Registered Vet Technician - Clinical Trials and Research Technician

Department: Clinical Studies
This position is classified under the Grant and Trust Administrative & Technical Group

Temporary full-time from 05/19/2025 to 05/18/2026

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General Purpose

Are you a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) with a passion for clinical research? Do you want to contribute to groundbreaking studies that improve veterinary and human medicine? If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join the Clinical Trials Team at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) and support innovative research within the Bench to Bedside Institute for Translational Health Research and Innovation.

Translational veterinary clinical trials are research studies involving client-owned animals with the goal of advancing animal and human health care. These studies may try to identify the most effective therapies and practices for a given condition or to increase our understanding of a disease process. As a Registered Vet Technician/Clinical Trials and Research Technician, you will play a key role in supporting clinical trials and translational research at the OVC Health Sciences Centre (OVC-HSC). Your responsibilities will be dynamic, involving a mix of hands-on patient care, clinical trial coordination, and research administration, depending on study activity. This role requires strong initiative, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.

Duties and Responsibilities

~50% Hands-On; 50% Administrative

Patient Care & Clinical Trials

• Identify, screen, and recruit potential study candidates

• Obtain informed consent from owners and ensure compliance with study protocols.

• Assist in diagnostic and surgical procedures, including sedation monitoring, chemotherapy administration, and novel therapeutics.

• Collect and process laboratory specimens (blood, urine, aspirates, tissues, etc.).

• Monitor hospitalized study patients, including infusions and diagnostic imaging follow-ups.

Administrative & Research Coordination

• Manage study logistics, including patient scheduling, imaging coordination, and follow-ups with study participants and veterinary clinics.

• Managing clinical data collection and organization for both prospective and retrospective studies.

• Prepare study materials, reports, and presentations for research meetings.

• Coordinating with external clinics and research teams to ensure proper study documentation and patient status tracking.

Requirements

• A Registered Veterinary Technician in good standing with the OAVT, with completion of the VTNE and mandatory ethics exam.

• Have a minimum of 2 years’ prior experience working as a Registered Veterinary Technician.

• Experienced in blood collection, anesthesia monitoring, and patient handling

• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and data management skills.

• Excellent communication skills, capable of working with veterinary teams, researchers, and pet owners.

• Willingness to work both in clinical and preclinical research environments with dogs and cats.

• Experienced in Microsoft Office, electronic medical records, and data tracking systems.

Assets:

• Previous experience in clinical research or veterinary clinical trials.

• Undergraduate degree or experience with technical writing or publishing

• Interest in obtaining Registered Laboratory Animal Technician (RLAT) certification (training and support provided).

Additional Details:

• Full-time, 35-hour work week, with occasional flexibility for evenings/weekends as studies require

• Protective rabies titre required.

Employee Type: Temporary
Classification: Grant/ Trust fund position, Band GTAT - Band C
GTAT (Grant & Trust Administrative and Technical) Salary Grid

*Tentative evaluation; subject to final review.

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution.

Posting Date: 04/28/2025
Close Date: 05/12/2025