Faculty Immersive Simulation Facilitator

Grand Canyon University • Phoenix, AZ

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Grand Canyon University (GCU), a leading institution in Phoenix, Arizona, is seeking a full-time Faculty Immersive Simulation Facilitator for its College of Nursing and Health Care Professions. This role is crucial for ensuring an excellent Immersive Simulation learner experience and involves supporting clinical simulation educational activities, managing equipment and supplies, and ensuring systems and equipment meet learning outcomes. The position also includes collaborative participation in scenario design, evaluation, curriculum implementation, and direct facilitation and debriefing for learners. The facilitator will lead trial, validation, and evaluation processes for scenarios, orient and direct simulation technicians, actors, volunteers, and faculty, and maintain operational standards in alignment with program policies. Additionally, the role involves coordinating video annotation, data capture, and outcome reporting, as well as ensuring all simulation equipment and supplies are ready for use. The facilitator will also orient faculty and learners to simulation equipment and manage clinical simulation educational activities. Reporting to didactic faculty on student progress is also a responsibility. Attendance at faculty meetings and occasional evening/weekend work may be required.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (MSN) from a CCNE/NLNAC or ACEN accredited program.
• Active unencumbered Arizona RN license.
• Two years related experience in healthcare, clinical healthcare education, or healthcare simulation education.
• Provide a positive example to students by supporting the University’s Doctrinal Statement, Ethical Position Statement and Mission of Grand Canyon University.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience facilitating immersive simulation.
• Previous experience with simulation debriefing and strategies.
• Previous experience collaborating in immersive simulation scenario design, evaluation and implementation into curriculum.
• Contemporary lab competence and knowledge about simulation both high fidelity and virtual reality as evidenced by relevant continuing education and professional organization affiliation.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary support for Clinical Simulation Educational Activities.
• Coordinate in advance with Director of Clinical Operations and Director of Lab and Simulation to schedule activities and manage equipment and supplies.
• Oversee all training processes and ensure systems and equipment are enabled to meet learning outcomes.
• Collaborate in scenario design, evaluation, implementation into curriculum, and provision of experience to learners.
• Lead the provision of entire scenario experience, facilitation, and debriefing for learner(s).
• Lead trial, validation, and evaluation processes for implementation of scenarios as a part of the curriculum.
• Orient, coordinate, and direct Simulation Technician, actors, volunteers, and faculty prior to each scenario experience, facilitation, and debriefing.
• Ensure and maintain standards for operations, scenario design, facilitation, and debriefing in alignment with specified immersive simulation training programs policies and procedures.
• Coordinate and assist designated faculty with concurrent and/or retrospective video annotation, data capture, and creation of outcome tracking, results, and reports.
• Coordinate with Simulation Technician to confirm pre-programming of manikin simulators, task trainers, AV, & data collection are ready for each experience use.
• Coordinate with Simulation Technician to confirm designated pre-sets, staging, and disposable supplies for each scenario are ready for immediate use.
• Ensure Faculty & Learners are oriented to capabilities, limitations, safety & proper use of all simulation manikins, trainers, AV, and equipment.
• Manage Clinical Simulation Educational Activity Related Supplies & Equipment.
• Provide technical and operational support for AV systems, data collection systems, Human Patient Simulator systems, computer systems, and task trainer systems.
• Manage clinical simulation educational activity during practice, rehearsal, and research as it pertains to Immersive Patient Care Management simulation scenarios, skills and task training, standardized patient encounters, and conference sessions according to standardized methodology and techniques and policy and procedure.
• Provide reports or feedback to didactic faculty on student progress or outcomes.
• Attend required faculty meetings and participate in committees.
• Occasionally work evenings and weekends as required by business needs.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401K savings plan
• Generous time off plan
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid time off to volunteer in the community or at GCU sponsored events
• Free covered parking
• Education Tuition Discount Program for full-time employees, their spouses, and dependent children
• Free on-site gyms on campus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level