Simulation Assistant

Responsibilities

• Maintains a beginner level of current knowledge of simulation/lab equipment and operation manuals.
• Assists in overseeing day-to-day simulation activities.
• Aids in preparing simulation activity materials, including but not limited to dispersing the materials.
• Makes copies of materials as needed and as requested.
• Sets up and takes down simulation laboratory equipment.
• Collaborates with supervisors to organize, maintain, and restock skills lab and simulation laboratory supplies.
• Provides technical assistance and support to faculty, instructors, and staff in the use of simulation equipment.
• Provides guidance and direction to simulation participants, assistants, and standardized patients during lab activities to support smooth operation and learning objectives.
• Affords recommendations on equipment, supplies, and materials.
• Maintains simulation activities and learner confidentiality per university and FERPA guidelines.
• Provides tours of the simulation space for visitors, which often consist of potential or current donors, faculty, campus administrators, and external partners.
• Represents the simulation space in a professional manner consistent with the mission, vision, and values of Touro University Nevada.
• Actively participates in and contributes to simulation staff meetings.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 2+ years of experience in a simulation lab with simulation software, standardized patients, and high-fidelity manikins, or equivalent education.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with the operation of personal computers.
• Familiarity with medical terminology.
• Familiarity with audio-visual equipment.
• Interest in healthcare education, simulation operations, or academic medicine.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral), and the ability to interact and work effectively with other faculty, staff, students, and vendors in a positive, helpful, and cooperative manner.
• Experience with providing technical support in networking, computer hardware, or software.
• Skills in operating a PC and Mac with experience in MS Office and the ability to learn additional software programs, including audiovisual and computerized simulation equipment.
• Knowledge of the operation of standard audio-visual equipment: projectors, microphones, portable screens, media players, etc.
• Mechanical skills to use equipment in the simulation center.
• Organizational and time management skills to keep materials in order, track various projects, maintain files, and follow through assignments to completion.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Ability to quickly learn new technology.
• Ability to express technical information clearly and simply to non-technical persons.
• Physical ability to lift, move, maintain, and set up computer, audio-visual, and simulation lab equipment weighing up to 50 lbs. without assistance.