Owensboro Community and Technical College
Simulation Education Specialist
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Owensboro, KY
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Full-Time
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$58K - $62K
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Other
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May 1st, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
Owensboro Community and Technical College is hiring a Simulation Education Specialist. The role involves collaborating with faculty to develop simulation-based training, ensuring adherence to simulation standards, and optimizing educational resources to enhance student learning in healthcare programs.
Highlights
- Develop and implement simulation-based education programs in collaboration with faculty.
- Serve as a simulation content expert and plan simulation events tailored to learner age groups.
- Train facilitators and faculty to meet accreditation standards in simulation development and evaluation.
- Manage logistics, resource allocation, and preparedness for simulation events.
- Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field and six years of relevant experience required.
- Current or prior clinical healthcare licensure (e.g., RN, Paramedic) mandatory.
- Certified Health Simulations Educator (CHSE) credential preferred.
- Technical expertise in simulation equipment and methodologies, plus ability to provide faculty training and support.
- Salary range: $58,000 - $62,000 for a 12-month contract position with full benefits including healthcare, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement.
- Position involves up to 75% travel, occasional lifting up to 50 pounds, and some work outside regular hours.
Simulation Education Specialist Full Description
Title: Simulation Education Specialist
Salary Range: $$58,000 - $62,000
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, and 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
This position is a Simulation Education Specialist (SES) for HealthForce Kentucky in collaboration with Owensboro Community and Technical College. This position will interface with content experts/faculty to help them develop simulation-based training. This individual will be responsible for ensuring simulation standards are being upheld and providing options for the educators to get the most out of the equipment and experiences for their students. Position is grant funded and continuation is contingent upon future funding. Visit our website at https://healthforcekentucky.org/
Job Duties:
• Serve as a simulation content expert with those wanting to use new resources and new instructional methods. Each event will need to have a roadmap developed that is well planned and documented with a purpose and plan. Each event will take special consideration for the age of learner and appropriateness of the content for that learner group.
• Integral in the success of the program is the balancing of resource allocation, availability, managing logistics, and ensuring events are completely prepared.
• To meet accreditation standards while delivering simulation experiences facilitators/faculty must be trained at a functional level of simulation development, facilitation, debriefing, and evaluation.
• This position will collaborate with course facilitators/faculty to develop and design curriculum that integrates best practices of simulation.
• Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, radiography, paramedicine or similar is required.
• Six years of relevant work experience is required.
• Current, active, or previously held in good standing licensure in a clinical healthcare profession (e.g., RN, Paramedic, Radiologic Technologist, Respiratory Therapist, Social Work or similar) is required.
• Prior experience with patient care is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Certified Health Simulations educator (CHSE) is preferred.
• Prior experience in delivering simulation is preferred.
• Prior or current healthcare related certifications are preferred.
Additional Skills Requested:
• Provide technical assistance, support, and training to faculty and staff in the use of simulation methodologies and equipment.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of equipment, curriculum, operations, and services.
• Coordinate with leadership to engage academic, community, and practice partnerships as they relate to the program.
• Collect, interpret, and report data related to learning outcomes of simulation exercises.
• Collaborate with faculty/staff educators on disseminating findings.
• Must be able to professionally and flexibly work independently and collaboratively with others.
• Ability to utilize appropriate and effective communication skills when working with others.
• Must possess excellent organizational, oral, and written communication skills and positive interpersonal skills.
• This position will work with age groups across the lifespan.
• Plan and operate special events such as camps and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs).
• Skilled in or the ability to learn how to use databases and simulation equipment.
• Frequent travel is possible, up to 75% of the time, and may require occasional overnight stays. Transportation and accommodation are provided or compensated.
• Work may be required outside of usual working hours.
• The job may resemble clinical work occasionally and lifting up to 50 pounds is required.
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Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.
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