FGCU is seeking a nursing educator to serve as Nursing Laboratory/ Simulation Education Coordinator. This Coordinator will manage and facilitate simulation and laboratory experiential learning activities and opportunities for students in the School of Nursing. The Nursing Laboratory/Simulation Education Coordinator holds the position of Instructor I and reports to the Director of the School of Nursing. This position is a full-time, 12-month, on-campus continuing appointment.
The Nursing Laboratory/ Simulation Education Coordinator is responsible for providing the technical skills, instruction, and evaluation to support the use of simulation for the School of Nursing. Coordinate and facilitate simulation experiential learning activities and opportunities for students in the School of Nursing. Responsible for assisting faculty in creating, preparing, delivering, and evaluating high-quality simulation experiences. Assist in developing simulation scenarios and facilitating simulation experiences. Supervise nursing simulation technician staff members. Work with School of Nursing Administration and faculty to update all simulation-related experiences and curriculum. Teaching credits assigned will vary depending on lab/sim needs (typically six credits or less).
Job Description Typical duties may include but are not limited to:
- Teach assigned courses and adequately perform other duties/responsibilities as articulated on the annual assignment.
- Hold office hours.
- Attend departmental meetings.
- Adopt course materials in a timely manner.
- Adopt the university learning management system.
- Adopt other campus-wide technology platforms as appropriate to other specified job duties.
- Complete mandatory/required training in a timely manner.
- Abide by University Policies and Regulations.
- Participate in the evaluation process in accordance with the CBA and related documents.
- Participate in the assessment process as required by your respective department.
- Timely and professional communication with students, colleagues, staff, and administrators
- Engage in essential duties with the highest standards of integrity, responsibility, excellence, and within the accepted practices and norms of your respective field/profession.
- Prepare syllabi and instructional materials, develop and deliver lectures and tests, and evaluate students.
- Engages in reflective self-assessment of teaching styles and methods to ensure consistently effective instructional performance.
- Collaborate with colleagues to develop/revise curriculum.
- Ensure the timely completion and reporting of student learning assessments.
- Continued professional development activity is expected at a level commensurate with rank and the mission of the University.
- Actively participate in community, institutional, and professional service in furtherance of FGCU's mission.
- Attends faculty and college meetings as required.
- Be available for scheduled office hours as posted.
- Manages the daily operations of the simulation lab.
- Serves as the school's point-of-contact simulation resource, providing timely and effective response to simulation requests from faculty, staff, and academic partners.
- Collaborates with the School of Nursing to ensure implementation of simulation standards and best practices, providing faculty with evidenced- based guidelines to ensure positive and consistent learning experiences for students according to accreditation standards.
- Assesses needs and assures integration of simulation-based activities in undergraduate and graduate curricula to meet the identified needs.
- Assists faculty in the instruction of students to meet course objectives through utilization of Simulation.
- Makes recommendations related to student learning needs and equipment. Provides feedback to School administration related to procurement of simulation equipment.
- Establishes practices and procedures for simulation and laboratory activities that provide effective learning experiences and safe practice.
- Orients students to the simulation environment and simulation-based activities.
- Develops, coordinates, and implements training for staff and faculty on equipment, software, simulators, and scenarios.
- Develops, manages, and maintains a master schedule for simulation lab.
- Partners with nursing faculty in the development of new laboratory learning experiences/curriculum.
- Allocates equipment and supplies used in simulation training sessions. Proactively maintains supply inventories by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed. Supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies and verifying receipt of supplies.
- Conducts preventative maintenance and minor repair of equipment according to manufacturers' recommendations. Develop technical proficiency with all aspects of the operation, maintenance, support, troubleshooting, repair and replacement needs for all equipment. Installs software and hardware upgrades and maintain functionality of manikin components as directed by manufacturer support.
- Supports vendor technicians during their scheduled maintenance and new installation onsite visits. This may occur outside the academic year.
- Works with manufacturers or vendors to correct equipment deficiencies and maintain system in order to minimize down time.
- Maintains record of repairs.
- Comply with OSHA regulations and perform inspections relating to storage and disposal of sensitive materials and equipment.
- Assists with public relations, tours etc. of facility as needed.
- Develops, along with faculty, a Clinical Remediation process for students.
- Provides reports and recommendations to the Director of Nursing, BSN Program Director and nursing faculty as appropriate.
- Assists faculty in rescheduling students for additional simulation experiences when clinical site experiences change.
- Performs data analysis to evaluate simulation learning success/satisfaction; laboratory usage; budgetary requirements.
- Develops simulation objectives for each course.
- Develops evaluation plans to measure learning outcomes, ensuring that simulations are achieving the desired competencies.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of simulation/laboratory processes and make recommendations to the Director of Nursing for improvement.
- Maintains contact with the national, regional and/or state Simulation website and programs to remain current in the application of simulated learning experiences, including but not limited to, continuing education attending conferences or seminars to stay current with technologies and education modalities.
- Maintains Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) certification.
- Communicates in a positive, professional manner with faculty instructors, students, and clients of the Simulation Center.
- Other duties as assigned.
Additional Job Description Required Qualifications
- Earned Master of Science in Nursing degree or related field from a regionally accredited institution/program (or equivalent)
- Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) certification
- Three or more years of clinical experience in the CHSE role
- Licensed, or eligible for licensure, as a registered nurse in the State of Florida
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers
- Valid driver's license to travel to off-campus sites and clinical agencies within the region
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience as a faculty member in a nursing education program at the College/University level
- Experience with virtual/distance teaching platform experience
- Experience with simulation in education
- Service in professional organizations (e.g., membership and/or committee involvement)
- Bi- or multi-lingual, with Spanish preferred as one of the languages
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Knowledge of major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing that are central to the discipline(s).
- Understands how to use digital and interactive technologies to efficiently and effectively achieve specific learning goals.
- Knowledge of critical thinking processes and understanding how to help learners develop high-level questioning skills.
- Knowledge and skill in the use of inquiry-based instructional models and strategies.
- Knowledge and ability to use technology in various teaching modalities (e.g., Face-to-face, synchronous online, or asynchronous online).
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders both within and outside the University in developing and delivering instruction, resulting in improved student learning.
Special Instructions to Applicants Appointment will be made on a 12-month multi-year appointment with an anticipated start date of August 2025. Because applications and materials are subject to public review and retention under Florida's Public Records Law, please DO NOT send examples of your project/ scholarship unless requested to do so. Therefore, all submitted materials including articles, disks, slides, books, etc., become the property of FGCU and CANNOT BE RETURNED. As applicable, finalists will be notified of the need to submit specific additional materials. Such materials will become the property of FGCU. Under Florida's Public Records law, applications will be available for public review upon request. Required Application Materials:
- Unofficial Transcripts- please submit transcripts for all earned degrees
- Statement of Teaching Philosophy
- Cover Letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Licenses and/or Certifications (please submit copies for all applicable documents such as BLS, Registered Nursing License, etc.)
- Five (5) Professional References with contact information
Review of applicant materials will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
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Florida Gulf Coast University
Mar 26, 2025