Position Overview

The Coordinator will establish, lead, and manage the AHSU Simulation and Clinical Skills Center to support competency-based education for postgraduate medical training and future undergraduate health professions program. The role oversees simulation-based learning, clinical skills training, assessment, faculty development, quality improvement, and operational management of the Center.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning, policy development, and governance of the Simulation and Clinical Skills Center.
• Integrate simulation activities into competency-based curricula, Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), and programme assessments.
• Design, implement, and evaluate simulation scenarios and clinical skills training programmes.
• Coordinate simulation-based assessments, including OSCEs and technical skills assessments.
• Manage simulation laboratories, equipment, standardized patients, scheduling, and day-to-day operations.
• Lead faculty development in simulation pedagogy, debriefing, assessment, and educational best practices.
• Ensure quality assurance, patient safety, biosafety, ethical standards, and continuous improvement.
• Prepare annual operational plans, budgets, utilization reports, and performance dashboards.
• Promote simulation research, innovation, partnerships, and resource mobilization.
• Support the development of future bioskills/wet laboratory facilities in line with institutional and regulatory requirements.
• Other tasks assigned by the leadership

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Nursing, Anesthesia, Allied Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Health Professions Education, or a related field.
• A postgraduate qualification in Simulation, Health Professions Education, Clinical Education, Healthcare Management, or a related discipline is an added advantage.
• Relevant experience in clinical education, simulation, programme coordination, or laboratory management.
• Knowledge of competency-based education, assessment methods, biosafety, infection prevention, and quality improvement.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in health informatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Nursing, Public Health, or a related field.
• Experience using WHO Integrated Data Platform (WIDP), DHIS2 Tracker, REDCap, ODK, KoboToolbox, CommCare, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), or similar platforms.
• Previous experience in emergency care, acute obstetrics, disease surveillance, health registries, or multi-site health programmes.
• Experience supporting tablet configuration, synchronization, user account management, and multi-factor authentication.

Required Technical Skills

• Strategic planning and leadership
• Curriculum development and coordination
• Simulation design, facilitation, and debriefing
• Project and operations management
• Equipment and resource management
• Budgeting and reporting
• Quality improvement and research
• Communication, teamwork, and stakeholder engagement
• Ethical practice and commitment to patient safety

Core Competencies

• High attention to detail.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to data quality and integrity.
• High ethical standards and respect for confidentiality.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
• Flexibility to work across hospital departments and follow rotating schedules.

• Lead strategic planning, policy development, and governance of the Simulation and Clinical Skills Center.
• Integrate simulation activities into competency-based curricula, Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), and programme assessments.
• Design, implement, and evaluate simulation scenarios and clinical skills training programmes.
• Coordinate simulation-based assessments, including OSCEs and technical skills assessments.
• Manage simulation laboratories, equipment, standardized patients, scheduling, and day-to-day operations.
• Lead faculty development in simulation pedagogy, debriefing, assessment, and educational best practices.
• Ensure quality assurance, patient safety, biosafety, ethical standards, and continuous improvement.
• Prepare annual operational plans, budgets, utilization reports, and performance dashboards.
• Promote simulation research, innovation, partnerships, and resource mobilization.
• Support the development of future bioskills/wet laboratory facilities in line with institutional and regulatory requirements.
• Other tasks assigned by the leadership

• Strategic planning and leadership
• Curriculum development and coordination
• Simulation design, facilitation, and debriefing
• Project and operations management
• Equipment and resource management
• Budgeting and reporting
• Quality improvement and research
• Communication, teamwork, and stakeholder engagement
• Ethical practice and commitment to patient safety

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Nursing, Anesthesia, Allied Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Health Professions Education, or a related field.
• A postgraduate qualification in Simulation, Health Professions Education, Clinical Education, Healthcare Management, or a related discipline is an added advantage.
• Relevant experience in clinical education, simulation, programme coordination, or laboratory management.
• Knowledge of competency-based education, assessment methods, biosafety, infection prevention, and quality improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree in health informatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Nursing, Public Health, or a related field. (Preferred)
• Experience using WHO Integrated Data Platform (WIDP), DHIS2 Tracker, REDCap, ODK, KoboToolbox, CommCare, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), or similar platforms. (Preferred)
• Previous experience in emergency care, acute obstetrics, disease surveillance, health registries, or multi-site health programmes. (Preferred)
• Experience supporting tablet configuration, synchronization, user account management, and multi-factor authentication. (Preferred)