Nursing Lab Technician

**Nursing Lab Technician** Status**: Full Time

**Hours**: Monday to Friday; 35 hours/week

**Number of Positions**: 2

**Home Campus**: IAHS (fully on-site)

**Rate of Pay**: Payband F (Start Rate: $31.05 per hour)

**Posting Date**: October 17th, 2024

**Closing Date**: October 23rd, 2024 at 7:00pm EST

Preference will be given to qualified employees within the Full Time Support Staff bargaining unit, Appendix D (in the role for 6 consecutive months) and RPT employees who have passed probation at Mohawk College.

We believe the rich diversity among our students and the communities we serve should be reflected within our workforce. As educators, we believe it is important to act and show leadership in advancing the principles of reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our community.

Reporting to the Program Manager, Nursing, this position will be responsible for the daily set-up, take down, use and maintenance of all practice equipment for the Nursing Studies programs at the IAHS. This incumbent will also be responsible for maintaining equipment and lab spaces at the offsite lab locations and the Living Classrooms as required.

The incumbent will be responsible for the operation of audiovisual equipment used to facilitate Skills Checks and other lab activities. In addition, the incumbent will provide administrative support to coordinate inventory, equipment maintenance and the organization of storage spaces.

The incumbent will implement recommendations to support faculty and students during practice, assessment and peer-to-peer situations. Administrative duties to support the Nursing Studies programs including, but not limited to accreditation, procedures etc. will also be a focus of this incumbent, ensuring standards are clear, acknowledged, transparent, and actions/updates are implemented by way of communication and organizing working groups/committees/advisory teams which are struck to support ongoing and new lab initiatives.

**What you’ll be doing**:
**Lab Equipment and Supplies Support**
- Prepares, setup, take down, maintenance and storage of equipment and supplies for labs.
- Prepares lab space including audiovisual support, video production equipment and other types of media for content delivery.
- Incumbent prepares and cleans environment before and after lab activity.
- Incumbent refreshes lab equipment and supplies between lab sessions.
- Utilizes and maintains medical equipment such as IV pumps, blood pressure cuffs, feeding pumps, etc.
- Collaborates with faculty to maintain up-to-date Lab Equipment and Supply lists.
- Install new equipment as required following appropriate vendor training.
- Coordinates preventative maintenance of all lab equipment.
- Coordinates timely repair of lab equipment.
- Provides cost-effective alternative parts solutions in collaboration with Lab Manager**.**:

- Maintains a variety of records related to lab operations and equipment.
- Maintains and provides security for supplies, materials and equipment in the laboratory, stores, discards and rotates supplies and materials according to procedures.
- Maintains and updates lab to include, but not limited to identifying software, supply and equipment needs, troubleshooting and resolving problems.
- Assist with inventory management of soft supplies and assets.
- Maintains organization of storage room and areas.
- Provides support in the Clinical Skills Labs and Open/Supervised Lab for students and faculty to practice competencies and skills in meeting course objectives.
- Coordinates and supports lab activities at off-site labs, including the Living Classrooms as needed.
- Provides recommendation for lab improvements in collaboration with simulation team, academic programs and associate deans and director.

**Technical Support**
- Provide technical support in the use of computer-based multimedia systems and their components, including operation of digital cameras, video cameras, audio/video, Learning Space software, monitors, LCD projectors, and other related equipment.
- Assist faculty, lab instructors, staff and students in the use of a variety of medical equipment, materials and supplies in an instructional setting, including creating skills videos using Kaltura.
- Assist students with accessing LearningSpace software, problem solving any connection issues.
- Program clinical skills exams, creating schedules of student flowthrough on LearningSpace software.
- Setup AV equipment to record skills checks.
- Incumbent uses CAE management system and other technology to record skills checks saves digital recordings for faculty use and student review as required by the programs.
- Perform pre-lab activities including powering up equipment, patient monitors, AV equipment and other electronic equipment and test to ensure proper function prior to each lab session.
- Stock patient rooms and equipment carts with supplies and equipment needed for specific lab objectives, including medications, doctors’ orders