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The University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock, Arkansas, is accepting applications for a Nursing Programs Clinical and Simulation Coordinator position.\ \ Project Description: The steepest healthcare workforce shortages in the State of Arkansas, especially in lower-income urban and rural areas, directly impact the delivery of essential health services to high-need communities. To address this dire healthcare workforce need, a statewide consortium of six of Arkansas public two-year institutions has been awarded \$5.7 million for the Bridging Healthcare Workforce Shortages in Arkansas (BRIDGE-AR) initiative. The institutions are as follows:\ \ University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College\ Arkansas State University Mid-South Community College\ Southeast Arkansas Community College\ University of Arkansas Phillips County Community College\ East Arkansas Community College\ Northwest Arkansas Community College

*This position is funded 100% by the BRIDGE AR DOL Grant. As such, the Clinical and Simulation Coordinator assists the Dean of the School of Science, Math, and Allied Health with implementing the objectives established in the grant for this federally-funded activity.\ Essential functions\ Assists program directors, faculty, and students in the lab setting with integration of simulation into the curriculum.\ Supervises and evaluates students progress in meeting designated program student learning outcomes (PSLOs) and course student learning outcomes (CSLOs) and reports progress to course faculty and program directors through end of term reports.\ Coordinates and schedules use of labs for all functions, including: regular classes, special class sections, open lab, advanced clinical skills, and clinical skills evaluation.\ Collaborates with the Dean of Nursing to establish, review, and research policies, standard practices, and procedures related to the skills and simulation lab with a focus on continuous quality improvement.\ Collaborates with course faculty in planning, designing, organizing, and delivering lab and simulation activities to meet the needs and schedule of the course.\ Collaborates with the nursing faculty to coordinate the complementary blending of lab practice, simulation, virtual simulation and the clinical experience.\ Researches, develops, updates, collaborates, and refines lab and clinical scenarios for the nursing programs based on student and faculty needs and reflective of current practice standards.\ Ensures safety and maintains OSHA standards within the simulation lab; to include appropriate disposal of hazardous waste and sharps\ Keeps current with safety standards and informs the Dean of Nursing of changes in standards.\ Monitors inventory and orders necessary supplies for the skills and simulation lab, including performing the annual inventory.\ Ensures maintenance of simulation manikins and other equipment in the skills and simulation lab; initiates repair and maintains appropriate warranties.\ Provides orientation to instructors regarding the policies, procedures and use of the simulation lab.\ Collaborates with the nursing faculty to coordinate the complementary blending of lab practice, simulation, virtual simulation and the clinical experience.\ Assists students and faculty in meeting course objectives through the utilization of the skills and simulation lab activities.\ Oversees utilization of the skills and simulation lab and equipment.\ Serves as a resource and support for Health Programs faculty in utilizing the simulation lab.\ Collaborates with Nursing faculty to provide student remediation in the lab setting.\ Utilizes and emphasizes instructional methods that promote the development of critical thinking, problem solving, decision-making, and linical competency for real life application.\ Conducts tours for internal/external stakeholders.\ Provides and develops all training for clinical learning lab faculty regarding the administration of at the beginning of each term to include lab equipment, changes to curriculum, software, and/or supplies to be used.\ Orders, prepares, and organizes equipment and supplies to be utilized in the clinical learning lab.\ Manages all aspects of the clinical placement process and ensures effective operation of clinical practicums by organizing, supervising, and evaluating clinical sites, preceptors & students. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:\ Ensuring effective operation of clinical practicums by organizing, supervising & evaluating clinical sites, preceptors & students.\ Monitoring student placements and clinical records.\ Maintaining and obtaining contracts, mandatory legal documentation (license verification, liability insurance, qualifications of preceptors and preceptor orientation etc.).\ Securing and coordinating clinical placement for all assigned programs for incoming and continuing