Job Description
Work type: Full Time Faculty Location: Terre Haute, IN Categories: Faculty - Nursing, Faculty General Description of Position: Position will be equally divided between Simulation Coordinator and nursing faculty. The position is responsible for serving as a simulation education specialist and administering, advising, designing, developing or providing educational or training services in formal education or training programs. Position provides coordination of simulation within nursing curricula. Please refer to the Faculty Job Description located as an addendum to this document for information and expectations for a nursing faculty position. Major Responsibilities: Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Manages and directs simulation activities for the School of Nursing. Utilize NLN/Jeffries Framework and current simulation standards. Collaborates with faculty to develop simulation scenarios to promote student learning, critical thinking, and clinical decision making. Assists faculty to plan, implement, and evaluate the integration of simulation into curriculum to promote student learning, critical thinking and clinical decision making. Facilitates faculty development related to use of simulation. Provides oversight for the coordination and scheduling for the use of labs for: regular classes, special class sections, open lab, advanced clinical skills, clinical skills evaluation, student projects, and other groups requesting lab space. Ensures maintenance and proper function of all simulation mannequins and other simulation equipment, including an inventory of all simulation equipment. Supervises the Simulation Technician, if applicable. Serves as a clinical resource for students (open lab and tutoring) and remediates (class/clinical) using simulation. Serves as liaison with area health care facilities regarding practice policy changes that impact simulation/lab environment. Coordinate implementation of those changes into lab/simulation when possible. Makes recommendations for additional purchases of simulation equipment. Identifies opportunities for improvement and innovation, and planning change initiatives for the integration of simulation in clinical education. Investigates and submits proposals for potential grant opportunities to fund new simulation initiatives. Creates and delivers professional presentations regarding all aspects of simulation to local, state, and national groups. Collects data on the effectiveness of simulation on student learning, critical thinking, and clinical decision making. Familiarity with electronic medical records and current medication deliver methods. Ability to use computer hardware and software, such as MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel. Ability to lift/move objects up to 25 pounds. Position may require local travel between campuses and off-campus sites to perform required duties, attend meetings, and to fulfill other responsibilities. Work schedule is 40 hours per week and will require some evening and/or Saturday hours to meet the needs of the program. The position will require a 50% faculty teaching load and a 50% Simulation Coordinator load. Please view nursing faculty job description for information related to faculty job requirements. Minimum Qualifications: Education Prefer Master’s degree in Nursing Current CPR-BLS certification Unencumbered Indiana RN license or eligibility for licensure Experience Three to five years of recent acute care nursing experience One year of teaching experience in nursing theory, clinical, or campus lab settings Experience in simulation pedagogy Preferred Qualifications: Certified Simulation Health Care Educator (CHSE) or seeking in next year. Other Requirements: Work Hours: Hiring Range: 51,000 for 9 mos. additional summer contract Team Ivy Referral: Special Instructions to Applicants: Advertised: 16 Nov 2022 US Eastern Standard Time Applications close:
