Anatomy Technician

Key Responsibilities

• Sets up gross anatomy, neuroanatomy and histology teaching laboratories and classrooms with required materials (full body cadavers, prosection brains, technical equipment, microscopes, etc.). Regular maintenance, organization and cleaning of the dissecting and teaching laboratories, clinical simulation lab and classrooms, preparation room, morgue, and museum/resource centre.
• Regular embalming of donated human remains; ensures that body has been properly cleaned, enclosed, correctly numbered, and ensure proper storage in cooler. This includes heavy lifting and movement of materials and equipment.
• Confirms receipt of proper donor legal documents/paperwork, correct identification of donor, check/confirm proper, and complete, filling out of on-site forms.
• As needed with regular use, measures and mixes chemicals to make embalming fluid, while adhering to university, laboratory and WHIMIS safety practices procedures. Careful and methodical removal, potting and setting of brains.
• Ongoing and annual preparation of new teaching materials, as requested. Regular general maintenance of equipment and ancillary equipment. Assesses requirements for upgrades and/or repairs to equipment. Troubleshoots technical difficulties.
• Assists in arrangement for interment services under the direction of the manager and performs other duties as required.

Required Qualifications

• Embalmer/Funeral Director license plus approximately three to five years of related work experience.
• Experience with dissection, specimen preparation, or other highly detailed technical work requiring precision and accuracy.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively support faculty, students, researchers, and departmental operations.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment supporting anatomy teaching and laboratory activities.

Assets