Assistant Director, Clinical Simulation & Resuscitation Quality

Department

• BSD SIM - Administration
• About the Department

• The UChicago Simulation Center strives to measurably improve the quality, safety, and experience of healthcare delivery through the application of cutting-edge simulation methods, systems thinking, human-centered design, and innovative technology. Dedicated to high-quality simulation, the Simulation Center partners across the University of Chicago Health System and Biological Sciences Division to co-design and implement simulation-based programs that promote clinical readiness, skill development, digital innovation, and research.
• Job Summary

The Assistant Director, Clinical Simulation & Resuscitation Quality supports operations of the simulation lab to ensure effective delivery of center programming with a focus on quality assurance. This role may provide direct supervision to professionals at the and serves as an advisor to Center leadership to set goals.

Responsibilities

Co-design clinical scenarios alongside hospital clinical educators, residency program directors, and academic faculty to target specific learning gaps.

Actively incorporate clinical priority quality and safety concepts directly into simulation scenarios leveraging existing system committees, experts, and data trends.

Enable and coordinate interprofessional simulation initiatives to enhance communication and clinical teamwork.

Maintain the master scenario library, ensuring clinical accuracy, up-to-date guidelines, and standard formats.

Cultivate a culture of learning and psychological safety for all staff and learners that engage with the Simulation Center.

Establish and manage a system-wide mock code program, including governance, scheduling cadence, performance feedback mechanisms, and standardized scenario design for cardiac, respiratory, and other high-acuity emergency events.

Tailor mock code scenarios and equipment/medication protocols to the distinct needs of inpatient, ambulatory, adult, and pediatric care settings, ensuring age- and acuity-appropriate realism.

Coordinate with unit-based champions, nursing leadership, and rapid response/code teams to schedule unannounced and announced mock codes across care sites.

Lead structured debriefs after each mock code and ensure timely feedback loops to unit leadership and participating staff.

Standardize mock code evaluation tools to assess team performance, role clarity, communication (e.g., closed-loop, SBAR), time-to-intervention, and adherence to resuscitation guidelines (e.g., AHA/PALS/ACLS/NRP).

Aggregate and trend mock code performance data across departments and campuses to identify systemic gaps and prioritize targeted retraining and incorporation into other Resuscitation Core programming (ACLS, PALS, BLS, NRP).

Partner with resuscitation committees, code blue committees, and emergency preparedness leadership to align mock code findings with system-wide quality and safety initiatives.

Establish and oversee instructor audit, feedback review, and coaching to ensure fidelity to best practices and maximize effectiveness of instructors across the resuscitation core (BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP).

Lead performance improvement efforts related to instructional quality, programmatic efficiency, and transparent reporting.

Create training opportunities for simulation team members and faculty around clinical competencies identified as key to professional growth and simulation quality.

Implements and administers systems, policies, and procedures to support the strategic goals and sustainable growth of the simulation center and programming.

Scales and iterates processes across the UChicago Medicine health system to promote quality and standardization of simulation sessions across sites. Travels to locations throughout the health system as necessary to promote continuity and collaboration with a focus on Resuscitation Core and Mock Code programming.

Creates and fosters strong partnerships across the Simulation Center as well as throughout the UChicago Medicine health system, serving as a liaison and representative of the Simulation Center.

Actively participates as a thought partner and clinical voice to the simulation team.

Operates and maintains simulator technologies ranging from anatomic models and task trainers to screen-based simulation to full-body patient simulators and virtual reality surgical simulators.

Brings a growth-mindset to all duties, actively learning new technologies and skills.

Supports adult learning principles and the learning experience for all center users.

Support the mission, vision, and goals of the UChicago Simulation Center.

Serves as an active participant (i.e. imbedded actor) in simulation activities as needed.

Develops and communicates program priorities and performance standards and assesses operations using these criteria. Plans and conducts quality assurance reviews and recommends changes as appropriate.

Has a deep understanding when interacting with faculty, researchers and staff for committee work or information.

Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
• Work Experience:

• Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
• Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

Masters degree in education, nursing, instructional design, or a related clinical field strongly preferred.

Experience:

At least 2 years of direct patient care experience.

At least 4 years of experience working in a healthcare or technical environment.

At least 2 years of experience working in a simulation environment.

Experience in a clinical or educational setting.

Experience operating and troubleshooting products and software, including SimMan 3G, SimBaby, SimJunior, HAL, SuperTory and other advanced manikins.

Experience as a technician supporting cadaveric and tissue labs.

Experience with simulation software platforms such as Laerdal LLEAP.

​ Preferred Competencies

Knowledge of human anatomy and physiologic states.

Strong understanding of simulation-based education principles, including scenario setup, debriefing tools, and learner-centered methodologies.

Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and professional communication skills.

Knowledge of patient simulation services, technologies and applications.

Proficiency in MS software applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), database management, and Internet utilization.

Ability to express clinical information clearly and simply.

Ability to learn new skills and technology quickly and independently.

Ability to work well under pressure, set priorities, and make critical decisions.

Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding job assignments and sensitive issues.

Ability to work with internal and external individuals from different disciplines and different levels of training.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to collaborate successfully with faculty members, clinical instructors, learners, and other stakeholders concerning educational activities on a daily basis.

Self-motivated and requires minimal supervision with the ability to work as a team member.

Flexibility and adaptability to work varying hours/days/evening/weekends.

Ability to balance multiple tasks simultaneously in fast paced environment.

Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills to manage and resolve issues promptly.

Working Conditions

Office environment.

Weekend/evening hours: as needed.

Travel required: t ravel across UChicago Medicine’s health system footprint as needed; operating a University vehicle.

Work requires a moderate amount of walking, transporting equipment, and occasional heavy physical lifting of equipment.

Must be able to lift, reach, carry, pull, an