Simulation Nurse Educator

The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is seeking a Simulation Nurse Educator to support high-quality simulation-based education, faculty development, learner support, and continuous program improvement.

The Simulation Nurse Educator serves as an educational consultant and primary support resource for an assigned portfolio of courses. Working collaboratively with course faculty, simulation coordinators, clinical instructors, simulation operations personnel, and School of Nursing leadership, this individual helps ensure simulation activities align with course and program outcomes, evidence-based standards, accreditation expectations, and institutional priorities.

The position also supports open laboratory learning, clinical remediation, faculty and facilitator development, simulated participant training, educational evaluation, accreditation readiness, and dissemination of educational innovations through scholarship and professional contributions.

• Serve as the primary simulation education contact for assigned courses.
• Consult with faculty on simulation design, learner preparation, facilitation, debriefing, evaluation, and continuous improvement.
• Review simulation activities for educational readiness and alignment with course objectives, learner needs, and established simulation standards.
• Provide faculty and clinical instructors with clinical skills refreshers, coaching, and instructional guidance.
• Educate and support faculty, clinical instructors, and simulated participants in planning, facilitating, debriefing, and evaluating simulation-based learning activities.
• Develop, facilitate, and evaluate open laboratory and supplemental learning experiences.
• Provide individualized clinical remediation and learner support in collaboration with faculty and academic leadership.
• Mentor and coach faculty and clinical instructors who are new to simulation-based education.
• Support required simulation documentation, outcomes review, quality improvement, and accreditation activities.
• Collaborate with simulation operations personnel to ensure educational requirements are complete before implementation.
• Use learner, facilitator, and program data to guide educational improvement.
• Promote the impact of simulation education and related initiatives through presentations, publications, scholarship, quality improvement, and other professional contributions.

• Master's degree in Nursing.
• Current unencumbered Registered Nurse license.
• Minimum of three years of experience in nursing education, clinical education, staff development, simulation-based education, or academic leadership.
• Knowledge of adult learning principles and nursing education best practices.
• Experience supporting learners, coaching faculty, and contributing to educational evaluation or quality improvement.
• Excellent communication, organizational, collaboration, and project-management skills.

• Doctoral degree in Nursing, Education, or a related field.
• Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) certification or eligibility to obtain certification; certification must be earned within two years of hire.
• Experience with healthcare simulation standards, accreditation, curriculum development, competency assessment, remediation, or faculty development.
• Knowledge of the INACSL Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice.
• Experience supporting interprofessional or multi-program simulation activities.
• Experience with educational data, learning management, survey, or project-management systems.

NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in person at the Emory Nursing Learning Center (ENLC); working remotely is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to the employee.

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