Nursing Skills Lab Coordinator (Day Shift)

About the Role

As a Nursing Skills Lab Coordinator at West Coast University, you will guide students to develop their nursing skills, impacting not only their own lives but also the lives of every patient they will treat throughout their healthcare careers. You will be a key member of our student-centered, innovative community, sharing your success story with the next generation of nurses.

Responsibilities

• Provides assistance to students in the skills labs.
• Assists faculty with procedures related to access and use of equipment and supplies in the skills labs.
• Prepares medium-fidelity simulators with moulage, realistic wounds, and other preparations per faculty requirements.
• Participates in periodic training sessions to increase competence.
• Meets with nursing instructors to review assignments, activities, and concerns.
• Ensures that assigned labs are prepared according to provided schedules.
• Provides neat and orderly maintenance of assigned labs, storerooms, and prep rooms.
• Provides proper care, storage, maintenance, and repair of equipment, including stored equipment.
• Schedules regular maintenance for equipment; fills out and follows through on maintenance requests.
• Provides lab safety/hazardous material handling instruction; ensures appropriate local and state safety standards are met, including proper storage/disposal.
• Conducts periodic lab safety/sanitation checks, with summary reports to supervisor.
• Prepares and follows up on requisitions for lab supplies and equipment; places orders at the direction of department chairperson or designated instructors.
• Maintains accurate, current records as needed, including inventory of supplies/equipment.
• Acts as a liaison between the University and supply/equipment vendors.
• Maintains regular and timely attendance, reports to work as scheduled, and assures time worked and/or time-off is recorded properly.

Requirements

• Minimum 2–3 years of prior experience as a healthcare provider with direct patient contact (e.g., Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, Patient Care Technologist, Certified Nurses Aide, Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse, Medical Corpsman).
• Demonstrated knowledge of medical terminology.
• Demonstrated experience with the use of medical instruments, equipment, and supplies.

Qualifications

High School degree required.