Instructional Support Specialist – Nursing

Palomar College; San Marcos, Northern (CA, KY); Hybride; USD 66 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Insurance fully paid for employees and

Dependent benefits

25 paid holidays

Life/accident insurance

Résumé du poste

Palomar College is seeking an Instructional Support Specialist – Nursing to provide instructional assistance to nursing faculty and students in a complex simulation laboratory environment. The role oversees day-to-day lab activities, ensures safe operation of equipment, and supports instructors in developing and implementing instructional programs.

Responsibilities include tutoring, guiding students, maintaining a clean and safe learning environment, and managing lab inventory and budget.

Qualifications

• Experience providing instructional or tutorial assistance to students in nursing or related nursing work.
• Education equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Responsabilités

• Oversees nursing and simulation labs day-to-day activities; ensures equipment is safe and ready for use.
• Provides tutoring and guidance to students; supports instructors in lab setup and instructional materials.
• Maintains lab safety, inventory, and budget; coordinates supplies and requisitions.
• trains student employees and lab assistants; ensures safety procedures are followed.
• Supports simulation-based instruction and debriefing activities.

Connaissances

Tutoring

Lab supervision

Instructional support

Technical support

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Description du poste

Instructional Support Specialist – Nursing

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

The hiring committee will determine if interviews will be conducted in person at the College or via Zoom. Travel expenses are not reimbursed by the College. If a second-level interview is required, second-level travel reimbursement is only available for eligible candidates. HR will notify those who are eligible when second-level interviews are scheduled.

Position Information

Position Title

Position Title Instructional Support Specialist – Nursing

Department

Department Nursing Education

Primary Location

• Palomar College believes a healthy work-life balance can improve the physical, emotional, and mental health of our employees. In support of this belief, the District offers the opportunity to work remotely for certain positions, depending on the operational needs of the District and the provisions of the Remote Work Policy. Probationary employees are not eligible to work remotely unless approved by the Assistant Superintendent/Vice President, Human Resource Services. No employee is guaranteed the right to work remotely. No employee shall be authorized to work remotely 100% of the time unless approved by the Assistant Superintendent/Vice President, Human Resource Services.
• Palomar has multiple campus locations (San Marcos, Escondido, Rancho Bernardo and Fallbrook); training may occur at any of these locations and the work location is subject to change depending on future department needs.
• Potential future vacancies may include other District departments, locations, and/or work schedules (i.e. days, evenings or nights).

Full or Part Time

Full or Part Time Full-Time

Category

Category Classified

Hours per week 40

Number of Months

Number of Months 11 month

Work Schedule

• Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Occasional night and weekend hours may be required due to department needs.
• Schedule is subject to change depending on future department needs as course offerings, course assignments and class schedules/timing may shift each semester.

Grade

Grade 27

• $5,871.81 [step 1] – $7,134.00 [step 5]. Step placement may be negotiable within this range dependent upon education and experience.
• If you are a current employee who applies via the external recruitment process and is selected for a promotion, step placement on the new grade will be in accordance with the applicable District agreement/handbook.

Salary/Wage Frequency Monthly

In addition to a competitive compensation structure, Palomar College also offers an extremely generous benefits package.

• Insurance fully paid for employees and their eligible dependents: four medical plans, dental HMO , and the vision plan (additional plans are available that require employee buy up/monthly contribution)
• Vacation, sick leave and 25 paid holidays
• $80,000 employee term life/accident insurance policy (additional buy up options available)
• Employee long-term care insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan ( EAP ) – Confidential free counseling, financial, legal, personal and professional development resources for all members of your household
• Additional buy up options available for other voluntary insurance benefits
• Enrollment in CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System)

The estimated maximum value of this employer-paid benefits package is approximately $31,245.84 annually.

Primary Function

Provides instructional assistance tonursing faculty and students in a complex nursing education and simulation laboratory environment; oversees day-to-day activities of nursing skills and simulation labs, ensuring the safe operation of equipment and work processes and the safe use, storage and disposal of biohazardous materials; monitors the lab budget and requisitions chemicals, specimens, consumables and supplies to meet laboratory and instructional needs; provides lead oversight to short-term and student employees assigned to the labs; independently performs complex technical duties; assists instructors in developing and implementing instructional programs; maintains a clean, safe and orderly learning environment.

Minimum Qualifications

To be eligible for this position, you must meet and provide evidence of the following minimum qualifications:

• Experience: One year of experience providing instructional or tutorial assistance to students in nursing, or one year of related work experience in nursing.
• Note: For work experience, a “year” is defined as equivalent to 40 hours per week for 12 months.

