Simulation Technician

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The Simulation Technician is a non-exempt staff member that will provide technical skills to support the use of simulation in the Simulated Environment Teaching Hospital (SETH) at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. The Simulation Technician is responsible for preparing and maintaining laboratory equipment, media, computer, and materials related to simulation learning and a virtual and simulated hospital/healthcare setting. This position provides technical support to the simulation administrators, faculty and staff, in addition to providing information and assistance to students and community members participating in simulation education.

Responsibilities
  • Providing direct support for simulation activities
    1. Embrace and advance the Catholic, Franciscan mission of the University by ensuring that all simulation activities are consistent with the mission and implemented so as to achieve its goals.
    2. Equipment setup and breakdown includes setting up patient simulators, task trainers, hospital equipment, supplies and audiovisual equipment.
    3. Patient simulators come with proprietary software to control all of the anticipated physiological changes. Simulation technicians program these changes and anticipated interventions. They also operate this software during simulation activities.
    4. Operating the software can either be on-the-fly (without or with minimal programming) or using existing programmed scenarios.
    5. Audiovisual support for courses can include the audiovisual equipment primarily used for live streaming and reviewing simulation activities, video production equipment, and other types of media for content delivery.
    6. Staging the scenario for simulated clinical scenarios.
    7. Simulator maintenance. Necessary maintenance could be as simple as the regular cleaning and replacement of disposal parts, or as complex as tracking down and electrical or networking issue (within warranty guidelines).
  • Coordination and Maintenance of SETH Facilities
    1. Inventory management and ordering of soft supplies and assets
    2. Technology (desktops, laptops, mobile devices) management, maintenance, and implementation within warranty guidelines
    3. Software (operating systems, applications, simulator software) management, maintenance, and implementation
    4. Administration and operation of learning/center management systems to record simulations, manage case information, collect faculty and standardized patient evaluations, track learner contact hours, and report on center data and utilization.
    5. Utilizing and maintaining medical equipment such as IV pumps, ventilators, anesthesia machines, standard defibrillators, and automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
    6. Staging the simulation by preparing and applying moulage – simulated injuries, wounds, bruising – to standardized patients and simulators
    7. Development and maintenance of case scenarios, setup guidance, utilization tracking, and career management documentation
    8. Research, purchase recommendations, and implementation of new technologies, simulators, and task trainers
    9. Assisting with technology and simulation best-practice training for faculty and staff, including safe simulation practices
    10. Program software to model simulators’ physiological responses to instructor specifications
    11. Support/assists in role playing applications, prop placements, and moulage set-up to create a virtual health care environment and experience.
Qualifications
  • Experience: Five (5) years of experience in a healthcare and/or IT setting; Additional job-related education may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.
  • Education: High school diploma
  • Special skills:
    • Ability to use audio/visual equipment, including video cameras
    • Experience in keeping records and inventories of laboratory supplies and equipment
    • Experience in maintaining simulation equipment and troubleshooting needs for repair
    • Proficiency in working with computer systems
    • Experience with varied laboratory conditions involving mechanical, electrical, lifting hazards, digital cameras and microphones
    • Experience with computerized systems
    • Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software
    • Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
    • Ability to use photo production equipment
    • Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously