Surgical Simulation Project Manager: This candidate will provide operational support to the Department of Simulation (SIM), Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Qualifications:

• Must be a United States Citizen
• No degree necessary
• Read, Write and Speak English
• Proficient with MS Office Suite
• 3-5 years of experience as a Surgical Technician, Surgical Technologist, prior-service military 4N1X1, 68D or CST (Certified Surgical Technologist)
• Certification training program must be verified through ARC/STSA or CAAHEP (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education of Allied Health Education Programs)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare a variety of general correspondence and reports including assignment and reminder letters for continuing review and reports for a variety of internal and external regulatory civilian and military departments and agencies.
• Maintain logs of all incoming and outgoing correspondence as it pertains to personnel seeking surgical simulation services training, to include Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) and/or Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) training and testing requests.
• Completes FLS and FES exams as a test proctor certified through the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).
• Develop, prepare and disseminate approved marketing materials to promote surgical simulation training events.
• Responsible to track and request replenishment of all surgical skills related class VIII and surgical simulation materials/consumables.
• Reports and maintains an accurate account and system for all surgical training equipment as well as the class VIII materials on hand.
• Coordinates with the Simulation Quality Nurse to assist with hospital quality based projects.
• Coordinates with Graduate Medical Education Department in order to ascertain the number of healthcare personnel that are required to be certified FLS/FES, suturing and/or other surgical skills where simulation is required or may be the most effective training method.
• Track and record required information as required from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) for continued accreditation as a way of demonstrating appropriate statistics and how it relates independently to qualitative outcomes for personnel enrolled in surgical training programs.
• Prepare SIM calendars for all surgical simulation training revolving schedules and activities.
• Responsible for all surgical simulation training activities and coordinates with the appropriate course leadership to ensure all challenges have been mitigated and resolved prior to beginning training events.
• Communicates appropriately with Directorate, Education, Training & Research (DETR) and SIM leadership if course offerings become endangered to a point that not hosting such certificate courses would endanger the center’s accreditation patient safety, credentialing, and/or the hospital’s inability to perform direct patient care.
• Ensures that all applicable hosted training activities are properly coordinated between the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) and SIM for events in support of the hospital’s credentialling requirements.