Healthcare Simulation Educator

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Healthcare Simulation Educator (HSE), supporting Atlanti Care Simulation Center, is responsible for enhancing professional practice and quality patient care by providing evidence-based simulation learning to promote inter-professional competency of clinical and non-clinical staff across the Atlanti Care Health System. The HSE collaborates simulation-learning activities with their multidisciplinary partners by development, coordination, management, facilitation, implementation and evaluation of simulation-based education programs.

The HSE must demonstrate expertise in competency assessment and evaluation of simulation modalities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences. This includes critical thinking, clinical decision-making, evidence-based practice, and professionalism. The HSE partners with GME faculty, educators and staff with preparing for and conducting simulation-based learning experiences while promoting the awareness and effectiveness of simulation-based education at Atlanti Care Health System.

Required Skills

• Candidate must have strong skills and demonstrated expertise in the following areas:
• Work collaboratively with faculty, content experts, staff, customers, stakeholders, and simulation personnel to research, develop, coordinate, review, implement, and evaluate simulation-based learning experiences for respective personnel and departments.
• Participate in event and program planning to provide expertise in facilitation, debriefing, training gap analysis, curriculum development, learning objectives identification, performance checklist development, literature review, and evidence-base best practice standards.
• Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.
• Enhance faculty and educator knowledge in simulation-based modalities through course instruction, one-on-one mentoring, as appropriate for advanced simulation techniques.
• Assures educational activities complies with standards by the accrediting bodies.
• Understands adult educational theory and its application to the development of simulation.
• Supports new ideas and innovation.
• Creates a supportive environment for research, scientific inquiry, quality improvement and evidenced-base practice.
• Supports a culture of continuous improvement by evaluating and adjusting simulation experiences and programs based on evaluations and feedback.
• Proficient using MS Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Must be able to handle numerous tasks simultaneously and efficiently, delegate to appropriate parties, coordinate departments and individuals, and assure classes, conferences, and programs run as planned.
• Experience with program evaluation, data collection, and reporting of results.
• Ability to work independently and in a collegial manner.
• Ability to work with diverse multicultural populations and communities.

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Healthcare, Education or other clinical related field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of medical, emergency, or critical care experience (NP, PA, RN RRT, and Paramedic).
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in clinical education.
• Ability to communicate well in English, both orally and in writing.
• Professional organization membership (CHSE) within two years of hire into the role.

Preferred:

• Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH).
• Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare, Education or other clinical related field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in clinical education.
• Instructor/trainer in adult education.
• Previous experience in instructing basic and/or advanced life support training.
• Experience in simulation operations and training.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Enhance professional practice and quality patient care by providing evidence-based simulation learning to promote inter-professional competency of clinical and non-clinical staff across the Atlanti Care Health System.
• Collaborate simulation learning activities with their multidisciplinary partners by development, coordination, management, facilitation, implementation and evaluation of simulation-based education…