT; assist in the medical care of laboratory animals including documented evaluation(s) of animal health and the prevention and treatment of disease; perform daily clinical rounds to evaluate animals for signs of illness and provide clinical treatments to animals as directed by the veterinarian; and prepare animal patients for, and assist in a variety of veterinary-directed or research-specific procedures, including but not limited to: handling, restraint, sedation, phlebotomy, health examinations, surgical procedures, dental procedures, diagnostic imaging, euthanasia.