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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Onsite
Position Details
About the Role
We are seeking a dedicated Technical Officer (Clinical Simulation Focus) to support high-tech, hands-on training in our state-of-the-art simulation laboratories. Working closely with academic and clinical teams, you will help create realistic healthcare scenarios that prepare students for real-world practice in hospitals, surgeries, and other clinical environments. The role is responsible for setting up and maintaining the clinical skills labs for nursing, Midwifery, and Allied Health (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology) workshops for students, ensuring equipment and environments are ready for simulation-based learning.
This role is also responsible for:
During intensives, the incumbent will be expected to work a variety of shifts within a set roster, ranging from 7:30am – 3:30pm, 8:00am – 4pm and 12:30 – 8:30pm, with the occasional shift ending at 10:00pm.
Please refer to the attached position description, for a comprehensive list of roles and responsibilities.
About You
Your previous experience in a Nursing, Midwifery or Allied Health teaching laboratory, will prepare you for working with new and emerging simulation technologies within a high-tech simulation lab.
Your ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with colleagues as well as various internal and external stakeholders, is evident in your collaboration with manufacturers, and industry partners, ensuring minimal disruption to the students’ learning when maintenance support is required.
In this role you will also be able to demonstrate:
This position makes a significant contribution to the University’s strategic plan to changing 10 million lives, Every One Matters, by 2035 through supporting the learning requirements of students to develop invaluable hands-on practical skills in a real-world multidisciplinary environment
Life at Flinders
They say know your place. We say you've found it right here.
Flinders University was founded on the belief that learning should open minds, celebrate individuality and give people the freedom to pursue their own point of view. That spirit lives on in our community of thinkers, doers and changemakers who challenge convention, and each other, to shape what comes next.
Rising to a challenge is nothing new for Flinders. During our first 60 years, we’ve navigated revolutionary changes in social and cultural norms, and have responded to transformative economic, environmental and technological developments. Through it all, we’ve continued to deliver for our students and community, innovating in learning and research to prepare graduates for the changing world they help create.
Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them.
Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.
Prescribed Conditions for Employment
Appointment to this role is conditional on the completion of required pre-employment checks and declarations, each of which must be satisfactory to the University.
These include:
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Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:
15 Nov 2026At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
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