Part-Time Healthcare Lab Assistant: Education & Inventory

Piedmont Virginia Community College; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 23,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) is seeking a Healthcare Lab Assistant to support educational laboratory experiences in PVCC health programs. This part-time, non-benefitted role focuses on preparing and maintaining lab environments and managing extensive healthcare inventories.

The ideal candidate will assist with nursing program setups, maintain supplies, ensure sanitation, and collaborate with faculty and students to meet instructional needs.

Qualifications

• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook to organize information, maintain records, and communicate with others.
• Experience organizing, tracking, stocking, or maintaining supplies, equipment, or inventory in a workplace, educational, healthcare, or similar setting.
• Experience following detailed written and verbal instructions to accurately prepare materials, supplies, equipment, or workspaces for scheduled activities.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with multiple individuals or groups to meet deadlines and respond to changing priorities.
• Ability to safely lift, carry, move, and properly store supplies and equipment weighing up to 30 pounds.
• Experience in a healthcare clinical setting is considered a plus.
• Current or previous healthcare certification or licensure is a plus.
• Experience providing instruction or guidance to groups is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of procedures to support laboratory setup for healthcare programs, with a strong emphasis on nursing programs.
• Maintains detailed knowledge of supply and equipment inventory and assists with inventory organization and management.
• Applies appropriate sanitation techniques and laboratory safety practices.
• Quickly locates and prepares supplies and equipment as instructional needs arise.
• Cleans and maintains healthcare education laboratory spaces and equipment. Exposure to biological hazards is minimal.
• Communicates frequently with co-workers, supervisors, students, administrators, and faculty to discuss and plan detailed laboratory setup needs.
• Provides guidance to work-study students assisting with laboratory setup, cleanup, and inventory management.
• Refers non-routine issues to appropriate supervision.
• Demonstrates commitment to the educational quality and success of students in PVCC healthcare programs and to serving as a trusted, professional, and reliable resource for PVCC healthcare program faculty.
• Assumes broader and increasingly responsible assignments as competencies are developed

Skills

Inventory management

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Physical stamina

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) is seeking a Healthcare Lab Assistant to support educational laboratory experiences in PVCC health programs. This part-time, non-benefitted role focuses on preparing and maintaining lab environments and managing extensive healthcare inventories.

The ideal candidate will assist with nursing program setups, maintain supplies, ensure sanitation, and collaborate with faculty and students to meet instructional needs.