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Laboratory Specialist- Virtual Hospital

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Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Location
PV - Health Science Institute, MO, MO
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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Community College
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About MCC

Metropolitan Community College is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas City, Missouri, founded in 1915 as the Kansas City Polytechnic Institute. The Junior College of Kansas City, as it was known starting in 1919, was one of the first schools in the country to award an associate degree. Today, MCC offers 125 associate degree and certificate programs.

Metropolitan Community College comprises five campuses on the Missouri side of the Greater Kansas City area 47 major buildings and about 550 acres in all: MCC-Blue River, located in Independence, Missouri; MCC-Longview located in Lee's Summit, Missouri, MCC-Maple Woods located in the Northland of Kansas City, Missouri; MCC-Online and MCC-Penn Valley, located in Midtown Kansas City, Missouri.

MCC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In addition, several programs have specific accreditations as well.

***MCC does not provide employer-paid sponsorships.

Job Summary

This role is designated to the Virtual Hospital simulation center to assist instructors, staff, faculty and students of the nursing and allied health programs, and coordinate simulation activities.

Essential Functions

  • Support the operational planning, scheduling, and delivery of simulation activities within the Virtual Hospital simulation center, under the direction of the Virtual Hospital Coordinator.
  • Responsible for record keeping, and policy and procedure documentation.
  • Responsible for Virtual Hospital scheduling, including: all internal simulation activities, all tour requests from internal and external groups, facility rental requests, part-time Simulation Specialists, and Standardized Patients.
  • Coordinate and oversee the setup and tear-down of simulation activities based on the approved schedule and the staffing requirements of the program.
  • Manage simulation supply inventory, including procurement, vendor coordination, and budget-aligned purchasing decisions, in collaboration with the VH Coordinator.
  • Maintain accreditation-related records and policies, coordinate the annual advisory board meeting, and ensure required documents are systematically stored and kept current.
  • Serve as primary liaison for external users, coordinating contracts, facility access, and ongoing partnerships in collaboration with legal counsel.
  • Coordinate assigned and routine laboratory activities, to include preparing laboratory schedules.
    • Conducts student tours and demos; responding to laboratory-related inquiries via phone or in person; and coordinating requests for equipment and supplies.
  • Prepare and submit purchase requisitions to appropriate departments or personnel; work may involve updating vendors on order status, compiling bid specification information, and making recommendations for equipment maintenance and purchase.
    • Assist with developing the departmental budget, to include assessing departmental needs and monitoring expenditures.Performs other duties as assigned.Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Physical Requirements

    Minimum Qualifications:

  • Associates degree*
  • One (1) year of work experience
    • *Minimum Education Qualification can be substituted with an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

    Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of computers and related software applications
  • Knowledge of inventory management principles
  • Skilled in using a computer and related software applications
  • Skilled in managing an inventory
  • Skilled in utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others sufficient to exchange or convey information

    • Physical Requirements
    Positions in this class typically require balancing, climbing, feeling, grasping, hearing, keyboarding, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, standing, stooping, talking, visual acuity, and walking. The work is at times sedentary but requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly.


    Organization

    Long before Kansas City looked the way it does today, a group of people believed the region needed a place where anyone could get an education that led somewhere. That belief became Kansas City Polytechnic Institute in 1915, and a few years later, the Junior College of Kansas City, one of the first schools in the country to award an associate degree. Over a century later, that same idea still drives the institution known today as Metropolitan Community College.

    MCC is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas City, Missouri, and that history isn't just a footnote. It's the foundation for a mission that hasn't changed: open doors, build skills, and help people move forward, whether that means a first degree, a career change, or a new trade learned close to home. Today, MCC offers 125 associate degree and certificate programs across five campuses on the Missouri side of the Kansas City area: Blue River, Longview, Maple Woods, Penn Valley, and MCC-Online, spanning 47 buildings and roughly 550 acres.

    But campuses and buildings only tell part of the story. What makes MCC matter is the people inside them, faculty who show up for students navigating school alongside jobs and families, staff who help someone find their footing, and colleagues who understand that this work changes the trajectory of a life. MCC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, and several of its programs carry additional specialized accreditation, a reflection of a place that takes its responsibility to students seriously without losing sight of why the work exists in the first place.

    For more than a hundred years, MCC has been part of how Kansas City grows and moves forward. The next chapter is being written now, by the people who choose to build their careers here. There's a place in that story for you.

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    8166041234
    Location
    3200 Broadway Blvd
     Kansas City
    MO
    64111
    United States
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