Clinical & Lab Technologist
Overview
The Clinical & Lab Technologist (CLT) will be responsible for the application of specialized technical
and practical skills to support undergraduate BScN students, clinical instructors, and faculty/staff by
facilitating quality learning environments and experiences that bridge the gap between nursing theory,
hands-on lab experiences, and clinical nursing practice.
Responsibilities
This position is tasked with activities such as support of nursing students, faculty, staff, clinical and
lab instructors, and management of multiple nursing lab spaces. This role oversees all student and
clinical instructor lab/clinical onboarding and orientations and ensures consistency across lab/clinical
course communication to students and clinical/lab instructors. The CLT is responsible to assist faculty
to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate clinical and lab course experiences that adhere to Senate
approved requirements. May assist with Return to Clinical (RTC) simulations, and activities tailored to
recruitment of prospective students. Also, may be responsible, in collaboration with faculty, for on-site
clinical visits and follow up as required for student remediation of clinical knowledge and/or skills,
including alternative planning for missed clinical/lab time and practice labs. Further, the CLT may be
asked to sit on both internal and external committees with clinical partners as needed. Other duties
may be assigned as required, per the Director, School of Nursing.
Qualifications
The successful candidate must possess a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (or equivalent) and relevant
practice as a Registered Nurse. The CLT must be registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario
with an unrestricted license. The CLT position requires knowledge of educational strategies/theories,
and understanding of how to create/facilitate learner-centered environments in nursing, such as that
acquired through graduate education studies. The CLT position requires knowledge of clinical nursing
and professional nursing communication. The CLT position requires use of standard computer
software including, but not limited to, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office (creation of documents and
presentations), Excel, and Adobe Acrobat DC (fillable PDFs). The CLT position requires knowledge of
various Lakehead University procedures and policies (e.g., School of Nursing policies, Student Code
of Conduct, etc.). Knowledge of research and scholarship principles are also required in the position
of CLT due to requirements for high levels of faculty collaboration.