Long Island University
Manager of Clinical Skills Lab and Simulation Center
Long Island University, New York, New York, us, 10261
Manager of Clinical Skills Lab and Simulation Center
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Basic Function And Scope Of Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation Lab, working both independently and collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students, the Manager of Clinical Simulation and Skills Laboratory Operations supports and supplements the curricular and professional learning needs of students through the application of simulation and other learning technology modalities.
Manages the day‑to‑day and long‑range operations and maintenance of the clinical skills, health assessment, and simulation facilities and inventories.
Supports the use of these facilities by faculty who develop and conduct experiential and other learning activities.
Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Simulation and Skills Laboratory and simulation faculty.
Coordinates and oversees student workers, graduate assistants, standardized patients/participants (SPs), and others who perform job tasks that support operations; implements and administers policies, procedures, protocols, and data reporting to support strategic decision‑making and sustainable growth; and contributes to the strategic growth of the function and the school to deliver exceptional services to our students.
Principle Responsibilities
Oversees the operations of all clinical skills and simulation laboratory facilities and resources to ensure safety, cleanliness, and organization, promoting safe and collegial practices.
Oversees and coordinates laboratory resources staff to ensure that the proper equipment and supplies are in the proper rooms at the proper times and in working order; establishes, administers, and maintains policies and procedures that dictate the overall operations of the facilities.
Schedules lab facilities, resources, and staff to support curricular and extra‑curricular use by faculty and students.
Advises, consults with, guides, and otherwise assists faculty and supervises students in their use of the laboratory facilities and resources.
Conducts or arranges maintenance and repair of facilities and equipment.
Administers inventory controls, supports purchasing (including requesting quotes from vendors and suppliers), and facilitates maintaining necessary stocks of consumables to support Director of Simulation Center.
Job Description
Strategically plans and facilitates utilization, growth, and efficacy of clinical skills and simulation facilities.
Oversees database management; partners with faculty and administration to establish protocols and mechanisms that define, track, and report on utilization and outcomes; collaborates with faculty and Director of Simulation Lab to develop and implement experiential learning activities that utilize the clinical skills and simulation facilities.
Problem‑solve to optimize operations and support ongoing quality improvement.
Supports the use of media hardware and software, oversees content acquisition, distribution, storage, and extinction, and serves as a resource for all video and audio concerns; establishes, administers, and maintains a backup data plan.
Advises on the application and integration of educational technologies and technology‑enhanced learning events to encourage the performance of particular skills and support the attainment of particular learning objectives.
Assures that users adhere to established operational policies and protocols.
Identifies and advocates for resources needed for successful operations.
Supports, researches, evaluates, and recommends innovative and appropriate simulators, applications, and other technologies and equipment.
Represents the school on/at university committees, activities, and events, as well as external user groups, conferences, and other professional meetings.
Promotes both internally and externally the facilities, capabilities, value, and accomplishments.
Sustains awareness of trends in simulation through employer‑provided/supported membership and attendance of conferences and other professional meetings, journal subscriptions, and networking.
Participates in inter‑professional learning activities that encourage and develop skills that support patient‑centered, team‑delivered, and interdisciplinary care.
Assists the Director of the Simulation Lab with: periodic reporting to senior administration, equipment purchasing and budgeting for attainment and maintenance of accreditation and of individual and facility simulation certifications, hiring, orienting, and training of personnel, technicians, and educators, and other special projects, initiatives, related duties as assigned.
Education and Training
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Education, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, or Information Technology required; Master's degree preferred.
Current clinical state license or certification preferred.
Expected to earn within 3 years of hire, then maintain, a CHSOS, CHSE, CHSE‑A, or comparable certification; CHSOS, already acquired, preferred.
Experience, Skills, Knowledge
Knowledge of medical terminology required; knowledge of medical equipment and supplies preferred.
Experience in clinical care required.
Experience in health professions higher education or in operations or project management required, including purchasing, accounts payable, reconciliation, budgets, scheduling, coordination, record keeping, and reporting.
Experience with simulation technologies, such as anatomic models, task trainers, full‑body patient simulators required; screen‑based and virtual reality preferred.
Experience with simulation hardware and software required; design, development, and dissemination of technology‑based learning products and interventions preferred.
Participation and leadership in professional associations preferred.
Qualities
Productive and resourceful, independently and as a team member; interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships across all organizational levels among faculty, students, staff, administration, vendors, contractors, and consultants.
Effective verbal and written communication with, among, and between technical, non‑technical, clinical, non‑clinical, and administrative colleagues and others.
Service oriented, collaborative, curious, flexible, adaptable, reliable, professional, quality‑driven, internally motivated, self‑initiator, timely, meticulous, and discreet; able to adjust schedule as activities dictate.
