Nursing Education & Simulation Specialist
About The Position
The Nursing Education & Simulation Specialist collaborates with academic partners, faculty, and staff to provide students with strategies and academic reinforcement throughout their academic program and in preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam. The Specialist works with students individually and in small groups to assess learning styles, identify strengths, and find opportunities for academic development, then creates and implements personalized remediation plans to support academic and professional success. The position also supports clinical learning labs and simulated patient care learning experiences. The Specialist facilitates simulation-based experiences and labs, maintains equipment and supplies, develops clinically based scenarios (including those using high-fidelity patient simulators), and coordinates and supervises lab experiences to help students meet course objectives. The role also provides tutoring, practice and remediation oversight for technical nursing skills, outreach to students with at-risk referrals, and communication of students’ academic and co-curricular progress to academic leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in nursing required; a master's degree in education is preferred, or a master's degree in nursing is preferred.
- Current, unencumbered RN license required.
- BLS CPR required.
- BLS CPR instructor certification required.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate by telephone, computer, and in person.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and proofreading skills.
- Ability to work with individuals from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Ability to work as a team player and share and exchange information.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in education.
- Master's degree in nursing.
- At least one year of experience in an academic environment supporting classroom instruction or specialized tutoring support.
- ACLS and/or PALS.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate simulation-based experiences and labs, including equipment maintenance, supply ordering, setup, and cleanup.
- Maintain current, detailed, and accurate knowledge of concepts tested by the NCLEX-RN and currency in nursing practice to provide academic support.
- Assist in creating Next Generation NCLEX activities and workshops.
- Demonstrate service excellence through friendliness and courtesy, maintaining a professional environment, effective communication, and first-class service to students, colleagues, and external agencies.
- Communicate and document students’ academic and co-curricular progress toward student and program learning outcomes to academic leadership, such as the retention committee.
- Assist in developing and implementing detailed clinically based scenarios for simulated learning experiences, including use of high-fidelity patient simulators.
- Coordinate and supervise lab experiences to ensure students can meet course objectives.
- Staff open lab and provide individual oversight to students practicing or remediating technical nursing skills as required by course objectives.
- Provide individual or group tutoring.
- Participate in outreach to students with at-risk referrals.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and standards.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- 401(k) retirement program with a 6% employer match.
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) policy.
- 12 paid holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
