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January 2025 - April 2025

• Lab time is scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00-1130;
•  and Tuesdays and Thursdays 14:00pm – 15:30 (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/Fenwick Medical Centre

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.

• 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 15:30 - 18:00; Wednesdays 17:30-20:00
• 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.