AND

• Education: Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentials evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services ( NACES ) website at https://naces.org/ , or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. ( AICE ) website at http://aice-eval.org/ .

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Antiracism (DEIAA) Statement

Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and antiracism ( DEIAA ). We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following:

• Access – We make education possible for everyone.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – We recognize and respect diversity, seek to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, and strive to address inequities.

All positions require cultural competency which includes the sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Related coursework or degree from an accredited college or university
• Experience involving large inventory
• Experience ordering supplies or equipment

Licenses and/or Certificates

N/A

Supervision Received and Exercised

Supervision Received From: An Assigned Administrator or Supervisor

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions: Essential responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Oversees day-to-day activities in an assigned nursing and simulation laboratory; trains students in the setup, operation, use and maintenance of lab equipment, materials and resources; responds to student questions regarding laboratory procedures and requirements; organizes the preparation and reset of simulation scenarios, skills checkoffs, competency assessments, and laboratory activities; prepares simulation mannequins, task trainers, patient care equipment, and instructional materials; ensures labs are open and ready for use during scheduled hours and that equipment is in sound working order; ensures lab closing procedures are followed; maintains a clean, safe and orderly learning environment, including cleaning counters and washing, storing and restocking laboratory glassware, mannequins, and other lab supplies.
• May participate in selecting, scheduling, training and overseeing the work of student employees assigned to the lab; leads, assigns work; ensures completeness, accuracy and conformance with District/department/lab standards; provides training on work processes and technical laboratory procedures; prepares timesheets for supervisor to sign; assists in maintaining a fair and open work environment in accordance with the District’s commitment to teamwork, mutual trust and respect.
• Maintains the safety of the laboratory environment; provides instructional support and demonstrates safety procedures to lab assistants and students; monitors activities in the laboratory to ensure safety procedures are followed; inspects and maintains laboratory safety equipment and safety kits such as fire extinguisher, and safety kits; immediately reports any safety concerns and/or needed repairs to the supervisor and Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S); provides and documents annual safety training for staff, faculty and lab assistants; in coordination with EH&S, creates and updates safety manuals and handouts; serves as liaison for the annual safety inspection and takes action to correct any deficiencies identified; maintains and updates Material Safety Data Sheets ( MSDS ) notebooks as required by law.
• Assists instructors in developing new laboratory exercises; investigates equipment and supplies needed to conduct experiments; prepares cost estimates and recommends alternative methods if needed; participates on committees to evaluate the feasibility of implementing new curriculum and department priorities; develops, explains and demonstrates instructional materials and techniques applicable to an assigned laboratory.
• Supports simulation-based instruction by programming, operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining simulators, audiovisual systems, simulation software, electronic health record training systems, and related technologies; collaborates with faculty to prepare simulation scenarios and learning experiences; assists with simulation debriefing activities and maintains simulation records; maintains nursing equipment including mannequins, IV pumps, and other materials for laboratory use.
• Sets up various experiments, labs, and classroom demonstrations planned or requested by instructors; calculates, mixes, prepares, labels and stores a variety of laboratory materials; labels, safely stores and periodically arranges with the District’s Environmental Health and Safety department for the disposal of nursing materials and biohazardous materials generated during daily laboratory use.
• Operates, maintains, troubleshoots, calibrates, updates, and arranges for repair of simulation mannequins, task trainers, medical equipment, patient monitoring systems, audiovisual systems, and other specialized instructional technologies.
• Maintains inventory necessary to run and maintain nursing and simulation laboratories; coordinates equipment replacement schedules and vendor service agreements; monitors the laboratory budget; maintains and prepares requisitions to replenish an inventory of nursing equipment including mannequins, IV pumps, and other consumables and supplies to meet laboratory needs; prepares work orders for facilities repairs and upgrades and for the replacement and purchase of equipment.
• Provides tutoring assistance to students in assigned subject matter; provides clear and concise explanations and demonstrations to facilitate student understanding and reinforce instructors’ teaching; interprets and guides students through course and laboratory assignments; provides guidance to students on study skills; monitors and reviews student work and assignments and discusses student progress with instructors.
• Maintains compliance with applicable accreditation standards, nursing program requirements, infection prevention protocols, and simulation best practices; assists with preparation of reports, documentation, and evidence for accreditation reviews and program assessments.

