Nursing Education & Simulation Specialist

Job Description

Are you passionate about supporting nursing students on their journey to success? Join our team as an Academic Support & Simulation Specialist, where you’ll play a critical role in preparing future nurses for both academic achievement and success on the NCLEX-RN exam.

• Partner with academic leadership, faculty, and staff to provide targeted support and individualized coaching for students throughout their program.
• Work one-on-one and in small groups to assess learning styles, reinforce key concepts, and design personalized remediation plans—helping learners build confidence and clinical competence.
• Manage the daily operations of the campus simulation lab, supporting a student population of approximately 300–350 learners.
• This role plays a critical part in ensuring high-quality simulation-based learning experiences that align with curriculum and academic outcomes.
• Operate with a high level of independence, organization, and flexibility while partnering closely with faculty and academic leadership.

What You’ll Do

• Student Support & Academic Coaching
• Work with students individually and in small groups to assess learning styles, identify strengths, and uncover opportunities for academic development.
• Provide individual or group tutoring to reinforce key concepts.
• Create and implement personalized remediation plans to support academic and professional success.
• Assist in the creation of Next Generation NCLEX activities and workshops.
• NCLEX & Curriculum Support
• Demonstrate current, detailed, and accurate knowledge of concepts tested by the NCLEX-RN, as well as current nursing practice, to provide academic support.
• Support faculty in the development of detailed, clinically based scenarios for simulated learning, including the use of high-fidelity patient simulators.
• Simulation & Lab Experience
• Facilitate simulation-based experiences (SBE) and lab activities, including equipment maintenance, ordering supplies, set-up, and clean-up.
• Afford students the opportunity to meet course objectives through open lab sessions and individual oversight of technical nursing skills.
• Collaboration, Communication & Reporting
• Collaborate with faculty, academic partners, and staff to support student success.
• Communicate and document (report) students’ academic and co-curricular progress toward achievement of student and program learning outcomes to academic leadership (e.g., retention committee).
• Service Excellence
• Contribute to innovative learning strategies, including Next Generation NCLEX preparation.

Qualifications

• Education & Licensure
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required, Master’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Active, unencumbered RN license.
• BLS CPR certification required, ACLS and/or PALS certification preferred.
• BLS CPR Instructor certification required.
• Experience
• 1+ year experience supporting classroom instruction or tutoring in an academic environment is preferred.

Additional Responsibilities

• Comply with all policies and standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Scheduling flexibility required, including evening and weekend hours to support campus and student needs.

Why Join Us?

• Make a meaningful impact on future nurses and patient care outcomes.
• Work in a collaborative, student-centered academic environment.
• Blend teaching, coaching, and hands-on clinical simulation.
• Contribute to innovative learning strategies, including Next Generation NCLEX preparation.

Additional Information

• The position qualifies for the below benefits.
• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match.
• Participation in Covista’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy.
• 12 Paid Holidays.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.