Simulation Education Site Specialist

Advocate Health; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health seeks a dedicated leader to advance simulation-based education across sites, aligning with organizational outcomes and patient safety goals. You will partner with faculty on curriculum design from needs assessment to program evaluation, reporting to the Manager System Simulation.

Responsibilities include leading simulation curricula, data collection, and stakeholder coordination while maintaining equipment readiness and clinical education standards across inter-professional teams.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills, essential for collaboration with learners and staff.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint for documentation and data analysis.
• High attention to detail in curriculum design and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates simulation-based curriculum promoting safety, quality and service.
• Develops and delivers simulation education using adult learning principles.
• Provides site leadership in simulation-based learning.
• Collects data and assesses effectiveness of simulation training.
• Identifies educational gaps via data and collaborates with teams to add value.
• Coaches facilitators and learners with constructive feedback.
• Maintains operation and troubleshooting of simulation equipment.
• Manages stakeholder relationships across departments.
• Contributes to Advocate Aurora Academy strategic learning initiatives.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Computer literacy

Attention to detail

Organization & prioritization

Problem solving

Education

Master's in Nursing

Master's in Education

Master's in Organizational Development

Job description

Supports the development and implementation of evidence based simulation education at Advocate Aurora sites. They will partner with faculty in all steps of curriculum design from needs assessment to program evaluation. Reporting to the Manager System Simulation the position will provide leadership in establishing and achieving simulation-based education that aligns with strategic organizational outcomes and improves patient safety and outcomes. They will be involved in creating, implementing and evaluating simulation lab and in situ based simulations for an inter-professional learner audience.

Major Responsibilities

• Facilitates simulation based curriculum that promotes safety, quality and service.
• Develops, leads and/or delivers simulation based education based on learning objectives utilizing adult learning principles.
• Provides site leadership in simulation based learning.
• Collects data and evaluates the effectiveness of simulation based training.
• Consults with site team members and utilizes available data to identify educational gaps where simulation would be value added.
• Provides coaching and feedback to facilitators, instructors and learners as appropriate.
• Maintains technical expertise for operation and trouble shooting of simulation equipment.
• Manages internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Acts as a member of the Advocate Aurora Academy to develop comprehensive system wide learning strategies, ensuring simulation is represented in our direction and priorities.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required

• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providerscertification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA)

Education Required

• Master's Degree in Nursing.
• Master's Degree in Education.
• Master's Degree in Organizational Development or related field.

Experience Required

• Typically requires 5 years of experience in a clinical setting.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

• Role may require Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong computer knowledge in Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible with changing priorities.
• Demonstrated problem solving ability.
• Strong mandatory mandatory portion is not present.
• Mandatory mandatory not present.
• Mandatory mandatory not present.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Ability to move equipment and learning materials (up to 50lbs).
• Exposed to a normal office environment
• Position requires travel and exposure to road and weather hazards.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.