Simulation Operations Lead

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Please ensure you upload your resume, attach a cover letter, list of references in the correct upload area. Any other documents required please add to Additional Documents. Reporting to the Dean, School of Nursing, the Simulation Coordinator provides leadership for the planning, operation, and continuous improvement of the School of Nursing's Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre. The successful candidate will oversee simulation activities, technical operations, budgeting, procurement, equipment maintenance, inventory management, and stakeholder collaboration to support exceptional learning experiences for students and faculty. This role will play a key role in ensuring that simulation and clinical skills laboratories operate efficiently, safely, and effectively while supporting innovation in nursing education and simulation-based learning. **SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:** Provide a broad range of project coordination to support the Dean, including, but not limited to, the following regular duties: * Lead the day-to-day operation, planning, and administration of the Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre. * Develop and manage schedules of Nursing labs and simulation labs to optimize the use of facilities and resources. * Manage budgets, procurement activities, inventory systems, and equipment expenditures. * Maintain, configure, troubleshoot, and perform routine repairs of simulation mannequins, task trainers, biomedical equipment, computers, and audiovisual systems. * Ensure simulation spaces are fully prepared and operational for teaching, testing, and simulation activities. * Provide technical expertise and training to faculty, staff, and students on simulation equipment and technologies. * Recruit, orient, train, and supervise student simulation personnel and other temporary staff as required. * Maintain Nursing lab schedule and * Maintain comprehensive inventory and maintenance records and ensure appropriate stock levels of supplies and equipment. * Facilitate student learning by supporting clinical skills practice opportunities and simulation activities. * Collaborate with healthcare and educational partners, including Nova Scotia Health and other organizations, to support simulation and training initiatives. * Ensure compliance with university policies, health and safety requirements, infection control standards, WHMIS, and data protection requirements. * Prepare reports and recommendations related to simulation operations, budgets, equipment, and program development. **QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS:** * A post-secondary degree or diploma in Electronics & Controls, Instrumentation, Information Technology (IT), Health Care or a related field. * A post-secondary degree in Biomedical Engineering is considered a strong asset. * A minimum of three years experience in healthcare simulation, clinical skills education, biomedical equipment support, or a related technical environment. Supervisory