Patient Education Specialist - Middle School Math/Science
About The Position
The Patient Education Specialist provides individualized educational instruction to help patients maintain academic continuity during treatment or hospitalization. The specialist adapts curriculum, learning tools, and educational support to patients’ cognitive, emotional, physical, and academic needs. The role serves pre-kindergarten through high school patients and works with families, school personnel, and the interdisciplinary care team to align educational services with patient care needs. Instruction may take place at the bedside, one-on-one, virtually, or in a classroom. The specialist develops lesson plans, administers and interprets assessments, supports individualized education and accommodation planning, tracks academic progress, and creates educational and supplemental programs. The role also maintains knowledge of education laws, advocacy strategies, and how chronic illness or injury can affect learning.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in education, special education, or a related field.
- Texas Standard Teaching Certificate.
- Three years of instructional experience, including interpreting neuropsychological evaluations.
Nice To Haves
- Educational Diagnostician certification from the Texas Education Agency.
- Special Education Teaching Certification.
- Three years of teaching experience in a hospital or specialized school setting.
Responsibilities
- Provides individualized instruction through bedside, one-on-one, virtual, and classroom-based educational sessions.
- Develops lesson plans and materials aligned with patients’ curricula, Individualized Education Programs, Admission Review and Dismissal plans, academic levels, learning styles, and physical or cognitive needs.
- Administers, reviews, and interprets neuropsychological, academic, behavioral, and learning-style assessments.
- Develops Individualized Education Programs and 504 accommodations for qualifying pre-kindergarten through high school patients.
- Recommends appropriate academic placement and collaborates with families to support school enrollment and instruction.
- Uses instructional strategies such as phonetics, multisensory learning, and repetition to reinforce learning.
- Tracks and documents patient attendance, engagement, academic progress, grades, educational interventions, and goal achievement.
- Coordinates with home-school professionals to obtain assignments, books, materials, and expectations for completed work.
- Uses virtual learning platforms, SMART Boards, teleconferencing tools, and adaptive equipment to support engaging instruction.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team to align educational services with patient care needs.
- Educates school personnel and families about the impact of serious illness or injury on learning, academic programming, and psychosocial support needs.
- Develops and implements patient-centered educational, summer, supplemental, vocational, and quality-improvement programs.
- Maintains current knowledge of educational laws, advocacy strategies, and the impact of chronic illness and injury on learning.
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Job Type
Full-time
