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Position Title - Healthcare Simulation Educator (On Site - University Center, MI)

Division/Department - Health & Wellness

Employee Group - Administrative/Professional

Status - Full time, Starting Salary $63,908 -- $71,591: Commensurate with Qualifications and Experience

Position Summary Information:

The successful candidate must demonstrate experience, skills, and commitment to fostering an environment of belonging, diversity, equity and inclusion in students, faculty and staff.

POSITION

SUMMARY:

The Healthcare Simulation Educator is directly responsible for developing and implementing simulation experiences across the human life span. Simulation experiences are to reflect both discipline specific learning outcomes as well as multidisciplinary learning outcomes for all of the health programs. The Healthcare Simulation Educator demonstrates an understanding of care aspects that transition from critical care to acute care to long-term care in nursing and other health disciplines. The Healthcare Simulation Educator is responsible for operating all simulation equipment in the Clinical Simulation Lab, assuring accreditation standards are met related to simulation for nursing and other health areas, supervising the Health Lab Assistant and Health Lab Attendants (second line supervisor), and monitoring the coordination and scheduling of simulation and skill lab rooms. The Healthcare Simulation Educator carries out structured learning sessions on selected topics requested by faculty as a supplement to classroom instruction, and provides tutoring on identified topic areas. This role requires flexibility in scheduling which may require evening and weekend coverage.

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• Prepares and administers meaningful learning experiences, to multiple disciplines, by incorporating the use of simulation experiences (low, medium and high-fidelity) to augment student experiences that incorporate theory and clinical practice into their learning.
• Assures that high-fidelity equipment is functioning properly and makes the necessary referrals to assure equipment is maintained (maintenance and upgrades) to prolong useful equipment life expectancy.
• Maintains and updates case scenarios to assure currency in practice.
• Provides structured learning sessions, in collaboration with faculty, to meet the learning needs of students especially in areas that will help facilitate student competency and success.
• Supervises the Health Lab Assistant and part-time Healthcare Simulation Educator, as well as Health Lab Attendants (second line supervisor). Monitors the coordination and scheduling of simulation and skill lab rooms.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing; licensed to practice in the State of Michigan as a Registered Nurse or obtainable.
• Three years of position related work experience, including a minimum of two years as a registered nurse within acute care settings to be able to replicate critical care, acute care and long-term care situations across the life span.
• Experience with basic computer operations and networking, Learning Management Systems, and electronic medical records.
• Experience utilizing low, medium and high level fidelity simulation; experience in tutoring and small group learning sessions.