Simulation Educator - Simulation Centre - Regular full-time 2023-6950

Summary of Duties:

Reporting to the Director of Simulation, the Simulation Educator is a leader, consultant, educator, supervisor, faculty developer, mentor and academic.  This role is responsible for advancing simulation best practices, patient safety and quality evidence-based care in education across the organization under the Education Portfolio.  The Simulation Educator uses instructional design principals to design, deliver and evaluate simulation programming for education, quality improvement projects, research and/or assessment.  In collaboration with the Director and in support of the Education Strategic Plan and the SHSC Strategic Direction, the Simulation Educator operationalizes and supervises educational programs for staff and students from novice to expert practitioners both within and external to SHSC.  The Simulation Educator is responsible for daily support of members of the simulation team including Simulation Specialists, Simulation Technologists, Administrative staff, volunteers and Co-op students.  

The Educator reflects respect for diversity, equity and inclusion. The Simulation Educator is responsible for ensuring that Simulation Centre accreditation standards are translated into the operations of the Centre and operationalized into daily practice. 
Duties and responsibilities include:

•    Inform curriculum development and quality improvement initiatives 
•    Responsible for maintaining expertise in the field of medical simulation through literature reviews, supporting research, participation in professional associations, attending and presenting at conferences, leading workshops, attending rounds
•    Utilizes knowledge translation strategies to integrate knowledge into clinical practice for all stakeholders
•    Analyzes current clinical practices through needs assessments, determines needs and gaps and develops simulation content to address gaps
•    Designs and develops new simulation strategies or technologies to enhance and advance simulation 
•    Leads, advises on and manage quality improvement projects in various units of the organization to enhance patient safety
•    Collaborates with stakeholders to analyze and prioritize risk related to quality improvement findings, make recommendations and advise on quality measures to enhance healthcare processes and outcomes
•    Leads and manages faculty development courses to build simulation capacity across the organization (Train-the-trainer courses)
•    Mentors Sunnybrook Educators and Simulation Fellows in Simulation-based learning and best practices
•    Collaborates and partners with researchers and educators for publications and academic presentations (conferences, committees)
•    Collaborates with Director to provide community outreach and stakeholder education 
•    Maintains competence to assist with research and/or work collaboratively on research projects
•    Responsible for guidance and support to Simulation staff to ensure program deliverables are completed on time and on budget
•    Supports the strategic direction, vision, planning and implementation for the SCSC. 
•    Collaborates and advises Director to ensure accreditation standards are translated into all curriculum and building course capacity to meet accreditation standards
•    Leads, consults, manages and grants accreditation of courses requesting RCPSC accreditation for continuing medical education (CME) credits for physicians 
•    Provides leadership and expertise for Internal and external stakeholders
•    Advises and creates reports on SCSC activities, accomplishments and metrics
•    Prepares high level operations reports to the Director on current state of SCSC (finances, staff challenges, opportunities for growth)
•    Manages program requests to ensure achievement of Strategic Plan for the Program
•    Active member of various leadership, education and planning committees to provide expertise and consultation for curriculum development, simulation best practice, and ensuring quality control
•    Advances interprofessional patient care through team-based simulation
•    Collaborates with Director to promote interprofessional education, innovation, scholarship and research.
•    Collaborates and co-creates with Director to develop new strategies/initiatives/policies and procedures necessary for daily operational readiness 
•    Develops and implements an action plan to address identified issues, in a timely manner, including implementing educational initiatives to prevent further negative occurrence, as needed
•    Collaborates with other Simulation Centres to build valuable long-term partnerships and enhance brand image and recognition 
•    Measures and evaluates progress of the centre to ensure program goals are achieved 
•    Responsible for communication with accounts payable and accounts receivable to ensure goods/products received
•    Responsible for inventory management to ensure cost efficiency and alignment with course demand and budgets 

Qualifications/Skills:

• Registered Respiratory Therapist or Registered Nurse
• Undergraduate Degree
• Masters Degree desirable
• Skills: Interprofessional Communication and Team building, Leadership/Management, Organizational, Instructional Design, Technical Troubleshooting, Conflict Resolution, Human Resource, Facilitation and Presentation, Clinical Systems Knowledge Base, Communication (written/oral), Innovation and Effective Resource Utilization