Simulation Operations Lead

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
 
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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 or project coordination experience is considered an asset. 5 years experience would be considered an asset
• Knowledge and to coordinate the maintenance, servicing, calibration, and replacement of biomedical and simulation equipment, including liaison with manufacturers and external service providers as required is considered a strong asset.
• Experience working with simulation mannequins, task trainers, and related simulation technologies.
• Strong technical troubleshooting skills related to biomedical, electronic, computer, and audiovisual systems.
• Experience with procurement, budgeting, inventory management, and equipment maintenance programs.
• Knowledge of clinical procedures, healthcare environments, and nursing education.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with students, faculty, staff, and external partners.
• The ability to work independently, prioritize competing demands, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience related to healthcare simulation/simulation equipment is considered an asset.
• The ability to move and handle simulation equipment and manikins safely.

Applications for the successful candidate will include a:

• cover letter describing the expertise of the applicant
• complete resume
• list of at least three references.

Please upload all required documents to Additional Documents if no designated area is listed. Incomplete applications may not be considered.

Deadline: On November 29, 2026 at 11:00PM

Cape Breton University is strongly committed to fostering diversity within our community. We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our staff, our faculty and its scholarship including, but not limited to, women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. Please note that all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply but applications from Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. 

CBU is committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and applicants are encouraged to self-identity if they are part of a marginalised community, or have experience working with Indigenous communities.

If we contact you for an interview and you are a person with a disability who requires technical aids or alternative arrangements, please let us know of these needs and how we can be of assistance.

Cape Breton University

Human Resources Dept.

HumanResouces@cbu.ca

1250 Grand Lake Road,

Sydney, NS B1M 1A2