SIM Coordinator | 0.1 IPT

About the role

Phelps Health is a 2000-employee hospital and healthcare system serving the heart of small-town Missouri. The Sim Coordinator oversees and supervises educators and participants in the Sim Grant section of the Clinical Education department, taking a lead role in designing, executing, and refining simulation experiences for learners, collecting feedback and data to assess and support study objectives, and creating reports on grant outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with nursing departments, nursing faculty, and other inter-professional entities to develop simulation scenarios to promote learning, critical thinking, and clinical decision-making.
• Mentors and coaches content experts in the development of simulation scenarios and debrief processes, modelling best instructional practices in the simulation/skills lab setting based on International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) standards of best practice.
• Sets up simulation experiences and collaborates with content experts to provide simulation scenarios to learners. Maintains and organizes simulation equipment according to best practices.
• Coordinates and supervises employees and students to ensure that simulation experiences meet determined outcomes.
• Oversees the collection of evaluation data on learning outcomes for simulation activities and collaborates to disseminate findings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• At least three (3) years of clinical experience required.
• At least one (1) year teaching nursing skills, concepts, and critical thinking with demonstrated record of success required.
• Experience with developing and implementing education offerings based on needs assessments, generating reports and tracking outcomes, and at least intermediate experience with Microsoft Office suite required.
• Current RN license in the State of Missouri or Compact State.
• ACLS Instructor certification preferred.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).

Mental/Physical Requirements

• Considerable mental concentration required.
• Lifting up to 35 lbs., turning activities and nearly constant walking required.
• Standing, turning, carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, twisting, and reaching.

Working Conditions

• Teaching environment with office noise and distractions.
• Potential exposure to infectious disease.
• Slight possibility of encounter with hostile persons.