Educational Lab Manager

Educational Lab Manager

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Work type: Full-time Staff
Location: Grand Forks
Categories: Health Care/ Social Services

• $62,000+ Annual, Dependent on Experience, Exempt
• 40 hours per week
• This position will work onsite at UND Grand Forks, ND campus

• Support delivery of educational laboratory activities for MLS and HT programs
  • Collect and prepare laboratory specimens from artificial sources for student use
  • Coordinate collection and delivery of human specimens from health care institutions, utilizing appropriate biohazard precautions/protocol during shipping and transport
  • Maintain viability and purity of microorganism stock cultures
  • Accurately prepare reagents, media, stains, controls, calibrators, and other supplies required to facilitate laboratory activities
  • Prepare and put away laboratory equipment and supplies utilized in off-campus educational activities
  • Prepare HT slides for evaluation and/or digitization
  • Communicate with faculty to determine needs of educational lab sessions/activities
  • Demonstrate respect for and commitment to curricular decisions and related laboratory needs
  • Prepare, set-up, and take-down on-campus educational lab sessions/activities
  • Be present and participate in on-campus educational lab sessions/activities
  • Assist faculty in navigation of the biohazard lab space, supplies, and equipment
  • Prepare and present laboratory demonstrations
  • Communicate with students in a way that supports curricular design regarding laboratory performance and laboratory theory or skill-related questions
  • Maintain documentation related to educational laboratory activities including but not limited to Standard Operating Procedures and directions/notes for individual lab sessions
  • Grade student work and electronically enter grades for laboratory, distance, and/or on-campus courses
  • Recognize emergent situations that arise during laboratory activities, and initiate appropriate action(s) in response
• Manage laboratory operations for the School of Medicine & Health Sciences biohazard lab
  • Coordinate use of the biohazard laboratory with other Departments on campus
  • Maintain organization and cleanliness of the laboratories and equipment areas
  • Oversee upkeep, training/procedures, and troubleshooting for laboratory IT equipment
  • Assist the departmental Safety Officer in laboratory safety compliance activities
  • Maintain laboratory safety documentation (ex. MSDS sheets, biological lab manual)
  • Maintain updated chemical inventory
  • Maintain an up-to-date equipment inventory list in conjunction with the department administrative officer
  • Coordinate labeling of equipment according to UND policies
  • Create and maintain an inventory control system to ensure adequate supplies for carrying out laboratory education activities
  • Establish communication with University buying partnerships
  • Order, receive, and check-in equipment, reagents, and supplies
  • Manage all laboratory equipment performance and maintenance
• Coordinate and prepare laboratory staff for educational activities
  • Coordinate orientation and training of Teaching Assistants (TA) and other laboratory staff
  • Maintain the TA Handbook and other staff training documents
  • Coordinate scheduling of laboratory staff to ensure appropriate student/teacher ratios during educational activities
  • Identify and triage duties amongst participating staff to facilitate timely and supportive laboratory instruction
  • Mentor and provide feedback to laboratory staff to help them effectively and positively support students, faculty, and the program
• Manage digital slide and/or imaging technology for the Department of MLS
  • Create and maintain the digital specimen/image library
  • Identify imaging needs of faculty and explore options for securing the samples for digitization
  • Perform digitization of microscope slides using the available slide scanning system
  • Train department of MLS faculty and/or staff in digitization and imaging processes
  • Perform maintenance for digital slide and imaging technology
• Participate in other programmatic activities and initiatives
  • Manage Department of MLS social media accounts including development and posting of content, responding to inquiries/messages, and…