OVERVIEW: The Lab Assistant serves as a lab resource for students while they perform lab tasks. It is not the expectation that the Lab Assistant acts as an instructor, but rather the Lab Assistant is responsible for lab supervision and assessment of the students participating in hands-on labs. The Lab Assistant connects the classroom and the hands-on area, guiding students to manage lab assignments, meet course outcomes, and articulate areas of opportunity and concern to the faculty member of record for the course.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- On-site supervision and assessment of students during lab.
- Manage students' progress on assignments.
- Validate completed lab tasks.
- Communicate students' compliance and work back to the faculty member.
- Assess students’ compliance.
- Facilitate students' orientation to the lab.
- Demonstrate understanding and uphold the policies and procedures of Southeastern College and the program.
- Assist with the evaluation of students’ class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Issue written and oral instructions; assign duties and examine work for exactness, neatness, and conformance to policies and procedures.
COMPETENCIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the:
Intellectual:
- Gather and analyze information skillfully.
- Coordinate projects.
- Communicate changes and progress.
- Manage project team activities.
- Share expertise with others.
Interpersonal:
- Manage difficult or emotional customer situations.
- Respond promptly to customer needs.
- Solicit customer feedback to improve service.
- Respond to requests for service and assistance.
- Meet commitments.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations.
- Listen and get clarification.
- Respond well to questions.
- Participate in meetings.
- Exhibit objectivity and openness to others' views.
- Give and welcome feedback.
- Support everyone's efforts to succeed.
- Write clearly and informatively.
- Edit work for spelling and grammar.
- Vary writing style to meet needs.
- Present numerical data effectively.
- Able to read and interpret written information.
Leadership:
- Take responsibility for subordinates' activities.
- Make self available to staff.
- Foster quality focus in others.
Organization:
- Demonstrate knowledge of EEO policy.
- Show respect and sensitivity for cultural differences.
- Promote a harassment-free environment.
- Treat people with respect.
- Keep commitments.
- Inspire the trust of others.
- Work with integrity and ethically.
- Uphold organizational values.
- Follow policies and procedures.
- Complete administrative tasks correctly and on time.
- Support organization's goals and values.
- Benefit organization through outside activities.
- Support affirmative action and respect diversity.
Self Management:
- Be consistently at work and on time.
- Ensure work responsibilities are covered when absent.
- Arrive at meetings and appointments on time.
- Follow instructions and respond to management direction.
- Take responsibility for own actions.
- Keep commitments.
- Commit to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.
- Complete tasks on time or notify the appropriate person with an alternate plan.
- Set and achieve challenging goals.
- Demonstrate persistence and overcome obstacles.
- Measure self against standard of excellence.
- Take calculated risks to accomplish goals.
- Prioritize and plan work activities.
- Use time efficiently.
- Approach others in a tactful manner.
- React well under pressure.
- Treat others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.
- Accept responsibility for own actions.
- Follow through on commitments.
- Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness.
- Look for ways to improve and promote quality.
- Apply feedback to improve performance.
- Monitor own work to ensure quality.
- Observe safety and security procedures.
- Determine appropriate action beyond guidelines.
- Report potentially unsafe conditions.
- Use equipment and materials properly.
Language, Math and Reasoning:
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals. Ability to write reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, and TRAINING:
- Graduate of a certificate/diploma program from college or technical school in Surgical Technology; and two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
- Must possess the credentials required for a professional in the field (i.e. CST, RMA, etc.)
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and/or use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk and/or talk or hear.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste or smell.
VISION REQUIREMENTS:
- There are no special vision requirements.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- This position works in an environment with moderate noise level. (Examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic.)
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in high precarious places.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of radiation.
Note: This is a Per Diem position with day and evening shifts available.
Nothing in this job specification restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.
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