Nursing Student Learning Specialist

Covista•Tysons, VA

2d•$49,199 - $86,254

About The Position

The Nursing Student Learning 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. They create and implement personalized remediation plans to support students’ academic and professional success. The role also supports clinical learning labs and simulated patient-care experiences. The Specialist facilitates simulation-based experiences and labs, coordinates and supervises lab activities, supports student practice and remediation of technical nursing skills, and contributes to clinically based simulated scenarios, including use of high-fidelity patient simulators. The position also provides tutoring and outreach to students with at-risk referrals, monitors and reports academic and co-curricular progress to academic leadership, and helps develop Next Generation NCLEX activities and workshops.

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.
Team-oriented approach and willingness to share and exchange.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in 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, set-up, and clean-up.
Maintain current, detailed, and accurate knowledge of NCLEX-RN concepts and current nursing practice to provide academic support.
Assist in creating Next Generation NCLEX activities and workshops.
Demonstrate service excellence, including friendliness and courtesy, maintaining a professional environment, effective communication, and first-class service to students, team members, and external agencies.
Communicate and document students’ academic and co-curricular progress toward student and program learning outcomes for 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 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.