Simulation Educator

Dominican University•River Forest, IL

5d•$56,000 - $58,000

About The Position

The Simulation Educator plans, designs, implements, coordinates, and evaluates curricular simulation-based learning activities. The role works with the Director of the Clinical Simulation Education Center, faculty, students, adjunct faculty, and standardized patients to support simulation and skills-lab teaching, learning, and operations. The educator helps maintain a safe and supportive learning environment, supports student practice and remediation, evaluates student performance, and provides technical and faculty-development support. The position also helps ensure the simulation center and skills labs meet relevant accreditation standards and applicable simulation best-practice standards.

Requirements

Earned master's degree in nursing or another health-professional degree.
One to two years of experience working in simulation and skills-lab teaching.
Familiarity with PC and Mac platforms and ability to learn additional software, including audiovisual and computerized simulation equipment.
Familiarity with the Canvas platform.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Exceptional planning and organizational skills.
Ability to take initiative and ownership of projects.
Ability to handle sensitive issues and maintain confidentiality.
Professionalism, flexibility, discretion, judgment, diplomacy, and tact.
Ability to multitask, adapt to changing priorities, and meet deadlines.
Communication, time management, collaboration, personal effectiveness and credibility, and flexibility/adaptability.

Nice To Haves

Exceptional planning and organizational skills.
Ability to take initiative and ownership of projects.
Ability to handle sensitive issues and maintain confidentiality.
Professionalism, flexibility, discretion, judgment, diplomacy, and tact.
Ability to multitask, adapt to changing priorities, and meet deadlines.
Communication, time management, collaboration, personal effectiveness and credibility, and flexibility/adaptability.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Director of the Clinical Simulation Education Center to create and facilitate simulation-based experiences for the Simulation Center and skills labs.
Facilitate a safe and supportive student learning environment.
Educate and teach students in the simulation center and skills lab as needed.
Serve as the primary educator for students who need additional support in open labs.
Provide individual teaching and support for student practice and remediation of technical skills and competencies, as requested by faculty and students.
Evaluate student performance in the simulation and skills lab in coordination with the Director of Simulation and course faculty.
Lead orientation and training for adjunct faculty and standardized patients as needed, and oversee their performance and development.
Ensure simulation and skills labs are set up, taken down, and maintained on schedule to meet student learning objectives.
Incorporate INASCL Standards of Best Practices and ensure compliance each semester.
Provide technical support for equipment in the simulation center and skills labs.
Assist with faculty development, support, and training related to simulation use.
Maintain the simulation center and skills labs to meet CCNE and other relevant health-professional accreditation standards and site-visit requirements.
Help faculty develop simulation competencies and evaluation tools to achieve student learning outcomes.
Research and recommend servicing or purchasing equipment and supplies for the simulation center and nursing skills labs.
Work with the Director of Simulation to create and maintain a weekly schedule ensuring adequate coverage for simulation and lab activities throughout the academic year.