Cage Wash Technician I, Vivarium Ops
Champions Oncology Inc.
Summary
Support in vivo oncology research studies in mice as a member of the Vivarium Operations Cagewash Team.
Job description
Primary Objectives
Support in vivo oncology research studies in mice as a member of the Vivarium Operations Cagewash Team.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Process dirty and clean caging components.
- Perform general sanitation on equipment, rooms, and facilities.
- Transport materials, supplies, and waste.
- Record data within room logs and the laboratory information management system.
- Read, understand, and adhere to study protocols.
- Perform general preparation and organizational activities, including supply organization and stocking, and laboratory organization.
- Work weekends and holidays on rotating basis.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Team player: actively and eagerly support leadership and colleagues.
- Coachable: actively solicits feedback, eager to improve.
- Honest: trustworthy, demonstrates integrity.
- Adaptable: flexible and open to change, eager early adopter.
- Motivated: driven, proactive and takes the initiative.
- Positive: compassionate, empathetic and understanding, balanced.
- Innovative: challenges the status quo, eager problem solver.
- Open: transparent and communicative, candid.
- Nice: kind and respectful, sincere.
- Organized and detail oriented.
- Process oriented: eager to follow procedures.
- Strong computer skills.
Education and Experience
- Required: GED.
- Preferred: AALAS ALAT certification.
- 0-2 years of related experience.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
- Requires manual dexterity, fine motor skills, and repetitive motion.
- Requires sitting, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, and lifting throughout the work shift consistent with a typical research laboratory environment and vivarium.
- Must be able to lift and move packages weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Routine exposure to odors and chemicals.
- Routine exposure to sharps.
- Routine exposure to blood, body fluids, and tissue.
Requirements
- GED required
- AALAS ALAT certification preferred
- 0-2 years of related experience
- Must be able to lift and move packages weighing up to 50 pounds
- Manual dexterity and fine motor skills
- Strong computer skills
- Ability to work weekends and holidays on rotating basis
Company overview
Champions Oncology Inc. is a technology-enabled research organization specializing in oncology drug discovery and development solutions. The company operates a comprehensive research center featuring proprietary Patient Derived Xenograft (PDX) models and advanced computational platforms. With approximately 1,500 PDX models in its TumorBank, Champions provides pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with preclinical research services that simulate human clinical trials, offering predictive efficacy studies for oncology drugs. The company's Translational Oncology Solutions business assists drug developers through in vivo studies, bioinformatics analysis, and clinical trial simulations, helping to identify appropriate patient populations and therapeutic combinations. Additionally, Champions offers a Software-as-a-Service platform called Lumin Bioinformatics, which leverages artificial intelligence and extensive oncology datasets for computational cancer research. The company also maintains a nascent drug discovery and development business focused on targeted therapies, immune oncology, and cell therapy. Founded in 1985 and originally focused on sports restaurants, the company transformed into a biotechnology firm in 2007 and rebranded as Champions Oncology in 2011 to reflect its strategic focus on personalized oncology drug development technologies.