Clinical Nurse Simulation Educator

About the role

The Clinical Nurse Simulation Educator designs, implements, facilitates, and evaluates multi-disciplinary simulation-based education that promotes clinical excellence, patient safety, team collaboration, and evidence-based practice across Benioff Children’s Hospitals Oakland Sites. This role collaborates with clinical leaders, educators, the Program Manager, and the Medical Director of Simulation to assess learning needs, develop curriculum, facilitate simulation and structured debriefing, and evaluate learner outcomes, while supporting the integration of simulation into the clinical setting with innovative techniques.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, facilitates, and evaluates multi-disciplinary simulation-based education that promotes clinical excellence, patient safety, team collaboration, and evidence-based practice across Benioff Children’s Hospitals Oakland Sites.
• Collaborates with clinical leaders, educators, the Program Manager, and the Medical Director of Simulation to assess learning needs, develop curriculum, facilitate simulation and structured debriefing, and evaluate learner outcomes.
• Supports integration of simulation into the clinical setting with innovative techniques.
• Applies advanced knowledge of simulation-based education to design, implement, facilitate, and evaluate multidisciplinary team training programs that strengthen clinical performance, teamwork, communication, and patient safety across pediatric care settings.
• Partners with clinical leaders and multidisciplinary healthcare teams to identify educational needs, develop and facilitate simulation-based learning experiences, lead structured debriefings, and evaluate program outcomes to improve clinical practice and systems of care.
• Collaborates with the Program Manager, Medical Director of Simulation, and other key stakeholders to support the implementation, evaluation, continuous improvement, and growth of the simulation-based team training program.
• Serves as an instructor and mentor for Simulation Clinical Facilitators and contributes to the ongoing development of simulation instructors and implementation of educational best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of pertinent regulatory and accrediting agency standards, educational program design, training for impact methodology, performance improvement methodology, facilitative leadership methodology, and simulation technology.
• Experience in design, development, implementation, and evaluation of interdisciplinary simulation (including standardized patients) programs using adult learning principles.
• Detail‑oriented, with proven organizational skills to effectively codify programs/policies, manage time, prioritize tasks, and see projects through to completion on deadline.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Demonstrated teamwork leadership experience, excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working in a clinical setting with physicians, clinical staff and learners.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, human anatomy, physiology and clinical application.
• Registered Nurse in the State of California
• Active American Heart Association PALS certification
• Active American Heart Association ACLS certification

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nursing (preferred)
• Strong technical knowledge with simulator use and moulage/scenario preparation (preferred)