Nursing Education & Simulation Specialist
About The Position
The Nursing Education & Simulation Specialist collaborates with academic partners, faculty, and staff to provide strategies and academic reinforcement throughout students’ academic programs and as they prepare for the NCLEX-RN exam. The Specialist works with students individually and in small groups to assess learning styles, identify strengths, and determine opportunities for academic development, then creates and implements personalized remediation plans. The role also supports clinical learning lab and simulated patient care experiences. The Specialist facilitates simulation-based experiences and labs, maintains equipment and supplies, helps develop clinically based scenarios using high-fidelity patient simulators, and coordinates lab experiences so students can meet course objectives. The position also provides tutoring and skills practice oversight, contributes to NCLEX preparation activities, tracks student progress, and supports outreach to students with at-risk referrals.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
- Current, unencumbered RN license.
- BLS CPR certification.
- BLS CPR instructor certification.
- Excellent communication skills, including the 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.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Willingness to work as a team player and share and exchange information.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Education or Nursing.
- At least one year of experience in an academic environment supporting classroom instruction or specialized tutoring.
- ACLS and/or PALS.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate simulation-based experiences and labs, including equipment maintenance, supply ordering, setup, and cleanup.
- Maintain 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 for academic leadership, including the retention committee.
- Assist in developing and implementing clinically based scenarios for simulated learning experiences, including use of high-fidelity patient simulators.
- Coordinate and supervise lab experiences so students can meet course objectives.
- Staff open lab and provide individual oversight during student practice or remediation of 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
