Nursing, Part-time Laboratory Assistant
- Employer
- University of Central Oklahoma
- Location
- Main Campus - Edmond, OK, 73034
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- Administrative Jobs
- Academic Affairs, Research Staff & Technicians, Institutional & Business Affairs, Health & Medical Services
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Job Location: Main Campus - Edmond, OK
Position Type: Staff
Salary Range: $20.45 - $20.45 Hourly
Job Category: OTRS Non-classified
DescriptionPosition Overview:
The Lab Assistant provides support to the Nursing Lab Manager in creating a quality learning experience for students and support to the faculty. This position is part-time late afternoons, evenings, and nights, 4pm-10 pm, 25 hours per week Monday through Thursday during the academic year, summer 25 hours per week, daytime hours to be arranged.
Special Instructions for Applicants:
Please include and upload a cover letter and resume.
College/Department Overview:
The College of Mathematics and Science currently has 135 full-time and over 70 part-time faculty in 7 academic departments. The College serves more than 2,900 undergraduate students in 27 majors and provides graduate programs in Biology, Applied Mathematical Science, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Computational Science, Computer Science, Engineering Physics, and Nursing. Accreditation/Certification is held by ABET, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the American Board of Funeral Service Education, and the American Chemical Society. UCO is an institutional member of the Council on Undergraduate Research. For further information see our website at http://www.uco.edu/cms.
Department Specific Essential Job Functions:
Various duties may include skills lab and simulation set-up and take down, annual equipment inventory and reporting, taking inventory, stocking supplies, maintain upkeep, maintaining the cleanliness of the labs and classroom areas, data entry, and software updates. Securing lab after hours.
Job Level:
Scope & Impact: This position is an intermediate-level position responsible for providing a variety of clerical/administrative support, or manual labor, tasks for an office or department. This position may have a minor to moderate impact on the operations of multiple work areas.Communication & Interaction: Routinely answers questions and provides information and data requested by individuals within or outside of the work area.Effective Knowledge: Demonstrates ability to operate independently with intermittent supervision for day-to-day operations.Problem Solving & Judgement: The job consists of repetitive manual tasks that are covered by specific procedures or close supervision.Budget Authority: May compile data for budget preparation.Policy & Procedure Authority: Primarily responsible for applying organizational policies and procedures and/or determining appropriate processes to follow.Reporting Relationships: Generally supports a manager or director-level leader, or a specific activity or function, and reports to a senior-level administrative professional.Qualifications Required:
Previous work experience in a similar work environment. References that indicate a positive work ethic, ability to work well with others in a supervised position, ability to work independently and demonstrate trustworthiness.
Qualifications Preferred:
Associate's degree preferred or one year of work experience in a similar work environment.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Possesses excellent communication and organizational skills. Interacts in a positive manner with students, faculty, and staff. Able to work independently. Maintains safety in the environment. Demonstrates basic computer shills for data entry. Desire to learn new skills.
Physical Demands:
Reasonable accommodations (in accordance with ADA requirements) may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Organization
The University of Central Oklahoma prepares future leaders in an opportunity-rich environment, ideally located in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Central offers an innovative learning community to its more than 17,000 students, where teaching comes first, a commitment seeded in the university's roots as a teaching college. Students at Central develop personal relationships with more than 450 full-time faculty, 450 adjunct faculty and over 850 staff, like 2008 U.S. Professor of the Year, Dr. Wei Chen, who are committed to transforming lives.
With 117 undergraduate majors and 59 graduate programs, Central is a smart investment for students dedicated to their future success. Notable academic programs include Forensic Science, Music Theatre, Mass Communications, Accounting, the region's only accredited Professional Golf Management program, Jazz Studies and the Academy of Contemporary Music at UCO, located in downtown Oklahoma City's Bricktown district.
Central's appealing 210-acre campus is on track to become a certified botanical garden, offering both a pleasing learning and living environment and a source of pride for students, employees and alumni. In fact, Central is ranked among the top universities nationally in residence life and as one of the top universities to work for by the "Chronicle of Higher Education." Central is also an official U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site, and hosted the 2010 World Sitting Volleyball Championships on campus. Founded in 1890, Central is the state's first public institution of higher learning, and continues to cultivate creativity and innovation in every corner of campus, bringing to life its core values of Character, Community and Civility each day.
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MISSION
The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) exists to help students learn by providing transformative education experiences to students so that they may become productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders serving our global community. UCO contributes to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of the communities and individuals it serves.
VISION
UCO will become one of the Top 10 metropolitan universities of our kind in the United States by providing a transformative education as well as development experiences that help learners achieve their highest level of leadership potential.
CALL TO ACTION
The University of Central Oklahoma transforms each student by focusing our resources on the Central Six tenets of transformative learning.
All students will be transformed with:
- Discipline Knowledge
- Leadership
- Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities
- Service Learning and Civic Engagement
- Global and Cultural Competencies
- Health and Wellness
Transformative learning is a holistic process that places students at the center of their own active and reflective learning experience.
About Edmond/Oklahoma City Metro
The University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, a part of the growing, thriving Oklahoma City metropolitan area. At Central, our students, faculty and staff get the best of both worlds - the "small town" feel of Edmond, with the big city excitement of the Oklahoma City metro. Both the Edmond and the Oklahoma City metro consistently rank nationally among the safest, most affordable and most exciting places to live. In fact, Edmond recently ranked among the best places to live in the nation by Money Magazine and Family Circle magazine, and Oklahoma City ranked sixth in the nation for the "Best Places for Young Adults" by Portfolio.com. From year-round arts, music and theater offering, to exciting sporting events like the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, to first class shopping, dining and more, Edmond and the Oklahoma City metro offer a diverse, active, culturally enriched lifestyle that's on the move to even bigger and better opportunities.
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