About this role
The Simulation Specialist leads the development, facilitation, evaluation, and operational delivery of high-quality simulation-based education and skills training that support safe, evidence-based clinical practice across the organization. The role serves as the primary operational and educational resource for the simulation laboratory, partnering with nursing, physician practices, clinical leaders, and interdisciplinary stakeholders to deliver onboarding, nurse residency, resuscitation certification, and continuing education programs. The Simulation Specialist aligns simulation activities with organizational strategic priorities, regulatory and accreditation expectations, and recognized healthcare simulation best-practice standards. This position also ensures reliable simulation-center operations through effective scheduling, equipment and supply stewardship, setup and breakdown, and utilization tracking.
EDUCATION: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Bachelor of Science in Nursing required . MSN with education focus, or MEd preferred.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:
Required:
- Minimum of five years of clinical nursing , healthcare education, simulation, or closely related healthcare experience.
- Minimum of one year of experience facilitating simulation-based education, clinical skills training, competency assessment, or structured adult learning; comparable experience may be considered
Preferred:
- Three or more years of progressive experience in healthcare simulation, nursing professional development, clinical education, or program coordination.
- Experience supporting nurse residency, onboarding, resuscitation education, or multispecialty clinical education programs.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of adult-learning principles, clinical education design, competency assessment, deliberate practice, and feedback.
- Ability to design and deliver simulation-based educational experiences using high-, medium-, and low-fidelity simulation; task trainers; standardized patients; and skills-lab modalities.
- Working knowledge of recognized healthcare simulation standards of best practice, including ethics, professional integrity, prebriefing, facilitation, debriefing, evaluation, operations, and quality improvement.
- Ability to translate evidence-based practice, clinical policies, patient-safety priorities, and performance-improvement needs into measurable learning objectives and educational activities.
- Knowledge of clinical workflows, emergency response/resuscitation processes, and common nursing competencies appropriate to the organization’s patient populations and service lines.
- Ability to operate, program, troubleshoot, and maintain simulation manikins, task trainers, audiovisual capture/debriefing systems, computers, and related clinical equipment; ability to learn new technology quickly.
- Strong project-management, scheduling, organization, inventory-management, documentation, data-tracking, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with learners, faculty, clinical leaders, physicians, staff, vendors, and interdisciplinary partners.
- Ability to maintain learner confidentiality and a psychologically safe environment; use sound judgment when handling sensitive performance and education data.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, learning-management systems, scheduling tools, and data-reporting tools.
LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS:
Registered Nurse (current, unrestricted license in Ohio or MultiState License) required. Certification in area of specialty (CHSE/CHSOS) and/or certification in Nursing Professional Development (through National League for Nursing [NLN] or American Nurses Credential Center [ANCC]) required within three years.