Job Description

Job Type: Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs): 9

Job Family: Laboratory Support

# of Open Positions: 1

Faculty/Service - Department: Anatomy Operations

Campus: Roger Guindon Hall

Union Affiliation: SSUO

Date Posted: August 28, 2023

Closing Date: September 08, 2023

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Hours per week: 35

Salary Grade: SSUO Grade 10

Salary Range: $75,743.00 - $95,678.00

About the Faculty of Medicine
Welcome to the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, the first and largest bilingual medical faculty in Canada. Our learners have access to state-of-the art facilities and specialized institutions as they learn alongside world-class physicians and scientists. Consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in Canada, our faculty is among the top faculties of medicine in the world for research impact in biomedical and health sciences.

Position Purpose:

Provides support as it relates to facilitating student-centered, self-directed learning in hands-on anatomy laboratories and in the medical program\xe2\x80\x99s case-based learning (CBL) sessions. Supports medical (and other) students in the shift from foundational science to clinical knowledge and skills development with opportunities to demonstrate communication skills and model professional behaviors in small group learning environments. The position may also require administrative support in outreach activities and to other learner groups as determined by the Manager of Research and Program Support or the Academic Lead for the Division.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Academic Activities: Under the supervision of Faculty members, program directors and course directors in the laboratory, act as a small group facilitator in laboratory sessions, using best practices to promote active learning and ensuring students meet their learning objectives. Guide students through self-directed hands-on learning for various medical courses (and electives, as required) and answer questions that may come up during the sessions. May be responsible for administering and marking in-lab quizzes, as needed. Acts as a Facilitator by guiding students through various steps of case-based learning where students devise solutions to various medical cases. Monitors student attendance and reports absences and any concerns to the Undergraduate Medical Education Office. Assess student performance in CBL sessions as part of the final course grade.

Specimen handling: Prepare solutions and take care of wetting specimens. Assist with embalming as required. Ensures proper care and handling of specimens during workshops.

Academic Laboratory support: Liaise with the Leader of Practical Examinations or course directors in the preparation for exams and provide administrative support on exam days as required. This may include taking attendance, distributing, and collecting exams as well as some proctoring. May be required to support prosectors with administrative tasks that support educational activities in the laboratory, including printing documents, updating computers, and marking quizzes. May be required to provide administrative support in terms of managing learner access of anatomical specimens and ultrasound equipment.

Lab Maintenance: Clean the anatomy lab, morgue and embalming rooms and lifts. Responsible for cleaning and organizing supply cabinets and library. Collect both regular and chemical waste and bring to appropriate areas for disposal. Clean and organize dissection tools, trays and prepare lab buckets for washing. Assist in setting up and cleaning before and after laboratories. Prepare lab coats for laundry services.

Administrative Support: Assist Senior Prosectors as required with maintaining and updating procedure manual. Ensure that embalming and other administrative laboratory records are up to date. Ensure that the laundry, embalming, and specimen rooms are fully stocked. Cross reference inventory logs to make sure that refrigerator and chemicals supplies are accurate. Support Senior Prosectors in maintaining up-to-date catalogue of anatomical specimens. Help to ensure safety and security requirements are met in the laboratory. Report concerns and or injuries to Program Director, course directors, or Prosection Team. This may include assistance with completing health and safety documents. Provide back up and support to Body Donation Officer in various tasks as required. This can include preparing letters, packages, and other administrative duties. May be required to provide assistance with accepting donations on evenings and weekends. May be required to provide support in relation to communicating with funeral homes and donor families.

Outreach activities: May be called upon to provide support during various outreach activities as well as in-house initiatives such as Open Doors and Discovery Days

What you will bring:

Essential Qualifications

Graduate Degree in the biomedical sciences

Minimum of 3 years of teaching support with recent experience working in human cadaveric laboratories

Other Qualifications

Knowledge of the Anatomy Act of Ontario.

Strong detailed and comprehensive knowledge of human anatomy.

Ability to be an active part of instructional and non-instructional activities.

Ability to communicate effectively and consider different approaches to meet learning outcomes.

Must be comfortable in the presence of cadavers and working in a morgue-like setting as well as tolerate chemicals used to fix the bodies.

Ability to lift 30-80 lbs utilizing PPE equipment and lifts as appropriate.

Strong understanding of Health & Safety protocols in order to prevent injuries.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Strong organizational skills.

Ability to function well in a team environment and be able to adhere to written standard operating procedures as well as follow verbal instructions.

Bilingualism \xe2\x80\x93 French and English (spoken and written)

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 \xe2\x80\x93 Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

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