Extended Reality Simulation Specialist

Extended Reality Simulation Specialist

Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) is seeking experienced, motivated, and dedicated leaders and educators to participate in the design and delivery of an innovative four-year medical school curriculum that engages medical students in active and novel learning.

The Extended Reality Simulation Specialist (XR Sim Specialist) is responsible for the daily implementation and support of simulation, innovation, and modeling technology for the School of Medicine. The XR Sim Specialist aids in development and is technical lead for experiential learning activities that incorporate a wide variety of simulation systems and rapid prototyping medical equipment. The XR Sim Specialist serves as technical support to learners, faculty, and staff prior to, during, and after learning activities.

The XR Sim Specialist reports to the Director of Simulation and has specific responsibilities for logistical planning, program testing, session set-up and take-down, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of all simulation and rapid prototyping software, hardware, peripherals, and related equipment. The XR Sim Specialist designs and delivers training information to faculty and staff for respective modalities and supports faculty, staff, and learners during learning activities, including asynchronous activities.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Leading the technical implementation of simulation and modeling systems through supporting the content, scenario, activity, within the learning activity.
• Serving as technical expert for simulation modeling and management system(s) and the corresponding peripheral equipment.
• Ensuring simulation and modeling systems functionality and appropriateness with stated scenario objectives and anticipated outcomes.
• Authoring simulation programs and respective instructional guides for internal publication.
• Providing technical assistance to users in accessing, operating, and troubleshooting simulation and modeling technologies and respective assets.
• Investigating, recommending, and driving innovation in immersive technology, extended reality, data visualization, modeling, etc., that aligns with curriculum objectives.
• Providing excellent customer service with faculty, instructors, staff, students, and guests through verbal, non-verbal, and written communication.
• Collaborating with internal and external individuals to best support and achieve curricula and non-curricula events, scenarios, and activities.
• Evaluating learning activities and facilitating the implementation of program and service improvement plans.
• Serving to instruct faculty, staff, and students at approved events and activities.
• Providing tours and demonstrating functionalities and capabilities of simulation systems.
• Coordinating with Clinical Skills Operations Manager to ensure resources and back-ups are readily available to support scheduled learning activities and faculty requests.
• Routinely maintaining, both scheduled and unscheduled, simulation software, corresponding peripheral components, and equipment, and coordinating and implementing scheduled updates and documents activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and requirements include:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, other technical disciplines, adult-education, or another related field.
• Master's degree in computer science, engineering, adult education, or healthcare area, preferred.
• 2 years or more of technical support experience in healthcare, graduate level education, instructional technology, computer-based learning, or simulation environment.
• 4 years or more technical support experience in a healthcare or health professions program simulation center, preferred.
• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and/or medical-related basic science, preferred.
• Experience with multimedia, audiovisual, and/or 3-D printing technology, preferred.
• Experience with moulage and stage make-up applications, preferred.
• Multi-lingual skill preferred.
• JavaScript, SQL, HTML, Unity, or Unreal programming certificates, preferred.
• Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS), preferred.

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