LABORATORY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT 1, 2 or 3

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LABORATORY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT 1, 2 or 3

Salary

Depends on Qualifications

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

117130

Department

LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Ctr.

Opening Date

05/06/2024

Closing Date

5/20/2024 11:59 PM Central

• Description

• Benefits

Supplemental Information

NOTE: This position is related to the care and housing of laboratory animals (mice and rats).

*As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancy may be filled from this recruitment as a Lab Tech Assistant 1, 2, or 3 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center (http://www.pbrc.edu/) , a world-renowned academic research institute of Louisiana State University, is seeking a Lab Tech Assistant in Comparative Biology.

Perform daily husbandry duties (husbandry duties includes handling the animals, providing fresh food & water and cleaning soiled cages on a weekly basis) for live laboratory animals. Must follow all state and federal regulations regarding the care and use of laboratory animals at this facility.

Lab Tech Assistant 1, 2, or 3 - Animal Care

• Ensure standard of care for research animals such as rats and mice.

• Understand and follow animal husbandry requirements mandated by law to maintain health status of different animal species and strains.

• Basic technical skills to give medical treatments to animals including reading and understanding medical terms, injection of drugs, and simple dilution rates for dosing.

• Understand the importance of and be able to monitor environmental conditions including understand security control measures. Requires ability to strictly follow security standards, read minimum/maximum thermometers, document temperature and humidity conditions.

• Set up breeding colony, segregate pregnant animals, maintain production records and census.

• Observe animals, be able to distinguish subtle abnormalities, and document findings of bodily appearance, function, discharges, etc.

• Handle and restrain animals through use of gentle, quick, and proper handling techniques.

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Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

No experience or training required.

NOTE:

This job is used by many agencies in different laboratory settings. Therefore, the types of experience and/or training required to perform the duties of specific positions will vary. Hiring agencies may choose to post job vacancies with a minimum qualification hiring preference based on the experience and/or training needed to successfully perform the duties for a specific position.

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Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To perform a limited number of routine laboratory duties.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Entry.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Close from higher level laboratory or medical personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

None

LOCATION OF WORK:

Clinical laboratories, educational or health care facilities; Statewide.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from Laboratory Technical Assistant 2 by the lack of experienced level responsibilities.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Wraps and sterilizes glassware and equipment, operates gas or steam autoclaves, places sterilized items in dispensing area. Cleans autoclaves, drains screens and glassware washers.

Prepares media, measures, sterilizes and dispenses.

Performs routine capillary and/or venipuncture.

Performs routine blood pathogen screening.

IN AN ANIMAL LABORATORY

Feeds and waters animals.

Cleans cages, runs, and stalls.

Observes animals to note change in their appearance and habits; reports signs of abnormal conditions.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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