Standardized Patient/Trainee, Ages 56 – 65

This posting
is currently recruiting applicants for the case portrayal range of 56 years to
65 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.

Applicants
should:

1. Have reliable access to e-mail, which is critical for
   timely response to communication of upcoming case portrayals.
2. Be willing to complete a questionnaire, which
   includes information about your demographics and medical history to better
   match you with specific standardized cases.
3. Be willing to have the standardized case portrayal
   filmed for education purposes.
4. