"NURSING SIMULATION EDUCATOR"

NURSING SIMULATION EDUCATOR

Posting Number: SRGV8594
Number of Vacancies: 2
Location: Edinburg, Texas
Department: School of Nursing
FLSA: Exempt

Scope of Job:
To oversee and provide high-quality, hands-on learning experiences for nursing students in simulation environments to ensure the development of foundational skills and confidence needed for patient care. To facilitate student learning in nursing theory and clinical procedures, operating lab equipment, designing effective simulation experiences, and contributing to student development through training/instruction, assessment, and mentorship to prepare compassionate, skilled, and practice-ready nurses through immersive, scenario-based education that bridges the gap between classroom learning and clinical practice.

Description of Duties:

• Plans, prepares and facilitates student learning in the Health Assessment, Professional Nursing Practice Skills Labs and Open labs to lead scenario-based simulation and debriefing sessions.
• Collaborates with educational course faculty and other members of the UTRGV SON faculty and staff to facilitate student learning in the Health Assessment, Nursing Practice Skills, and Simulation Labs while promoting the integration of simulation and other instructional technology, ensuring that students can successfully meet the stated objectives.
• Provides simulation expertise, direction, and guidance to assist the UTRGV School of Nursing program faculty, staff and students in performing simulation exercises and scenarios based on course objectives and student learning outcomes.
• Develops and executes simulation-based education to enhance hands-on learning and prepare students for real-world clinical scenarios.
• Leads and trains in role-playing applications, props placement and moulage set-up before and after simulations in addition to recording of information and debriefing of simulations.
• Evaluates student performance and level of competency and provides educational remediation as needed.
• Communicates student performance issues or concerns to didactic and clinical course faculty.
• Responsible for facilitating, setting-up and maintaining the lab spaces, nursing skills and simulation labs in order to keep the necessary equipment and supplies for student learning activities.
• Provides technical assistance, support and training to faculty instructors and staff in the use of simulation equipment.
• Stays current with the latest evidence-based practices and industry advances and makes recommendations for advanced technology/equipment in order to provide high quality simulations services that enhance student learning and impact patient safety and quality of patient care.
• Maintains records of all skills-based simulation activities including number of students participants and student performance.
• Provides student participation and performance reports as needed.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives or scholarly projects, as appropriate, related to lab instruction and/or other simulation activities.
• Serves as liaison for other simulation activities with other UTRGV colleges and outside entities (i.e., clinical partners, community partners, Interprofessional Education (IPE), etc).
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with all users of the UTRGV SON Simulation Labs, including other University departments and outside agencies.
• Develops and maintain positive relationships with alumni, donors, and community partners.
• Complies with all governmental and University policies, rules and regulations.
• Stays current and adheres to university policies and procedures to ensure consistent and compliant academic and operational environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received:
General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given:
Direct supervision of assigned staff.

Required Education:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) from and accredited university/school.

Preferred Education:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited university.

Licenses/Certifications:
Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure by the Texas Board of Nursing.

Required Experience:
Three (3) years of clinical practice experience as a Registered Nurse (RN).

Preferred Experience:
Registered nurse with strong clinical practice and or academia experience. Tech-savvy with the ability to adapt to evolving technologies particularly in nursing education. Strong simulation experience is desired

Equipment:
Use of standard office, lab, and clinical equipment including simulation, and audio/visual equipment

Working Conditions:
Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Office/Lab/Simulation environment; some travel, weekend/evening work is required. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. UTRGV is a distributed institution, which requires presence at multiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

Other:
Exceptional planning and organizational skills. Strong written and communications skills. Must be able to effectively collaborate with subject matter experts on educational projects. Strong clinical nursing skills. Strong bedside manner skills. Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Ability to train individuals.

Physical Capabilities: N/A
Employment Category: Full-Time
Minimum Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Posted Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Position Available Date: 11/03/2025
Grant Funded Position: Yes
If Yes, Provide Grant Expiration Date: 07/31/2027

EEO Statement:
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.

Special Instructions to Applicants:
Dear Applicant, Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following: *Date of Birth *Social Security Number *Gender *Ethnicity/Race Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (956)665-8880 and/or careers@utrgv.edu.

Additional Information:
UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the VP of HR & Talent Development .

To apply, visit https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/49004