Standardized Patient/Trainee, Ages 36 - 45

University Of New Mexico • Albuquerque, NM

162d • $17 • Remote

About The Position

This posting is currently recruiting applicants for the case portrayal range of 36 years of age to 45 years of age. This is an on-call position and not benefits eligible. A Standardized Patient (SP) is an individual from the community who is trained to portray a simulated patient case in a standardized manner. Requirements for this on-call position include the capacity for standardizing with other SPs who are cast in the same simulated patient case. These cases are used to teach and test clinical students' patient care and communication skills. Therefore, to be standardized, SPs must have matching physical attributes for the available roles. The capacity for standardization may be limited by certain physical characteristics or medical conditions such as surgical scars, tattoos, prosthetic limbs, muscle weakness, hearing loss, etc. SPs must be able to step up and down from an examination table, quickly change clothes, in and out of a gown, and perform physical tasks, which require full range of motion of limbs, such as raising arms overhead. SPs are required to provide ethnicity, age, gender and medical history in order to be cast in cases in a standardized manner. Under training and close supervision in a clinical educational setting, an SP has to consistently and accurately portray specific emotions, behaviors, and physical disease symptoms while interacting with students in the health care field during simulated patient encounters designed to enable student experiential learning and/or assessment of student skills. Works varied hours on an on-call basis, as needed. Other skills required include being detail-oriented, having an excellent memory and having good communication skills.

Requirements

• Less than high school education.
• No previous experience required.
• Ability to step up and down from an exam table.
• Movement of all extremities without difficulty.
• Ability to quickly change from a gown to clothing.

Nice To Haves

• Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Responsibilities

• Portray a simulated patient case in a standardized manner.
• Standardize with other SPs for the same simulated patient case.
• Accurately portray specific emotions, behaviors, and physical disease symptoms.
• Interact with students in the health care field during simulated patient encounters.
• Complete a medical questionnaire for case matching.
• Wear a hospital gown with or without undergarments as needed.
• Undergo interviews and/or multiple non-invasive physical examinations.

Benefits

• Hourly pay of $17.39.
• This is not a benefits eligible position.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed