Nursing Academic Support & Simulation Specialist
About The Position
This role is responsible for providing academic support and individualized coaching to nursing students to help them achieve academic success and pass the NCLEX-RN exam. The specialist will partner with academic leadership, faculty, and staff to assess learning styles, reinforce key concepts, and develop personalized remediation plans. Additionally, the role involves managing the daily operations of the campus simulation lab, supporting approximately 300-350 learners, and ensuring high-quality simulation-based learning experiences that align with curriculum and academic outcomes. The individual must work independently, be organized, and flexible, while collaborating closely with faculty and academic leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required
- Active, unencumbered RN license
- BLS CPR certification required
- BLS CPR Instructor certification required
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree in Nursing preferred
- ACLS and/or PALS certification preferred
- 1+ year experience supporting classroom instruction or tutoring in an academic environment is preferred
- Strong verbal and written communication skills across phone, virtual, and in-person settings
- Analytical thinking with effective problem-solving ability
- High attention to detail, including proofreading accuracy
- Ability to collaborate with diverse student, faculty, and staff populations
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Team-oriented with a collaborative, knowledge-sharing mindset
Responsibilities
- Work with students individually and in small groups to assess learning styles, identify strengths, and uncover opportunities for academic development
- Provide individual or group tutoring to reinforce key concepts
- Participate in outreach to students with at-risk referrals
- Create and implement personalized remediation plans to support academic and professional success
- Demonstrate current, detailed, and accurate knowledge of concepts tested by the NCLEX-RN, as well as current nursing practice, to provide academic support
- Assist in the creation of Next Generation NCLEX activities and workshops
- Facilitate simulation-based experiences (SBE) and lab activities, including equipment maintenance, ordering supplies, set-up, and clean-up
- Assist in developing and implementing detailed, clinically based scenarios for simulated learning, including the use of high-fidelity patient simulators
- Coordinate and supervise lab experiences to ensure students have the opportunity to meet course objectives
- Staff open lab sessions and provide individual oversight to students during practice and/or remediation of technical nursing skills, as required by course objectives
- Collaborate with faculty, academic partners, and staff to support student success
- Communicate and document (report) students’ academic and co-curricular progress toward achievement of student and program learning outcomes to academic leadership (e.g., retention committee)
- Demonstrate service excellence through friendliness, courtesy, professionalism, effective communication, and a commitment to first-class service for students, team members, and external partners
- Comply with all policies and standards
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Scheduling flexibility required, including evening and weekend hours to support campus and student needs
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
- Participation in Covista’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
- 12 Paid Holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
