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Application Deadline: July 28, 2021

PAY RATE: $20 per hour (These positions will not be included in the CUPE Bargaining Unit)

01 POSITION:  Lab Demonstrator (NUMT 1000, Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine)

Fall (September-December 2021) –12 sessions @ 2 hours in lab and 1 hour prep
Tuesdays and Thursdays:  1730-1930: VG Nuclear Medicine Department
Total of 36 hrs

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. Post relevant images or information on course site in a timely manner. Lab topics: Operation of radiation detectors, uptake probe spectrum and energy resolution, well counter geometry and sensitivity. Gamma cameras to include: collimator resolution and sensitivity; acquisition and analysis of planar and SPECT imaging; as well as routine quality control procedures.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: Relevant education and experience in nuclear medicine technology.  Interpersonal skills and timely communication required for interactions with students and faculty.  Expertise of fundamental instrumentation subject matter essential. Current NSCMIRTP registration and CAMRT membership required. Undergraduate or master's degree preferred. Previous teaching experience is desirable.

02 POSITION: Lab Demonstrator (NUMT 1010, Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation I)

September-December 2021, 12 sessions @ 2 hours in lab and 1 hour prep
Monday and Wednesdays: 1600-1800: VG Nuclear Medicine Department
Total of 36 hrs

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. Post relevant images or information on course site in a timely manner. Lab topics: SPECT phantom data acquisition and processing, image data manipulation, reconstruction methods, application of filtering and motion correction, quality control assessment of phantom images and SPECT center of rotation.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: Relevant education and experience in nuclear medicine technology.  Interpersonal skills and timely communication required for interactions with students and faculty. Expertise of fundamental instrumentation subject matter essential. Current NSCMIRTP registration and CAMRT membership required. Undergraduate or master's degree preferred. Previous teaching experience is desirable.

POSITION 03:  Lab Demonstrator RSPT 1000.03, Respiratory Therapy Instrumentation and Techniques

September-December 2021, 10 lab sessions for a total of 40 hours for the term which will include lab time, lab prep, l​​and marking.  There is no lab on Nov. 11th due to the Dalhousie Fall Study Break.
Labs are held on Thursdays, 8:30 am – 11:30 am

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The lab demonstrator will co-facilitate the low-fidelity lab component of RSPT 1000 with the Professor of Record which consists of ten 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; and weekly grading of submitted labs.

LAB TOPICS:  non-ventilatory equipment recognition, pipelines/station outlets/flowmetering devices, medical gas cylinders, oxygen analyzers, patient assessment inclusive of vitals, pulse oximetry, inspection, interview and auscultation, humidifiers and nebulizers. Competency testing will be completed on medical gas cylinders, oxygen analyzers and pulse oximetry.

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.

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Please apply with a current CV, specifying the position(s) of interest by the application deadline to:

Irene Fitzgerald, Administrative Manager
School of Health Sciences, Dalhousie University
irene.fitzgerald@dal.ca

All offers of employment are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the courses and approval by the University.

Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information, please visit www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity.

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for follow-up will be contacted.