WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!
JOB SUMMARY
This position requires accurate portrayal of specific behaviors, emotions, and symptoms of disease as a real patient while interacting with health care student in a simulated patient encounter. Mandatory training is provided for portrayal, the assessment of health care student behaviors, physical exam skills, and written and/or verbal communications. The simulated encounters can be with an individual health care students and/or student groups. This position also involves observing and proctoring for clinical, simulation or computer examinations. Assist in the quality assurance check of videos and evaluations of all examination data. Assist in training standardized patients to accurately portray diagnostic case and to accurately evaluate the learner in the Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation. Work hours are on an on-call basis, as needed. Hours will include weekday evenings and weekends. Work hours are on an on-call basis, as needed. Hours will include weekday evenings and weekends. Works under supervision of Manager.
BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:
- PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
- 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
- Paid Time Off, available day one
- Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
- Paid Parental Leave Benefit
- Wellness programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
- Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required
- Experience
No experience required.
JOB DUTIES
- Interacts with staff, faculty and other standardized patients.
- Maintains confidentially of all information in relation to cases, student behaviors or feedback evaluations.
- Provides constructive verbal and written feedback within a structured format.
- Observes details during simulated encounter and the ability to recall all details after the encounter.
- Accurately and consistently completes checklists during assessment of health care students.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.
EEO Statement
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.