LIU is an equal opportunity employer. LIU is committed to extending equal opportunity in employment to all qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. LIU encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States.
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Basic Function And Scope Of Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation Lab, working both independently and collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students, the Manager of Clinical Simulation and Skills Laboratory Operations supports and supplements the curricular and professional learning needs of students through the application of simulation and other learning technology modalities.
Manages the day‑to‑day and long‑range operations and maintenance of the clinical skills, health assessment, and simulation facilities and inventories.
Supports the use of these facilities by faculty who develop and conduct experiential and other learning activities.
Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Simulation and Skills Laboratory and simulation faculty.
Coordinates and oversees student workers, graduate assistants, standardized patients/participants (SPs), and others who perform job tasks that support operations; implements and administers policies, procedures, protocols, and data reporting to support strategic decision‑making and sustainable growth; and contributes to the strategic growth of the function and the school to deliver exceptional services to our students.
Principle Responsibilities
Oversees the operations of all clinical skills and simulation laboratory facilities and resources to ensure safety, cleanliness, and organization, promoting safe and collegial practices.
Oversees and coordinates laboratory resources staff to ensure that the proper equipment and supplies are in the proper rooms at the proper times and in working order; establishes, administers, and maintains policies and procedures that dictate the overall operations of the facilities.
Schedules lab facilities, resources, and staff to support curricular and extra‑curricular use by faculty and students.
Advises, consults with, guides, and otherwise assists faculty and supervises students in their use of the laboratory facilities and resources.
Conducts or arranges maintenance and repair of facilities and equipment.
Administers inventory controls, supports purchasing (including requesting quotes from vendors and suppliers), and facilitates maintaining necessary stocks of consumables to support Director of Simulation Center.
Job Description
Strategically plans and facilitates utilization, growth, and efficacy of clinical skills and simulation facilities.
Oversees database management; partners with faculty and administration to establish protocols and mechanisms that define, track, and report on utilization and outcomes; collaborates with faculty and Director of Simulation Lab to develop and implement experiential learning activities that utilize the clinical skills and simulation facilities.
Problem‑solve to optimize operations and support ongoing quality improvement.
Supports the use of media hardware and software, oversees content acquisition, distribution, storage, and extinction, and serves as a resource for all video and audio concerns; establishes, administers, and maintains a backup data plan.
Advises on the application and integration of educational technologies and technology‑enhanced learning events to encourage the performance of particular skills and support the attainment of particular learning objectives.
Assures that users adhere to established operational policies and protocols.
Identifies and advocates for resources needed for successful operations.
Supports, researches, evaluates, and recommends innovative and appropriate simulators, applications, and other technologies and equipment.
Represents the school on/at university committees, activities, and events, as well as external user groups, conferences, and other professional meetings.
Promotes both internally and externally the facilities, capabilities, value, and accomplishments.
Sustains awareness of trends in simulation through employer‑provided/supported membership and attendance of conferences and other professional meetings, journal subscriptions, and networking.
Participates in inter‑professional learning activities that encourage and develop skills that support patient‑centered, team‑delivered, and interdisciplinary care.
Assists the Director of the Simulation Lab with: periodic reporting to senior administration, equipment purchasing and budgeting for attainment and maintenance of accreditation and of individual and facility simulation certifications, hiring, orienting, and training of personnel, technicians, and educators, and other special projects, initiatives, related duties as assigned.
Education and Training
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Education, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, or Information Technology required; Master's degree preferred.
Current clinical state license or certification preferred.
Expected to earn within 3 years of hire, then maintain, a CHSOS, CHSE, CHSE‑A, or comparable certification; CHSOS, already acquired, preferred.
Experience, Skills, Knowledge
Knowledge of medical terminology required; knowledge of medical equipment and supplies preferred.
Experience in clinical care required.
Experience in health professions higher education or in operations or project management required, including purchasing, accounts payable, reconciliation, budgets, scheduling, coordination, record keeping, and reporting.
Experience with simulation technologies, such as anatomic models, task trainers, full‑body patient simulators required; screen‑based and virtual reality preferred.
Experience with simulation hardware and software required; design, development, and dissemination of technology‑based learning products and interventions preferred.
Participation and leadership in professional associations preferred.
Qualities
Productive and resourceful, independently and as a team member; interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships across all organizational levels among faculty, students, staff, administration, vendors, contractors, and consultants.
Effective verbal and written communication with, among, and between technical, non‑technical, clinical, non‑clinical, and administrative colleagues and others.
Service oriented, collaborative, curious, flexible, adaptable, reliable, professional, quality‑driven, internally motivated, self‑initiator, timely, meticulous, and discreet; able to adjust schedule as activities dictate.
LIU is an equal opportunity employer. LIU is committed to extending equal opportunity in employment to all qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. LIU encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States.
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