Marginal Functions:

• Assists with special nursing program events, simulation competitions, skills fairs, community outreach activities, and healthcare workforce training initiatives.
• Performs related duties and responsibilities as required.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Nursing subject matter areas at the undergraduate level in the area of assignment including, where applicable, theory, concepts, nursing fundamentals, methods and processes, tools, equipment and instrumentation used in the nursing discipline.
• Advanced methods and practices of student instructional support and tutoring.
• Use and operation of computers with standard business and specialized software applicable to assigned areas of responsibility.
• Methods and procedures for diagnosing and resolving minor computer hardware and software problems in a classroom or laboratory environment.
• Principles and practices of sound business communication; correct English usage, including spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• District policies and procedures regarding budgeting and purchasing.
• Office practices and procedures, including recordkeeping.
• Sources of instructional support materials and aids to meet the needs of students and faculty in a nursing laboratory.
• State and federal regulations and laboratory standards, practices and procedures applicable to laboratory safety.
• District environmental safety policies and procedures and safety methods and practices applicable to the assigned laboratory including the disposal of biohazardous materials in accordance with state and federal requirements and lifting of heavy instruments, materials and study specimens.
• Principles and practices of nursing education and simulation-based learning.
• Operation and maintenance of healthcare equipment commonly used in nursing education to include simulation mannequins, task trainers, and simulation software.
• Infection prevention, standard precautions, and healthcare safety practices.
• Accreditation standards and regulatory requirements applicable to nursing programs.
• Electronic health record training systems and healthcare instructional technologies.

Skill in:

• Providing effective tutoring, instructional support and guidance to students in the nursing discipline; accurately, thoroughly and clearly answering students’ subject matter, equipment use and technology questions.
• Providing day-to-day administrative support and technical support to instructors in carrying out their responsibilities.
• Organizing, setting priorities and exercising sound independent judgment within areas of responsibility.
• Assigning and inspecting the work of student workers and lower-level staff.
• Training, demonstrating, inspecting, enforcing and monitoring safe work practices and safety compliance by instructors, staff, student employees and students in a nursing laboratory environment with biohazardous materialsand other hazards.
• Providing day-to-day technical support for computer hardware, peripherals and software in assigned laboratories/ centers.
• Providing guidance to students in the use and operation of specialized laboratory instrumentation, equipment, tools, hardware and software.
• Analyzing, interpreting, explaining and applying relevant laws, regulations, ordinances and policies.
• Operating a computer and other standard business and instructional equipment and using enterprise software and standard business software.
• Organizing and maintaining a variety of records and files.
• Maintaining sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, age, cultural, physical or mental disability, medical condition, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, nationality, race, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.
• Communicating clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Maintaining the confidentiality of student records and information.
• Using tact, discretion, courtesy and patience in dealing with sensitive and difficult students and situations.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with others encountered in the course of work.
• Operating, programming, troubleshooting, and maintaining simulation equipment and related technologies.
• Supporting simulation scenario implementation and debriefing activities.
• Applying infection control and healthcare safety procedures.
• Managing inventories of medical supplies, simulation equipment, and healthcare instructional resources.

Working Conditions

Environmental Conditions: The employee typically works in a classroom and laboratory environment and may be regularly exposed to biohazardousmaterials; extensive contact with students and faculty.

Physical Conditions: Essential and marginal functions may require physical fitness requirements necessary to perform the job functions with or without accommodation, such as the ability to walk and stand for prolonged periods; lift or move up to 50 pounds or more; and near visual acuity to operate equipment and read computer screens.

Terms of Employment

• The person selected for hire will be required to complete the following pre-employment requirements: live scan/fingerprinting, official transcript(s), and TB risk assessment. Other pre-employment requirements may be required depending on the position (i.e. certifications or licenses; see applicable job posting section for details). Successful completion of all pre-employment requirements is mandatory to be eligible for employment. These requirements are in accordance with the following Administrative Procedures and Board Policies: AP 7120 , AP 7125 , AP 7126 , AP 7127 , AP 7330 , BP 7330 , AP 7336 , AP 7337 , and BP 7335 .
• Full-time, 40 hours per week, 11 months per year.
• Please note, due to the working and physical conditions listed on this job posting, the person selected for hire will be required to complete a pre-employment physical, which includes a drug test. If selected, successful completion of all components of the physical is required to be eligible for employment.
• This position is specially-funded and its continuation is dependent upon the availability and/or continuation of funds.
• This position also carries a probationary period of six months from the date of hire.

Open Date 10/12/2026

Close Date 10/26/2026

Open Until Filled No

Posting Number P1090P

Additional Application Information

The hiring committee will determine if interviews will be conducted in person at the College or via Zoom. Travel expenses are not reimbursed by the College. If a second-level interview is required, second-level travel reimbursement is only available for eligible candidates. HR will notify those who are eligible when second-level interviews are scheduled.

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