Director of Simulation

We are currently recruiting a Director of Simulation to manage overall operations including simulation education supervision of staff and the coordination of inter-professional activities. Partner with faculty and staff to develop scholarly activities that evaluate simulations impact on healthcare education. The Director is pivotal to the expansion of the college by managing a comprehensive evaluation plan, prepare and analyze data and fiscal reports for college leadership to support budgeting and strategic planning of simulation activities.

The selected applicant must maintain a primary residence in the Albuquerque area including surrounding communities such as Rio Rancho, Los Lunas, Belen, Edgewood, and Santa Fe and be able to reliably commute to the College of Nursing in Albuquerque.

Job duties include but not limited to:

• Demonstrating an entrepreneurial mindset in the expansion of simulation operations.
• Participating in building and maintaining relationships with community and HSC partners.
• Create detailed expenditure forecasts and variance analysis for simulation programs.
• Managing staff in the coordination and interaction with internal and external customers.
• Develop multi-year projection and budget plans for simulation and skills labs incorporating capital equipment, lifecycle consumables, staffing, and software licensing to ensure fiscal sustainability and alignment with academic goals.
• Implement capacity-based financial modeling to optimize utilization of simulation assets, achieving cost-per-student targets and improving ROI on high-fidelity equipment investments.
• Collaborate with finance and academic leadership to align simulation lab budgets with enrollment growth and accreditation requirements, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.
• Model utilization, student counts, cohort mix, lab hours, scenario throughput.
• Tie spending to learning outcomes and operational metrics, competency gains, pass rates, remediation avoided.
• Track actuals vs. forecast and refine assumptions quarterly.
• Employee relations management.
• Systems and technology management.
• Creating, maintaining, and updating Policies and Procedures.

College of Nursing, The University Of New Mexico

The College of Nursing located in Albuquerque, NM ranks in the top 15 of nursing programs in the country. With over 1000 enrolled students, the college offers pre- and post-licensure baccalaureate, masters, post-masters, and doctoral programs. Program offerings include the states premiere Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs, masters and post-masters programs across seven concentrations for APRNs, nurse educators, and nurse administrators, and the New Mexico Nurse Education Consortium baccalaureate curriculum.

Our faculty engage in innovative teaching, research, and clinical scholarship to understand and address the health care needs among our most vulnerable populations. As a College of Nursing at a research-intensive, federally designated Hispanic-serving institution situated on indigenous lands, we benefit both from the manifold opportunities and from the responsibilities we carry. Consistent with our mission, vision, and values, we strive to openly support and deeply respect our diverse students, staff, and faculty. We expect our faculty to benefit from and contribute to an inclusive environment that facilitates equity in research, scholarship, service, education, and practice.

The University of New Mexico is New Mexicos flagship R1 research-intensive institution occupying nearly 800 acres near historic Route 66 in the heart of Albuquerque, a metropolitan area of more than 929,000 people. The College of Nursing is part of a vibrant HSC which includes New Mexicos only Level-1 Trauma Center. The HSC provides an exceptional education for more than 1500 students each year in 21 different health fields. The HSC is known for innovative research with more than $165 Million in extramural research funding. The HSC has an established Clinical & Translational Science Center that provides extensive opportunities and resources to support collaborative research in a variety of interest areas.

The University of New Mexico offers a competitive salary and outstanding benefits package.