Health Professions Resource Specialist

Health Professions Resource Specialist

Location: Utica, NY

Job Type: Full-Time, 10-Month

Mohawk Valley Community College provides accessible, high-quality educational opportunities to meet the diverse needs of our students. We are the community's college, committed to student success through partnerships, transfer and career pathways, and personal enrichment.

The College is looking for exceptional colleagues to join the MVCC community. We are currently seeking a Health Professions Resource Specialist in our School of Health Sciences. The Health Professions Resource Specialist supervises the Health Professions Resource Center and reinforces learned content and skills with individual students. They are responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating strategies to improve student retention in all the Health Profession Programs.

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Inventories and orders supplies as needed;
• Maintains equipment, supervises service contracts, maintains sharps policy/contract;
• Coordinates with all Health Professions faculty the weekly laboratory practicums/schedule;
• Schedules the Skill Proficiency Examination in coordination with lab faculty;
• Supervises and assists students practicing nursing skills, logging required lab hours;
• Assists students requiring medication calculation remediation;
• Participates on nursing and department meetings/committees;
• Collaborates with Health Professions faculty to identify at-risk students, to create improvement plans, monitor progress, and document outcomes;
• Develops learning strategies with students to reinforce content and skills;
• Coordinates open laboratory hours to meet student needs;
• Represents the College/Department at local health fair showcases, informational sessions and local marketing functions as required;
• Tracks student required community events and post possible opportunities for community events;
• Remains current with skills in collaboration with faculty;
• Arranges for senior nursing student pictures/composite and member of the nursing pinning committee;
• Assists with proctoring of exams as available;
• Maintains records of Proctored ATI assessments among all nursing classes and place reports in binder monthly;
• Meets with Coordinators/Associate Dean to discuss mutual concerns/problems as they pertain to the functioning of the Health Professions Resource Center;
• Performs other duties related to this job description and as assigned by the Dean for the School of Health Sciences.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm

Hours per week: 35

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Current New York State RN license
• Organized with good communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current with skills/recent clinical experience

Additional Information:

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements.
• Offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.

We encourage applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and have transferable skills to apply. If you have related experience that may not align perfectly with the job description, we'd still like to hear from you.

To learn more about MVCC, our culture, and employee benefits, please visit: https://www.mvcc.edu/about/discover

Special Instructions to Applicants: Official academic transcripts required upon hire.

Salary: $47,138 (as of 9/1/2026)

For full consideration, apply by: 8/17/2026

Mohawk Valley Community College is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and diversity. MVCC maintains an inclusive learning environment in which students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse, multi-cultural, and global worldview. We value the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. We are committed to preparing students to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in a world made up of people with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds, religious beliefs, socio-economic status, cultural traditions, different abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.