Part-time Lab Assistant - Associate Degree Nursing

POSITION PURPOSE:

The part-time ADN Lab Assistant reports to the ADN Program Director and assists with assigned duties in the lab setting and in the simulation lab.

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  

•    Collaborates with full-time faculty to develop and prepare skills lab activities with the teaching team.   
•    Prepares skills practice and skills validation schedules for faculty and students.  
•    Sets up and takes down lab for each activity, requesting assistance as needed from faculty.   
•    Maintains and stores equipment and supplies for skills lab in general, and for each incoming student. 
•    Orders equipment and supplies, as directed by faculty coordinator.   
•    Receives supplies and equipment, checks orders for accuracy, and distributes them to the appropriate parties. 
•    Inventories skills supplies and equipment.
•    Accepts and organizes donated supplies. 
•    Ships items when needed. 
•    Coordinates student accommodations in skills lab, if needed. 
•    Provides guidance during skills lab practice and lab activities.
•    Assists full-time faculty with preparing for simulated experiences.
•    Maintains cleanliness and order within the lab area (to include cleaning of equipment).
•    Ensures supplies, equipment, and linen are available for teaching and student lab work.
•    Reports safety violations or unprofessional/uncivil conduct promptly to the appropriate faculty coordinator. 
•    Enforces rules associated with the Skills Lab (i.e. uniform requirements and cell phone policy). 
•    Attends departmental meetings, as assigned. 
•    Demonstrate behaviors consistent with those of a professional nurse. 
•    Demonstrate effective and professional communication with students, College faculty, staff, vendors, and individuals with whom they come in contact. 
•    Performs other duties as assigned by the ADN Program Director and/or faculty. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

•    Work effectively within a group or independently. 
•    Student centered. 
•    Ability to meet deadlines.
•    Willing to work within the philosophical framework of Navarro College and the ADN Program.
•    Demonstrate clinical expertise required to function effectively and safely in the Skills Lab setting.
•    Promptly takes the initiative to master new skills required by the ADN Program (i.e. simulation equipment and/or computer programs). 
•    Demonstrate computer experience with Word and Excel.
•    Able to communicate via email.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:

•    Current Licensure as a Registered Nurse 
•    BSN degree or higher. 

Preferred:

•    Master’s degree.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

•    Variances from regular working hours may be necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the position.
•    Must be available to work up to 19 hours per week.
•    Busy working environment with numerous interruptions.
•    Maintains up-to-date health care provider immunizations and CPR. 
•    Must pass drug screens for cause and pass random drug screens and criminal history screens when initiated by ADN Program.

SALARY:

$35. - $40. per hour / up to 19 hours per week