Simulation Center Assistant - Visalia, CA

Company Description

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.

Job Description

The Simulation Center Assistant assists with the setup of simulation and skills labs learning environments for nursing programs within the Unitek Learning family of colleges, including those offered through hospital partnerships. This position will contribute to the development and continuous improvement of procedures and operations of simulation and skills labs. Additionally, this role will support all on-site educational operations by proctoring exams, participating in scheduling activities, and performing other related duties.

• Supports faculty and students to achieve clinical learning in simulated patient care environment.
• Prepares and maintains skills lab and simulation patient care environments with equipment, supplies, media, computers, and materials needed to replicate virtual healthcare settings.
• Participates in planning and scheduling for students and faculty by ensuring open lab and structured lab utilization times are available, communicated, and appropriately resourced.
• Supports test proctoring and scheduling for students.
• Maintains accurate records of student rosters and student attendance records as needed.
• Coordinates with faculty and assists in supervising students to ensure that lab experiences meet objectives.
• Ensures students and faculty/staff have assistance and oversight in the skills lab and simulation centers as needed.
• Collaborates on ordering and maintaining inventory of all simulation lab supplies, equipment, furniture, models, AV equipment and laboratory manuals; recommends purchase of lab equipment and supplies; and maintains a clean fully equipped nursing skills and simulation lab.
• Provides simulation equipment care and maintenance, including troubleshooting and repair as required.
• Participates in national lab and simulation forums and conferences as appropriate to maintain current knowledge base and ability to assess lab and simulation operational effectiveness.
• Demonstrates customer service, collaboration, communication, attendance and general professionalism.
• Completes duties in a timely manner, including, but not limited to:  set up, implementation, documentation, tracking of student and faculty lab utilization.
• Perform special projects as assigned.

Pay Range: $25-$28/hr DOE.
Must be comfortable traveling between partnership sites.
Must be able to work evenings/weekends. 

Qualifications

• High School diploma with experience in any of the following areas paramedic, medic, EMT, emergency tech, CNA, or hospital technician is required.  Associate degree in healthcare field preferred.
• Intermediate computer knowledge, advanced preferred
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Experience in customer service and strong communication skills
• Able to balance multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Able to express technical information clearly and simply to non-technical individuals.
• 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.

Additional Information

We Offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year.  Increasing based on years of service with company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.