Coordinator II, Nursing Lab

Commitment to Mission

This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission of Lone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position. A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professional communication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect and accountability to LSC students and employees is essential.

• One LSC
• Student Focused
• Own It
• Foster Belonging
• Cultivate Community
• Choose Learning

The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work For®" is designed to recognize colleges that have been successful in creating great workplaces and to further research and understanding of the factors, dynamics and influences that have the most impact on organizational culture at higher education institutions.

Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 80,000+ students each semester. LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For® institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College.

The LSC-Tomball Health Science Building is a 60,000-square-feet three-story complex that houses the Surgical Technology, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Nursing and Pharmacy Technology programs. The facility provides numerous classrooms, a medical library, simulation labs, an operating room, a clean room, a sterile room and additional educational resources.

Location address is 700 Graham Dr., Tomball, TX 77375.

The Coordinator II, Nursing Lab will be responsible for creating and managing a multidimensional educational link between the nursing courses and the nursing laboratory/practical experience that will enable students to connect the rationale and theory for the skills they will perform in the clinical setting.

• Collaborates with faculty to create nursing laboratory schedules
• Maintains communication with faculty regarding lab assignments and nursing lab utilization & set-ups
• Assists with utilization and troubleshooting of simulators
• Keeps current with new technologies and safety regulations, directs and monitors laboratory safety protocols, conducts risk management assessments to proactively evaluate the physical environment of the nursing lab, and assists in maintaining compliance of all regulatory agencies of the college and nursing programs
• Maintains an accurate inventory and quality assurance of laboratory equipment and learning resources
• Orients students and faculty to the nursing lab and provides mentoring to students in Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Transition Nursing Program and Vocational Nurse (VN) Nursing Programs
• Participates in all System-Wide Nursing Lab Coordinator Committee meetings
• Coordinates with bookstore to order laboratory packs for students
• Collaborates on grant proposals to obtain additional funding to enhance nursing programs
• Assists with department budget preparation, tracks expenditures, and assures that discrepancies are resolved
• Coordinates, facilitates, and manages lab tours and events
• Analyzes and improves procedures/practices to ensure learning environment enhances students' intellectual and skills development
• Provides supervision and direction for part-time student workers
• Responsible for other reasonable related duties as assigned

• Experience, which demonstrates abilities in nursing practice, ability to mentor students in the lab settings
• Maintains Basic Life Support Certification for Health Care Workers
• Ability to work independently without close supervision, broad knowledge of the nursing sciences, successful handling of day-to-day operations of the nursing lab
• Ability to determine own approach to complete work
• Ability to organize work around broad organization and goals
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment that requires incumbent to be sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs
• Ability to perform professional-level work dealing with data, people, and technology that relates to…