Lab Demonstrator Opportunities

January 2025 - April 2025

• Lab time is scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays 10-1130 am;
•  and Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00pm – 3:30pm (with the exception of the Winter study break) throughout the term
• Total hours:  3 hours per week @ 12 weeks (up to 33-36 hours total)
• Location:  Halifax Campus

WORK ASSIGNMENT:  Lab demonstrators will co-facilitate the lab component of this course.  They will be responsible for demonstrating, teaching and assessing students in the following patient care skills fundamental to all professional streams of the BHSc program:  communication methods, vital signs, patient interview, oxygen therapy, patient transfer and body mechanics, patient care support equipment, standard precautions, isolation and sterile techniques, drug administration and venipuncture.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION:   Demonstrated proficiency in the above listed clinical skills is required (senior RSPT and NUMT students are encouraged to apply).  Successful applicants must be familiar with the BHSc curriculum, enjoy working with students and have good communication skills.  They should hold current certification of a Standard First Aid Course and CPR-C.

• Winter (January 2025 - April 2025) –12 sessions @ 2.5 hours in lab and 1-hour prep and clean up for labs #1-6 + initial and follow up meetings with the course instructor.
• Mondays and Wednesdays 1530 - 1800 
• Room 253 Bethune Building
• Total 44hrs

WORK ASSIGNMENT: Set-up/prepare equipment and/or site for the learning experience. Supervise, stimulate, challenge and monitor student performance in a nuclear medicine lab setting, ensuring that the lab exercise is as safe and as effective a learning experience as possible. Clean up of equipment/site after the learning experience.
Lab topics: operation of a dose calibrator, preparation and quality control of lyophilized kits using radioactive material, dose calculation, assay and dispensing techniques, organization of a radiopharmacy daily plan, receipt and storage of radioactive shipments and associated maintenance of records, contamination monitoring of workspace and personnel, in addition to dispensing and delivery of interventional medications.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: Relevant education and experience in nuclear medicine technology.  Good interpersonal skills required to work with students. Above average understanding of radiopharmacy subject matter. Current CAMRT certification. Undergraduate degree or higher preferred. Previous teaching experience is desirable.  The successful candidate must be authorized to handle radioactive material at Nova Scotia Health. Required radiation safety training can be provided, when necessary.

• January-April 2025, 12 lab sessions @ 3 hours in lab or clinical and 1 hour prep each  
• week for a total of 48 hours per lab section.
• Labs are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:30 – 11:30 in Room 1036b, Dickson Building.

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The lab demonstrator will co-facilitate the low-fidelity lab component of RSPT 1020 with the Professor of Record which consists of ten lab sessions inclusive of two clinical mornings at Capital Health and competency testing. Responsibilities include: set-up and preparation of equipment and the lab for the learning experience. The lab demonstrator will supervise, stimulate, challenge and monitor student performance ensuring that all learning experiences in the lab or clinical are safe and meaningful and organize cleanup of equipment/ lab and storage space immediately after the learning experience.
Lab topics: oxygen and aerosol therapy for adult and pediatric/neonatal populations, hi-flow nasal prongs, complete adult patient assessment inclusive of vitals, pulse oximetry, inspection, interview, palpation, percussion  and auscultation, incentive spirometry, introduction to bedside spirometry, preparation for clinical practicum I inclusive of non-invasive airway management, emergency resuscitation kits, intubation assist, patient transport and CPR review. Competency testing will be completed on above skills.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: a current active practicing license with the Nova Scotia College of Respiratory Therapists; recent clinical experience in respiratory therapy practice; good understanding of fundamental respiratory therapy instrumentation subject matter; knowledge of the respiratory therapy curriculum, enjoy working with students and have good communication skills. An undergraduate or master’s degree is preferred. Previous teaching experience is desirable.

• January-April 2025, 11 lab sessions for a total of 44 hours per lab section
• Hours include lab time, lab prep, and help with marking.
• Labs are held on Mondays & Tuesdays 12:30-15:30.

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The lab demonstrator will co-facilitate the lab component of RSPT 2050 with the Professor of Record, which consists of eleven lab sessions inclusive of competency testing. Responsibilities include set-up and preparation of equipment and the lab for the learning experience; supervise, stimulate, challenge and monitor student performance ensuring that all learning experiences in the lab are safe and meaningful; organize cleanup of equipment/ lab and storage space immediately after the learning experience; weekly grading of submitted labs.
Lab Topics:  Airway management (suctioning, bag-valve-mask, intubation, extubation, tracheostomy care and change), invasive vascular procedures (arterial line insertion and blood draws), ventilatory assistance (lung recruitment strategies) and adjunct therapies (bronchoscopy, proning, chest tubes and airway clearance adjuncts). Competency testing will be completed on intubation (adult/peds), suctioning (adult/peds), extubation (adult/peds), tracheostomy care, and tracheostomy change.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: A current active practicing license with the Nova Scotia College of Respiratory Therapists; recent clinical experience in respiratory therapy practice; good understanding of fundamental respiratory therapy subject matter; knowledge of the respiratory therapy curriculum, enjoy working with students and have good communication skills. An undergraduate or master’s degree is preferred. Previous teaching experience is desirable.