University Aide: Simulation Standardized Participant Pool

University of Northern Colorado • Greeley, CO

11d • $20 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

Standardized Participants (SP) serve as trained individuals who portray patients, family members, caregivers, or other healthcare-related roles in educational and assessment activities for medical students and other healthcare professionals. Standardized Participants provide consistent, realistic, and structured interactions that allow learners to develop and demonstrate skills required for their respective clinical fields. Successful candidates must be reliable, professional, comfortable interacting with learners, able to memorize and consistently portray cases, and be committed to maintaining confidentiality while providing a realistic educational experience.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Reliability, professionalism, and confidentiality due to working in a high-stakes testing environment.
• Must be able to read, write and communicate fluently in English.
• Valid U.S. work authorization at the time of application

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare Certification/License
• 1 or more years of Standardized Participant Experience or Live Acting Experience
• Associate’s degree from an accredited institution
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) or Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE)

Responsibilities

• Accurately portray cases in a professional, consistent, and realistic manner.
• Accurately represent the physical, emotional, and social characteristics described in assigned case materials.
• Memorize and consistently provide assigned scenario details such as medical history, symptoms, personal information, and other case details.
• Maintains consistency across multiple learner sessions and encounters.
• Maintain confidentiality and appropriate boundaries with learners and simulation center personnel.
• Provide structured and objective feedback to the learners when specifically trained and assigned to do so.
• Respond appropriately, realistically, and professionally during student interactions.
• Maintain cultural intelligence and empathy with the ability to engage respectfully with individuals from varying cultural backgrounds.
• Communicate learner performance concerns with the Simulation Center Manager, Chief of Simulation, or faculty as appropriate.
• Attend required orientation, case trainings, and rehearsals as assigned.
• Must be able to read, write and communicate fluently in English.
• Demonstrate competency in portraying assigned cases before participating in learner activity.

Benefits

• health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance
• selection of several defined contribution retirement plans
• sick leave
• other leave options may be available based on position
• tuition waiver benefits
• dependents and spouses of UNC Employees who are employed at 0.5 FTE or above are eligible for undergraduate dependent tuition grants of up to 50% for in-state tuition charges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED