Simulation Education Specialist
Nemours Children's Health
Location
Wilmington, Delaware
Quick overview
Facilitate daily operations of the Simulation Center by creating scenarios and instructing healthcare providers in simulation-based education. Responsibilities include equipment maintenance, curriculum innovation, and teaching AHA and ENA courses.
Requirements summary
Requires an Associate degree and at least three years of experience as a Registered Nurse or Respiratory Therapist, plus one year of educator experience. Must hold a Delaware RN or RRT license and AHA BLS and PALS certifications.
Job description
Nemours is seeking a Simulation Education Specialist to join our Nemours Children's Health team in Wilmington, DE. This is a 30 hr/week position.
- The Simulation Education Specialist will help facilitate daily operations of the Nemours Institute for Clinical Excellence Simulation Center by:
- Serving as a mentor and educator to healthcare providers and home caregiver teams
- Creating, preparing, and coordinating simulation scenarios for use with advanced simulation equipment
- Instructing course facilitators in simulation-based education principles and the use of simulation equipment
- Conducting routine equipment maintenance, inventory updates and recommendations for new equipment purchases
- Scheduling and tracking Center usage
- Conducting regular evaluations and critique of programs, soliciting recommendations from both internal and external users
- Creating innovative curricula and identifying opportunities to integrate continuous improvement concepts and technology into healthcare education
- Maintaining professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends
- Teaching AHA courses and ENA courses (if applicable)
- Assisting Medical Director of Simulation and Senior Simulation Education Specialist, Nemours Institute for Clinical Excellence as required
Qualifications
- Associate Degree is required; Bachelor Degree is preferred.
- Minimum three years' experience as a Registered Nurse (BSN preferred) or Respiratory Therapist is required.
- Minimum one year of educator experience is required.
- Delaware RN or RRT license required.
- American Heart Association BLS Certification is required.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification through the American Heart Association is required.
Preferred licensures/certifications
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Instructor certification
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Instructor certification
- Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE)
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Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.
Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.
Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.
Learn more at Nemours.org [https://www.nemours.org].
