The Animal Caretaker position is located in the VA New Jersey Medical Center, East Orange Research Service Veterinary Medical Unit. The incumbent provides manual labor in the Animal Research Facility to provide and maintain animal care of rodents and their living environments, which includes monitoring animal health and conducting basic interventions, monitoring and providing daily nutrition and enrichment, ensuring animal housing cleanliness etc.
Key Responsibilities
Receive, label, and prepare housing for new animals. Provide care and feed and water to animals used in clinical research studies. Visually inspect the cages during daily check-ins, observing animals' health and gage status, recording inventory of feed and bedding and any overt changes in appearance, activities, and need. Record bedding status in each animal cage. Request orders for replacement shipments of bedding to replenish stores.
Replace caging and bedding and move cages when applicable. Handle animals as appropriate. Administer oral inhalant and injectable fluids and medications as directed. Collect urine and blood specimens from the animals per standard operating procedures. Conduct rodent euthanasia procedures per VMU standard operating procedures as directed. Read and record animal room temperatures daily. Clean animal rooms and floors, including sweeping, mopping, and washing.
Periodically move, arrange, clean and polish furniture. Perform other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30 to 4pm Position Description Title/PD#: Animal Caretaker/PD561-130700
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
What is the salary for this position?
The posted pay range is $25.22 – $29.44/hr.
What is the application deadline?
Applications close on 2026-11-03.
Who is eligible to apply?
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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