Nursing Department Lab Coordinator

About the role

The Nursing Department Lab Coordinator is responsible for the management and oversight of the Simulation Laboratory and Clinical Operations. This includes providing technical, operational, logistical, and administrative support for simulation laboratories, skills laboratories, clinical education activities, and interdisciplinary learning experiences. The Coordinator works under the direction of the designated nursing supervisor and faculty and does not independently provide nursing instruction, evaluate clinical competency, make clinical judgments, or supervise nursing practice. This is a non-nursing position and does not require professional nursing licensure. The Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that simulation and laboratory environments are organized, appropriately equipped, technologically functional, safe, and prepared for scheduled learning activities. The position also supports clinical scheduling, compliance documentation, purchasing, inventory management, equipment maintenance, interdisciplinary simulation activities, and communication among faculty, students, staff, vendors, and clinical partners.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical, operational, logistical, and administrative support for simulation laboratories, skills laboratories, clinical education activities, and interdisciplinary learning experiences.
• Ensuring that simulation and laboratory environments are organized, appropriately equipped, technologically functional, safe, and prepared for scheduled learning activities.
• Supporting clinical scheduling, compliance documentation, purchasing, inventory management, equipment maintenance, interdisciplinary simulation activities, and communication among faculty, students, staff, vendors, and clinical partners.
• Simulation Laboratory Operations & Technical Support
• Scheduling & Operational Coordination
• Inventory, Purchasing & Supply Management
• Safety, Laboratory Readiness & Compliance
• Simulation Technology & Systems Administration
• Program, Faculty & Interdisciplinary Support

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in simulation technology, healthcare technology, information technology, educational technology, audiovisual technology, health sciences, emergency services, biomedical technology, business/operations, or a related field.
• Equivalent combination of education, technical training, and relevant experience may be considered.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in healthcare simulation, educational technology, health sciences, biomedical technology, operations management, education, or a related field.
• A nursing degree is not required but preferred.
• Minimum of two years of experience in simulation operations, laboratory operations, healthcare education support, educational technology, audiovisual technology, clinical education administration, healthcare operations, or a related environment preferred.
• Experience operating human patient simulators, task trainers, audiovisual systems, or simulation software strongly preferred.
• Experience coordinating schedules, purchasing, inventory, equipment, or complex operational activities preferred.
• Experience working in higher education, healthcare education, simulation centers, hospitals, allied health programs, emergency medical services, or interdisciplinary educational environments preferred.
• Experience communicating with vendors and coordinating equipment maintenance preferred.
• Preferred, but not required: Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) or willingness to pursue certification.
• Manufacturer-specific simulator or simulation technology training is preferred.

Skills

• Strong