Department:

Simulation

Location:

Health Sciences Center

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID:

R107758

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelors degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 5 (Hourly)

Position Description:

The University of Louisville is seeking to hire a Patient Simulator Specialist I. The Simulation Patient Specialist provides essential support for educational activities at the School of Nursing Clinical Simulation Center. This position assists faculty and students with clinical simulation activities by preparing equipment, maintaining supplies, and supporting simulation scenarios. The candidate should have basic clinical experience or simulation experience to provide technical assistance and troubleshooting support. The candidate should be comfortable working in a simulated clinical environment and following established protocols for equipment operation and safety procedures. This position requires flexibility to accommodate varying class schedules and the ability to work collaboratively with faculty and students.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate in lab preparation with Director of Nursing Simulation, course coordinators, and faculty to prepare nursing simulation rooms for simulation scenarios and skills activities including basic moulage application, equipment set-up, and medication/supply preparation according to established protocols. Disassemble and store equipment after simulation scenarios or skills activities.

• Assist with technical aspects of simulation scenario facilitation under supervision. Provide basic troubleshooting support for simulation equipment.

• Support pharmacological accuracy by collaborating with Director of Nursing Simulation to ensure proper simulated medication set-up and distribution according to established procedures.

• Ensure supplies and equipment are prepared based on faculty requests, course objectives, and clinical nursing accuracy requirements.

• Provide basic orientation to faculty regarding simulation/laboratory procedures, location and use of materials, and basic operation of equipment in simulation labs and classrooms.

• Maintain safety compliance by following established safety and simulation lab procedures and ensuring faculty, students, and staff comply with safety protocols.

• Maintain lab environments to replicate clinical nursing settings with appropriate cleanliness, stocked supplies, and clean linen according to established standards.

• Handle equipment logistics including moving hospital beds, lifting and moving simulation equipment, and transporting manikins between simulation labs and classrooms.

• Assist with inventory management of lab supplies, equipment, furniture, teaching models, AV equipment, and laboratory manuals. Support ordering processes as directed.

• Conduct basic facility tours of the School of Nursing Clinical Simulation Lab for visitors and assist with general simulation activities during the tours.

• Support technology operations by assisting with classroom streaming sessions, basic video capture equipment operation, and routine maintenance tasks under supervision.

• Assist with student support services by helping with nursing skills totes preparation and distribution to students as directed.

• Assist with training sessions for AHA courses.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors degree in healthcare related field, experience in healthcare simulation

Target Compensation Maximum:

$36.22

Target Compensation Minimum:

$24.13

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258.