Simulation Operations Specialist

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Owensboro


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Simulation Operations Specialist

  • 495562
  • Owensboro
  • Staff
  • Full-time
  • Owensboro Community & Technical College

Title: Simulation Operations Specialist

Salary Range: $48,000 - $52,000

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Owensboro Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Owensboro Community College

Department: HealthForce Kentucky

Total Rewards

Owensboro Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

  • Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
  • Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
  • 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
  • Vacation/Sick Time
  • Work-Life Balance
  • 9.5 Paid Holidays
  • 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
  • Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The Simulation Operations Specialist (SOS) plans and executes all operational and technical aspects of simulated learning activities, simulation-based education, and scenario-based training for the HealthForce Kentucky mobile simulation lab, innovation center, and educational partners. The SOS develops operational and technical proficiency with all aspects of the operation, maintenance, support, troubleshooting, implementation, hardware/software updates, and repair of all system simulation labs’ inventory, such as the human patient simulator systems, simulation task trainers, associated medical equipment, and computer/audiovisual systems. Position is grant funded and continuation is contingent upon future funding.

Job Duties:

• Collaborate with the HealthForce Kentucky team and educational partners to support all technical aspects of the simulation before, during and after the simulation exercise/course/scenario. Including direct interaction with the participants, accommodates appropriate adjustments to the scenario, and technical responses of simulator based on planning, participant feedback, and actions.
• Prepare, program, clean, and operate all human patient simulator systems, simulation task trainers, associated medical equipment and computer/audiovisual equipment before, during and after the training exercises.
• Support the management and maintenance of all equipment, including simulators and computer/audiovisual, to ensure proper working order, appropriate maintenance, warranty support, and software updates.
• Ensure simulations/events are fully immersive through proper planning, room orientation, environment realism, faculty orientation and support, application of medical moulage and simulated medical conditions to human patient simulators, and/or standardized patients/role players. This includes collaborating with the HealthForce Kentucky team to create curricular anatomy models.
• Maintain accurate inventory and organized storage of equipment (simulators, hardware, and software) and supplies.
• Transport equipment to various HealthForce Kentucky partners in Western Kentucky for simulation training purposes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate degree in healthcare field or computer information with four (4) years of relevant work experience or equivalent is required.
• A valid driver’s license is required.
 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) is preferred.
• Prior healthcare experience is preferred.

Additional Skills Requested:

• Actively participate in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.
• Must possess excellent organizational, oral, and written communication skills and positive interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to professionally and flexibly work independently and collaboratively with others.
• This position will work with age groups across the lifespan.
• Skilled in or the ability to learn how to use databases and simulation equipment.
• Frequent travel is possible, up to 90% of the time, and may require occasional overnight stays. Transportation and accommodations are provided or compensated.
• Work may be required outside of usual working hours.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, carry up to 50 pounds.

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.

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