Simulation/Lab/Clinical Coordinator and Clinical Instructor:
Briar Cliff University’s Nursing Department is seeking a full-time (32 hours per week) Registered Nurse as a Clinical Coordinator, Simulation and Skills Lab Specialist, and Clinical Instructor. The staff member coordinates and collaborates with colleagues and students in a wide range of supervised, self-directed, and technologically mediated learning activities within the clinical skills lab. This position requires a dynamic response to a constantly changing work environment. The areas of overall lab and simulation operations require flexibility and adaptability. This position requires the abilities of a tech savvy instructor with broad clinical experience in many different clinical areas and levels of complexity including substantial expertise in teaching with simulation. This is a nine-month position.
Simulation/Lab Coordinator and Clinical Instructor
1. Teach clinical experiences as assigned.
2. Supports the daily operations of the Clinical Learning Lab and Simulation Center.
3. In conjunction with nursing faculty, develops laboratory teaching schedule each session.
4. Maintains laboratory environment to assure lab security, cleanliness, and safety.
5. Establishes policies and procedures to guide student and faculty use of laboratory spaces.
6. Ensures all labs contain necessary equipment and supplies to enable faculty to utilize lab effectively for teaching activities.
7. Facilitate simulation equipment care and maintenance, including troubleshooting and repair as required.
8. Monitors lab equipment and performs routine assessments including preventive maintenance to ensure proper functionality.
9. Identifies new technologies, receives input from faculty and submits recommendations to department chair concerning integration into lab activities.
10. Orients faculty and students to lab equipment through use of seminars and tutorial videos.
11. Coordinates requests and purchases of supplies and equipment.
12. Receives, audits, and stores supplies in designated locations, and updates lab directories.
13. Collaborate with Program Director and course faculty to ensure preparation of lab supplies and equipment based on faculty requests and course schedule.
14. Provides lab tours to prospective students and visitors as requested and promotes positive image of lab facilities.
15. Maintain files and records specific to Clinical Learning Lab and Simulation Center equipment and inventory.
16. Actively participate in department, school, and University committees.
17. Engage in service to the University, the community, and the profession.
18. Other duties as identified and/or assigned.
Clinical Coordinator
1. Communicate via email, phone and/or in person with nurse educators and /or placement coordinators in acute care sites to develop clinical placements.
2. Coordinate with BSN Program Director to determine the numbers of student placements needed at each semester, level, and type of experience needed.
3. Identify facility requirements at each clinical placement location, such as orientation and EHR training, and communicate these clinical entry requirements to instructors and student groups in a timely manner. Keep a record of these facility requirements, updating them as required when the facility changes their expectations.
4. Confirm placements with nurse educators and /or placement coordinators in clinical sites by timely follow up communications.
5. Communicate confirmed or changed clinical placement agreements with BSN Program Director and nursing faculty.
6. Attends meetings for Placement Coordinators when they occur.
7. Performs other related duties as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
1. A Bachelors in Nursing is required, Master of Science in Nursing or related field is preferred.
2. An active license in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa or Compact Stateis required.
3. Two years of full-time, or equivalent, professional nursing clinical experience.
4. Prior clinical teaching experience in an RN program is preferred.
5. Knowledge of simulation equipment hardware and software is preferred.
6. Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills.
7. Ability to organize tasks and space.
8. Effective interpersonal and communication skills.