Nursing Clinical Lab Specialist

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Nursing Lab Facilitator

Job Description Summary:

Assists with clinical nursing learning lab facilities and services.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

1) Performs preparation and clean up for scheduled lab classes.
2) Assists simulation coordinator with simulation labs as needed.
3) Assists with day to day activities and services of the nursing lab area including scheduling, lab set up, and management of lab equipment and supplies, including the Vocational Nursing Program, and other health science departments.
4) Assists with management of lab equipment and supplies to nursing labs at other Austin Community College (ACC) locations.
5) May provide assistance to instructors and/or students in a clinical lab setting.
6) Makes simple repairs and performs minor maintenance to lab equipment.
7) Conducts inventories of consumable lab equipment and supplies as needed.
8) May prepare and assist in maintenance of a variety of records and reports.

9) May be required to work outside of regular business hours as needed, this could include some evenings and weekends.

Knowledge
* Medical skills, equipment, and technology used in the nursing area.
* Lab facilities and services.
* Lab equipment and supplies.
* Safety standards and practices used in clinical lab settings.
* Processes for maintaining and/or repairing equipment.

Skills
* Maintaining an established work schedule, including occasional evenings and weekends.
* Effectively using interpersonal and communication skills, including tact and diplomacy as well as working with diverse student and faculty populations.
* Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
* Remaining calm and logical, and following established procedures in emergency situations.
* Assisting with lab activities and services.
* Providing assistance to students and instructors in a clinical/lab environment.
* Promoting and ensuring safe lab practices.
* Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
* Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.

Technology Skills
* Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

Required Work Experience
* One year related work experience in nursing.

Required Education

* Associate degree or educational equivalent in nursing, or graduation from an accredited or State Nursing Board approved vocational or practic