Nursing lab Assistant - Instruction & Classroom Support Technician 4

Location: Spokane CC Main Campus Spokane

Department: SCC Nursing

Salary Range: $26.74 - $35.97

Open continuous 

Starting salary for this position is: $26.74 (Hourly)

Employees hired at the entry step of this range receive salary step advancement after six months and every 12 months thereafter. An employee hired at anything higher than the entry step of the range will have salary step advancement after 12 months and every 12 months thereafter until they reach the top of the salary range. Each salary step advancement will be approximately a 5% increase.

About Us 

Spokane Community College, part of Spokane Colleges, serves 15,000 students with career technical, liberal arts, and adult education programs in Spokane and surrounding rural communities.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, since the screening committee will begin reviewing applications on 10/31/2025, submissions are encouraged prior to that time.

About the Nursing lab Assistant - Instruction & Classroom Support Technician 4

JOB SUMMARY

Under the general direction of the Associate Dean of Nursing, the Instruction & Classroom Support Technician 4 (Nursing Lab Assistant) is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing instructional support for the nursing labs and simulation center at Spokane Community College.

This involves applying knowledge of nursing to facilitate realistic labs and simulated learning experiences for students. This position coordinates projects and programs for the Nursing department’s labs and supervises work-study student employees when assigned.

The Lab Assistant works closely with the Laboratory and Simulation Coordinator and is responsible for keeping the labs organized, ensuring equipment is in good working order, and ordering and keeping track of supplies. Running computer equipment to assist with simulations is also part of the job responsibilities.

Non-permanent classified paid hourly position. Not to exceed 18 months.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with lab setup and take down. *
• Help maintain educational resource materials, lab equipment and supplies. *
• Organize storage areas and maintain inventory. *
  • Prepare supply orders.
  • Ensure labs are stocked with sufficient supplies for all labs.
  • Ensure safe storage of all supplies including hazardous materials and practice medications.
  • Coordinate distribution of supplies to all labs supply rooms.
  • Maintain PYXIS. Enter Lab Patient Medications. Maintain stock levels of medications for laboratory and simulation patients.
• Participate in and contribute to the upkeep of the Nursing Laboratories and Simulations center *
  • Provide orientation to instructors regarding laboratory and simulation procedures, location and use of materials.
  • Assist with training faculty in the use of simulated equipment in labs and the simulation center.
  • Recommend and perform general cleaning of laboratories.
  • Recommend and perform maintenance and repairs of laboratory equipment.
• Contribute to a safe laboratory environment. *
  • Keep current with safety regulations.
  • Check and maintain safety equipment.
  • Provide training and enforcement of safety procedures to individuals including faculty, staff, and students using laboratories and the simulation center.
• Assist instructors with labs and simulations. *
  • Program software to instructor specification to model the simulator’s physiological responses. Support/assist in roleplaying applications, prop placement and moulage setup before and after simulations to create a virtual healthcare setting. .
  • Operate simulation mannequin sessions based on priority identified by the faculty.
  • Use ATI (nursing education software) to gather information for weekly lab activities such as patient name bands, medication labels, etc. *
• Model professional decorum and mutual respect in all personal interactions. *
• Comply with district policies, procedures and directives, state and federal regulations, orders and statutes and collective bargaining agreements. *
• Support and advance Spokane Colleges’ strategic plan, and perform other duties as assigned. *

* Indicates this is an essential duty.

COMPETENCIES

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