Technical Specialist Nursing
- Employer
- Finger Lakes Community College
- Location
- New York, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Nov 12, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Health & Medicine, Nursing, Science, Technology & Mathematics, Other Science & Technology
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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Type of Appointment: Ten Months, Full Time
Qualifications:
Educational Background:
R.N., Bachelor's in Nursing degree preferred.
Experience:
Recent hospital clinical experience necessary.
Knowledge of simulated hospital laboratory and audio/visual equipment including the operation of computers. Familiarity with budgeting and data collection desirable.
General Functions:
The Technical Specialist is responsible for supervising students and assisting faculty and the Chairperson in all phases of the nursing practice laboratory and selected other phases of the Nursing Department activities. The Technical Specialist also performs duties essential to the achievement of the departmental goals as well as participates in selected other phases of Nursing Department accreditation activities.
Essential Functions :
- Assist in creating a realistic Nursing Laboratory patient unit
environment for laboratory sessions.
- Assist in the daily use and preparation of all lab related
activities.
- Set-up and tear-down of lab for groups between daily lab and
simulation sessions.
- Coordinates and is responsible for materials for nursing
college labs.
- .Assists Media Production with the filming of skill
demonstrations.
- Provide proper storage of and collaborate in maintenance and
repair of lab equipment
- Maintains confidentiality of data, e.g. student simulation
performance, student profiles, grades, clinical information, and
budget salary information.
- Orders lab supplies, media programs, and equipment while
maintaining records, inventory and budget balance. This includes
contact with outside simulation equipment vendors.
- Prepares computer medication carts for faculty and student use
during practice, simulation sessions, and competency testing.
- Reinforces skill techniques as demonstrated by faculty, to
students one-on-one and in small group settings during practice
sessions.
- Collaborates with faculty with lab experience development
activities.
- Attends level team meetings and department meetings for
continuity of the program.
- Participates in departmental committee and accreditation
committee work.
- Sets up displays for use in college lab, classrooms and display
cases.
- Assists in maintaining order and proper care and disposal of
supplies and equipment at all times. This includes setting up lab
prior to each semester and closing lab following each semester;
includes moving and lifting heavy items.
- Assists in maintaining files of student competency sheets and
distributes handouts for student use in lab.
- Provides orientation and instruction to nursing students and
nurse faculty of Nursing Lab equipment and monitors use of
equipment.
- Assists with coordinating multi-media and computer software
materials related to skill demonstrations for all nursing students
and faculty.
- Assists students, as needed, with minor lab equipment
malfunction, initiates routine lab equipment maintenance.
- Participates in or leads tours of nursing laboratory.
- Collaborates with faculty and the Nursing Lab Coordinator to
prepare the laboratory to meet faculty equipment and environmental
needs for skill demonstrations.
- Assists with annual budgetary input and preparation, i.e.,
maintains catalog of up-to-date resource material and obtains
comparative price quotes.
- Assists faculty with and maintains copies of travel/conference
clinical vouchers.
- Assists Chairperson in gathering data for required NY State
Education Department and Accreditation Commission for Education in
Nursing reports.
- Serves on departmental and college committees.
- Provides nursing student advisement as assigned.
- Assists Nursing Club advisor with activities
- Maintains up to date accreditation related data base for
program review.
- Assists with management class cohort Social Media accounts as
needed.
- Assists with registration of nursing students as
assigned.
- Develops collaborative group sign-up sheets for various student
activities i.e. simulation and collaborative groups.
- Assists with tracking student compliance with CPR and Child
Abuse and any other assigned mandatory education.
- Assists in tracking NUR100 lab attendance.
- Assists with recruitment efforts as requested by
Chairperson.
- Participates in professional development activities.
- Performs appropriate other duties as requested by the
Department Chairperson.
- Resume/Cv
- Cover letter
Position will be posted until filled
FLCC is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and strives to provide an environment that embodies these principles. We strive to attract talented personnel from diverse backgrounds and traditions, particularly of race and ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, culture, religion, worldview and physical and mental abilities. As such, applicants from historically under-represented groups are highly encouraged to apply.
Finger Lakes Community College does not discriminate against any employee, applicant for employment, student or applicant for admission based on an individuals race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identification, gender expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction or any other category protected by law. The College adheres to all federal and state civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in public institutions of higher education.
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