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Simulation Lab Assistant - Bronx- LB4120
- Bronx, New York, United States
- Staff Part-Time
- $20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Job Summary:
The Simulation Lab Assistant provides crucial operational, technical, and administrative support to the Simulation Center and the Director of Simulation. This role ensures the smooth daily operation of the nursing simulation labs, prepares high-fidelity and low-fidelity environments for student experiences, manages specialized inventory, and assists faculty and students during active simulation scenarios, skill labs, and objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs).
Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities:
Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. It in no way states or implies that the responsibilities listed are the only duties required to perform in this position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position responsibilities if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.
Operations & Lab Preparation
- Scenario Setup & Teardown: Physically prepare simulation rooms, task trainers, and high-fidelity mannequins according to specific course objectives and faculty blueprints (e.g., setting up moulage, IV lines, medications, and clinical props). Clean and reset the rooms efficiently between sessions
- Technology Readiness: Power up, test, and troubleshoot simulators, audio-visual recording systems (such as Zoom Education, CAE, or Laerdal systems), and electronic health record (EHR) software prior to student arrival
- Environment Realism: Maintain an authentic clinical environment, ensuring that patient care bays look identical to a live hospital or outpatient setting
Inventory, Procurement, & Maintenance
- Stock Management: Track consumable clinical supplies (such as syringes, PPE, gauze, and IV tubing), noting when items run low and preparing orders for approval
- Vendor Coordination: Assist in organizing quotes and documentation for medical equipment and simulator maintenance contracts (working with vendors such as McKesson, Medline, or MedShipment)
- Equipment Care: Perform routine preventative maintenance, cleaning, and proper storage of high-fidelity mannequins and delicate task trainers to maximize their lifespan
Instructional & Faculty Support
- In-Sim Assistance: Serve as a standardized patient, embedded participant (voice of the patient), or operate the simulator control software during active mock codes or clinical scenarios
- Student Safety & Guidance: Monitor students for safe equipment usage in the lab during open lab hours or independent practice sessions
Required Skills & Experience:
- Previous experience specifically within a healthcare simulation lab
- Familiarity with healthcare terminology, basic medical supplies, and standard patient safety protocols
Education Requirements:
- Bachelors degree or in a healthcare, technology, or administrative field (or equivalent combination of education and clinical environment experience)
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About Mercy
Mercy University is a dynamic, independent, coeducational New York City area university that offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs in six schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, Nursing, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Mercy is the region's largest private, nonprofit, Minority-Serving Institution, proud to serve a student body that is highly diverse. As a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), Mercy University, has been ranked nationally among top colleges in the country for Hispanics by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and by Excelencia in Education, earning their prestigious Seal of Excelencia for intentionally serving Latino students.
Mercy University was further recognized by HACU as a national leader in awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanics in several disciplines, including Psychology, Sociology, and Business. Westchester Magazine has also named Mercy the Best College in Westchester County in 2019, 2020, and 2022.
Mercy is committed to offering an inclusive learning environment to help a diverse student body set a course for their future. To support its student body, Mercy has been awarded a number of federal grants which enable us to better develop and deliver education to our students.
Mercy’s student body reflects the rich diversity of the New York metropolitan area. Enrollment, including full-time and part-time undergraduates and graduates, is approximately 8,800. Mercy students learn on campuses in Dobbs Ferry, the Bronx, and Manhattan as well as online.
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Mercy University strives to provide employees and their families with a comprehensive and valuable benefits package. We offer high-quality health care plans, retirement benefits, tuition discounts, flexible spending, and much more.
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