Assistant Dean of Simulation Hospital

Position Title: Assistant Dean, Simulation Hospital

Location: Miami Dade College, Medical Campus

The Assistant Dean, Simulation Hospital provides leadership and vision to the Simulation Hospital. The position is responsible for leading multidisciplinary activities involving academic and student support. The Assistant Dean partners with course leaders and program coordinators to develop innovative educational courses, simulation courses and simulation scenarios. The position oversees and implements human patient simulators and medical and multimedia equipment College-wide.

What you will be doing:

• Strategically plans and facilitates simulation, utilization, growth and departmental effectiveness related to student growth and success
• Provides leadership with technology innovation and application related to human patient simulation systems, medical systems and supporting technology
• Develops and implements a multidisciplinary clinical simulation curriculum in order to meet accreditation standards for the School of Nursing and the School of Health Sciences
• Collaborates with faculty and staff in the development of lecture and clinical simulation immersion methods, integration of simulation resources, application of new instrumentation tools and their implementation in the Simulation hospital
• Leads an interdisciplinary team of facilitators, technicians, and faculty in creating and solving complex medical scenarios involving human patient simulators, complex medical equipment and systems in support of the educational needs of students
• Manages the allocated budget and supervises expenditures for equipment, supplies and materials
• Develops and implements technical training in simulation technology, medical equipment and software systems for faculty and staff
• Develops, integrates and encourages College-wide cross program utilization and application of simulation technology
• Creates, secures and fosters funding opportunities such as grants and community opportunities
• Represents the College at user’s group meetings and other relevant organizational meetings at the local, state, and national level

What you need to succeed:

• Master’s degree in a health care discipline such as Nursing or related field with five (5) years of relevant experience; or Bachelor’s degree in health care discipline such as Nursing or related field and nine (9) years of relevant experience
• Florida license as a Registered Nurse, Physician Assistant or related field
• All educational degrees must be from a regionally accredited institution
• Knowledge and understanding of College organization, goals and objectives, and policies and
• procedures
• Knowledge and experience in managing and providing expertise in the installation and support
• of high fidelity human patient simulators, medical equipment, complex medical systems, and simulation applications
• Knowledge of instructional technology, operating systems, application software, and distributed client/server administrative, academic and support personnel
• Skilled with technical hardware, operating systems and demonstrated ability to specify, plan, and manage application projects
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies (VMware, vSphre, Hyper-V, etc)
• Ability to communicate effectively (both verbal and writing) and efficient organizational skills
• Ability to understand and clearly relate to other members of the organization technical manuals, software specification and general methods of network operations, clinical applications and support systems
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents
• Knowledge of OSHA guidelines, Joint Commission (TJC) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Ability to work well in a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural environment with students, faculty and staff