DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

This leadership role drives CEL’s mission to cultivate future-ready healthcare professionals through immersive, simulation-driven learning that enhances clinical competencies, teamwork, human factors awareness and patient safety outcomes across KPJ and beyond.

By integrating high-fidelity manikins, VR/AR technologies, hybrid scenarios and standardised patient methodologies, the Director ensures training aligns with evidence-based standards such as SSH and INACSL , effectively bridging academic preparation with real-world clinical demands.

The Director is accountable for positioning CEL as both:

• A clinical capability, quality improvement and patient safety instrument embedded into KPJ hospital operations, and
• A self-sustaining strategic asset that contributes measurable organisational value and supports KPJ’s long-term growth strategy.

Strategic ( Crafts long-term vision, partnerships, budgets and sustainability model for CEL across KPJ)

Academic ( Oversees curriculum design, faculty collaboration, research initiatives and competency assessment for competency mastery in nursing, medicine and allied health)

Administrative ( Leads policies, accreditation, stakeholder alignment and quality improvement frameworks)

Operational ( Manages daily operations, technology integration, team development and programme delivery)

Commercial ( Ensures financial sustainability, utilisation optimisation, revenue opportunities and value creation)

1.Strategic Leadership & Ownership of CEL

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Provide single-point leadership and accountability for CEL strategy, operations and outcomes.

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Define and execute CEL’s 3–5 year roadmap aligned with KPJHS priorities, Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and accreditation standards.

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Position CEL as KPJ’s flagship platform for clinical capability building, patient safety and workforce readiness.

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Establish CEL as a recognised Centre of Excellence for simulation-based education nationally and regionally.

1. Clinical Education & Curriculum Excellence

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Lead the design, governance and continuous evolution of simulation-based curricula across medicine, nursing and allied health.

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Ensure curricula are:

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Clinically relevant to KPJ hospitals

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Aligned with CME, AHA, SSH, INACSL and local regulators

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Outcome-driven with defined competency and safety metrics

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Embed CEL training into:

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Hospital clinical pathways

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Onboarding programmes

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Credentialing and privileging processes

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Validation of high-risk procedures

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Standardise training for critical procedures across KPJ hospitals to reduce variation and improve clinical confidence.

1. Integration with Hospital Operations, Quality & Patient Safety

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Work closely with Hospital CEOs, Medical Directors, Heads of Specialty, Nursing Leaders, Quality teams and other relevant stakeholders to:

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Identify high-risk procedures and variation hotspots

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Translate these into targeted simulation interventions

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Use simulation to reduce errors, improve outcomes and standardise care

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Utilise insights from:

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Command Centre data (incidents, utilisation, flow)

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RIC and CDH research findings

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Position CEL as a preventive risk-management, human factors and quality improvement instrument, not merely a training centre.

1. Faculty Leadership & Capability Building

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Recruit, mobilise and develop a KPJ-wide faculty of clinical educators and simulation instructors.

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Establish Trainer-of-Trainer (ToT) and instructor certification pathways.

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Build internal teaching and simulation capability, reducing reliance on external providers.

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Foster a culture of mentorship, reflective practice and clinical teaching across KPJ hospitals.

1. Academic, Research & Innovation Integration

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Partner with KPJ, KPJ University, RIC and CDH to:

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Advance simulation-based research and education scholarship

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Generate evidence on training effectiveness, patient safety and workforce impact

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Position CEL as a living laboratory for:

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Human factors research

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Clinical process redesign

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Innovation in experiential education

1. Operational Excellence, Technology Strategy & Resource Optimisation

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Oversee CEL’s operational readiness including facility utilisation, simulator lifecycle strategy, scheduling and throughput.

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Integrate VR/AR and digital simulation technologies to scale training capacity.

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Ensure optimal deployment of faculty, infrastructure and technology assets.

1. Business Acumen, Financial Sustainability & Organisational Value Creation

A defining expectation of this role is the ability to translate experiential learning into measurable organisational value and ensure CEL becomes a self-sustaining enterprise.

The Director will:

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Develop structured programme and pricing models linked to hospital onboarding, credentialing and training allocations

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Create external training, certification and partnership opportunities with healthcare providers, universities, professional bodies and industry

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Quantify CEL’s contribution to:

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Reduction in clinical errors and adverse events

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Cost avoidance through standardisation

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Reduced dependency on external training vendors

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Optimise utilisation of CEL facilities, simulators and faculty resources

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Develop ROI-driven technology and capital investment plans

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Support FHI in scaling CEL offerings regionally