Simulation Lab Coordinator

About North Park

Founded in 1891, North Park University is a Christian university affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church of over 3,200 students from around the country and the world.

North Park University is located in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, one of the most ethnically diverse zip codes in the United States. It is nine miles from downtown Chicago. The North Park campus has often been referred to as an oasis in the heart of the city – a place where students from urban, rural, and suburban backgrounds alike can call home. And all of this within the major metropolitan backdrop of Chicago: one of the world’s largest and most diversified economies, renowned for its museums and music, and voted best large city in the U.S. for four years in a row by Condé Nast Traveler.

Mission

The mission of North Park University is to prepare students for lives of significance and service through education in the liberal arts, professional studies, and theology.

Vision

Building on our core institutional identity—Christian, city-centered, intercultural—our vision is to create a university of uncommon character and enduring excellence, where faith, learning, and service meet.

Position Summary
The Simulation Lab Coordinator for the School of Nursing uses and maintains the simulation lab and its equipment. This full-time position oversees the maintenance of the equipment, works under the direction of the Director of Simulation Education, and collaborates with faculty and other simulation staff. Interfaces with external contractors and NPU IT to maintain manikins and equipment well. Reports to the Director of Simulation Education.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Follows policies and procedures set forth by the School of Nursing and Health Sciences and the simulation lab.
• Collaborates with simulation staff and SNHS faculty to ensure smooth facilitation of lab activities
• Independently operate numerous pieces of simulation technology, including high fidelity simulator manikins, video recording equipment, and virtual reality headsets.
• Possesses sufficient knowledge of commonly used medical terms and pieces of healthcare equipment.
• Participates in facilitating simulation scenarios by providing room orientations to student participants, assisting in identifying needed roles, and providing the voice, sound effects, and emotions for the simulated patient.
• Creates realistic looks for the manikins or standardized patients by dressing them according to the simulation case specifics and incorporating moulage (make-up or fake bodily fluids) as needed.
• Maintains the simulation and skills lab spaces by setting out needed supplies and equipment for scheduled activities, programming simulation patient scenarios and setting up the control rooms, printing supportive documents and checklists, performing regular supply inventory, and putting supplies away in their designated storage areas when not in use
• Maintain records, including the number of students, faculty, or hospital staff participating in simulation; video release forms; videotapes of simulation events; and confidentiality forms. 
• Maintain lab technology and equipment by cleaning equipment and storing equipment in the appropriate places.
• Communicates with university departments and/or external vendors for technical support with malfunctioning technology and equipment.
• Conducts and/or schedules yearly preventative maintenance on simulators and other simulation lab equipment.
• Works with program directors and faculty to schedule simulation activities
• Collaborates with external vendors and the Director of Simulation Education to order new supplies and equipment.
• Provide tours to prospective students and university/community stakeholders.
• Orients newly hired simulation technicians to simulation lab operations, including simulator operation and simulation facilitation.
• Perform other duties as assigned in the skills lab as needed.

Work Schedule Expectations: Full-time, Monday through Friday, able to work variable hours and days, some evenings, and/or occasional weekends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Understanding and personal commitment to the University’s mission of Christian higher education.
• Excellent composition skills, including mastery of the principles of grammar, are required.
• Successfully uses multiple software programs independently. Software may include Microsoft Office, applications such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access, email, and web browsers.
• The ability to accomplish substantial work and deal effectively with various faculty, staff, students, and the public. Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-demand environment.  Assumes initiative in carrying out assigned tasks.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and competency. Excellent organizational skills; self-motivated, resourceful, and dependable. Able to effectively prioritize.
• Budget management experience preferred.
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree

• Personal commitment to North Park's mission of Christian higher education
• Computer & multimedia proficiency
• Takes the initiative to identify tasks that need to be done, is a self-starter, and can work independently
• Maintains confidentiality
• Excellent interpersonal relationship, customer service, and communication skills
• Detailed oriented
• Able to respond efficiently to faculty and student requests
• Able to work under pressure
• Ability to effectively manage time
• Team player

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in health sciences or healthcare
• Previous experience with high-fidelity simulators

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Prescription Plan
• Flexible Spending Account
• Commuter Benefit
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Tuition Remission
• Helwig Recreation Center