Position Title: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Clinical Lab Assistant

Department: WIT-Emergency Medical Tech

Advertised Pay: $25.00/hour

Campus Location: Washburn Tech

Application Deadline:  Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by August 17, 2025.

Position Summary: The Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Clinical Lab Assistant supports the instructors of the EMT program at Washburn Tech by providing assistance with exams and evaluating student performance in the lab setting.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
• Assist with the exam process for EMT students including administration and proctoring of exams
• Maintain a positive learning environment
• Develop and maintain working relationships and constructive interaction with other technical instructors, both in the program and across the institution, and personnel of the school, cooperating agencies and community groups.
• Adheres to established institutional and departmental policies and procedures and relevant quality and safety standards.
• Assists in the teaching of practical learning experiences with the occasional request to teach didactic.
• Direct, guide and evaluate student performance in a laboratory setting

Required Qualifications:
• Two years of experience as an EMT, AEMT, Paramedic or military experience equivalent to two years of experience as an EMT.
• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
• EMT Certification

Preferred Qualifications:
• Teaching experience at the post-secondary level.

Hourly, Part-time, Temporary, Hours Vary  
Background Check Required