Simulation Education Specialist

Owensboro Community and Technical College; Owensboro (KY); On-site; USD 58,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you,\

403(b) employer match

Vacation/Sick Time

Work-Life Balance

9.5 Paid Holidays

Closing pay at year end

Job summary

Owensboro Community and Technical College, in collaboration with HealthForce Kentucky, seeks a Simulation Education Specialist to help develop simulation-based training and uphold standards across programs for students.

The role interfaces with content experts to maximize equipment use and learning experiences, ensuring accreditation readiness. This grant-funded position may require travel and flexible collaboration with faculty.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in healthcare, radiography, paramedicine or similar with six years of relevant work experience.
• Or Associate's degree in healthcare, radiography, paramedics or similar with eight years of relevant work experience.
• Current, active, or previously held licensure in a clinical healthcare profession is required.
• Prior experience with patient care is required.
• Valid driver's license.
• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a simulation content expert and develop roadmaps for events with clear purpose.
• Balance resource allocation, logistics, and ensure events are fully prepared.
• Train facilitators to meet accreditation standards in simulation development and debriefing.
• Collaborate with faculty to design curriculum using best practices in simulation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Collaboration

Flexibility

Problem solving

Training & instruction

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare

Associate's degree in healthcare

Job description

Title

Simulation Education Specialist

Salary Range

$58,000 - $62,000

Contract Term Length

12 Months

Standard Hours

37.5

Work Location

On-Site

FLSA Status

Exempt

College

Owensboro Community & Technical College

Campus Location

Owensboro Community College

Department

HealthForce Kentucky

Benefits

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

This position is a Simulation Education Specialist (SES) for HealthForce Kentucky in collaboration with Owensboro Community and Technical College. This position will interface with content experts/faculty to help them develop simulation-based training. This individual will be responsible for ensuring simulation standards are being upheld and providing options for the educators to get the most out of the equipment and experiences for their students. Position is grant funded and continuation is contingent upon future funding. Visit our website at https://healthforcekentucky.org/

Job Duties

• Serve as a simulation content expert with those wanting to use new resources and new instructional methods. Each event will need to have a roadmap developed that is well planned and documented with a purpose and plan. Each event will take special consideration for the age of learner and appropriateness of the content for that learner group.
• Integral in the success of the program is the balancing of resource allocation, availability, managing logistics, and ensuring events are completely prepared.
• To meet accreditation standards while delivering simulation experiences facilitators/faculty must be trained at a functional level of simulation development, facilitation, debriefing, and evaluation.
• This position will collaborate with course facilitators/faculty to develop and design curriculum that integrates best practices of simulation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in healthcare, radiography, paramedicine or similar is required and six years of relevant work experience.

OR Associate's degree in healthcare, radiography, paramedics or similar is require with eight years of relevant work experience.

• Current, active, or previously held in good standing licensure in a clinical healthcare profession (e.g., RN, Paramedic, Radiologic Technologist, Respiratory Therapist, Social Work or similar) is required.
• Prior experience with patient care is required.
• Valid driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator certification (CHSE) is preferred.
• Prior experience in delivering simulation is preferred.
• Prior or current healthcare related certifications are preferred.

Additional Skills Requested

• Provide technical assistance, support, and training to faculty and staff in the use of simulation methodologies and equipment.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of equipment, curriculum, operations, and services.
• Coordinate with leadership to engage academic, community, and practice partnerships as they relate to the program.
• Collect, interpret, and report data related to learning outcomes of simulation exercises.
• Collaborate with faculty/staff educators on disseminating findings.
• Must be able to professionally and flexibly work independently and collaboratively with others.
• Ability to utilize appropriate and effective communication skills when working with others.
• Must possess excellent organizational, oral, and written communication skills and positive interpersonal skills.
• This position will work with age groups across the lifespan.
• Plan and operate special events such as camps and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs).
• Skilled in or the ability to learn how to use databases and simulation equipment.
• Frequent travel is possible, up to 75% of the time, and may require occasional overnight stays. Transportation and accommodation are provided or compensated.
• Work may be required outside of usual working hours.
• The job may resemble clinical work occasionally and lifting up to 50 pounds is required.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.