Research Assistant 2 - Research Operations Services & Support

• The Pre-Clinical Research Department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is currently seeking a full-time, temporary (18 months), Research Assistant 2.
• Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, all aspects of animal care, health monitoring and husbandry.
• Various duties include the provision of food, water and clean cages to animals, daily health and room checks, record keeping, SOP updates and general cleaning.
• Additional duties include obtaining and processing samples for animal health, genotyping and environmental monitoring tests, administering treatments to animals as requested by the Veterinarian and assisting researchers with various experimental procedures.
• Some assistance with cage wash duties may be required at times as well as some equipment maintenance duties.
• The Research Assistant 2 will work with a positive, respectful attitude as a team member to ensure the animals are healthy and happy and that researchers have a safe, pleasant, well-run facility in which to conduct experiments.
• The employee will support a workplace that embraces diversity and complies with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements.
• This position is located at 250 College Street.

Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.

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