**Animal Care Attendant Animal Resources Center (Entry Level)**

Location: Dallas , TX Job Number: 210001GB

Category: Research & Laboratory

Posting Date: October 27, 2021

Responsibilities Benefits Working at UTSW Responsibilities **Job Duties** **We are looking for highly motivated, detail oriented, energetic employees to join our team. We offer career advancement opportunities. Fun Friendly working environment!**

* Operates cage wash equipment start-up and shut-down procedures.

* Thoroughly cleans and monitors equipment throughout day and reports equipment failures.

* Maintains high quality sanitization.

* Recognizes equipment needs and rapidly processes appropriate equipment.

* Operates autoclave equipment.

* Cleans and maintains autoclaves equipment.

* Reports equipment failures and maintains log books.

* Evaluates and prepares extra equipment and delivers sterile equipment to appropriate storage rooms.

* Maintains proper bedding levels in cages; accurately sorts equipment by bedding type and building.

* Maintains quality and rejects unclean equipment. Maintains steam strip logs.

* Cleans and maintains multiple support areas (storage rooms, restrooms, break rooms, procedure labs) as well as main hallways.

* Utilizes appropriate techniques...

**Job Duties** **We are looking for highly motivated, detail oriented, energetic employees to join our team. We offer career advancement opportunities. Fun Friendly working environment!**

* Operates cage wash equipment start-up and shut-down procedures.

* Thoroughly cleans and monitors equipment throughout day and reports equipment failures.

* Maintains high quality sanitization.

* Recognizes equipment needs and rapidly processes appropriate equipment.

* Operates autoclave equipment.

* Cleans and maintains autoclaves equipment.

* Reports equipment failures and maintains log books.

* Evaluates and prepares extra equipment and delivers sterile equipment to appropriate storage rooms.

* Maintains proper bedding levels in cages; accurately sorts equipment by bedding type and building.

* Maintains quality and rejects unclean equipment. Maintains steam strip logs.

* Cleans and maintains multiple support areas (storage rooms, restrooms, break rooms, procedure labs) as well as main hallways.

* Utilizes appropriate techniques and chemicals to ensure sanitization of all surfaces.

* Completes multiple loads to laundry to meet area needs. Keeps machines cleaned and well maintained.

* Accurately requests, sorts, organizes routine supplies to meet area needs.

* Provides supply requests in timely manner.

* Correctly applies appropriate techniques and chemicals to maintain facility floors.

* Routinely sweeps and mops.

* Utilizes floor machines to effectively remove buildup of wax and debris.

* Follows appropriate safety procedures.

* Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience and Education

High school graduation or equivalent with no experience required.

Security

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. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: .

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

**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 youll find underway at UT Southwestern Medical Center:

* Use of AI to identify cancer cells

* How Alzheimers 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 youll help us create and conduct translational bench-to-bedside research that quickly moves basic discoveries into treatments that directly benefit patients. Heres an example: Weve 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. Youll 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, were 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 Childrens Health

* 69 in Digestive Systems & Liver Disease

* 65 in Heart and Vascular

* 64