BSN Simulation Technologist
Employment Type : Full-Time
Overview: As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.
We are looking for a BSN Simulation Technologist to join our team.
This position assists Nursing students with improving their knowledge of nursing skills through implementation of the nursing process, clinical assessment procedures, and care of patients across the spectrum of nursing, schedules and monitors the use of equipment and laboratories.Responsibilities:- Participates in the planning and implementation of human patient simulation exercises and/or case studies
- Demonstrates proper techniques, use of tools, and equipment for students during simulation exercises and laboratory classes
- Performs simulation demonstrations and provides orientation, assistance, training and technical support to instructors on laboratory procedures, operation of equipment, and location and use of materials
- Prepares and maintains simulation and skills lab equipment, manikins, media, audio/visual, computers, and materials related to learning
- Develops, explains, and demonstrates simulation exercises, instructional materials, and assists in the development of simulation laboratory manuals
- Assists faculty in laboratory schedules and organizes the use of the simulation scenarios to align with the nursing faculty curriculum for efficient operation
- Inspects student experiments and simulations
- Enforces the safety and security of the lab according to established procedures, policies, and laws
- Prepares, maintains, and properly disposes of solutions, cultures, and specimens for laboratory demonstrations and practical examinations.
- Ensures that simulation and skills laboratories and other assigned areas are maintained in a clean, safe and orderly condition
- Maintains accurate and complete records and files, including materials and equipment inventories, warranty information, and maintenance records and schedules
- Operates a variety of computers and technical equipment pertaining to the simulation scenarios
- Assists faculty in utilizing specialized computer technology as part of the simulation process
- Works closely with students, staff, and faculty to solve complex problems, assists in identifying support resources and installing new software and equipment as appropriate
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications:- Certificate in computer technology or related field, associate preferred or equivalent work experience
- Intermediate computer knowledge, advanced preferred
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Able to balance multiple tasks simultaneously
- Able to express technical information clearly and simply to non-technical persons
- Flexible and able to adapt to a dynamic environment based on changing policies, procedures and clinical needs
- Strong Organizational and time management skills
- Knowledge of medical terminology preferred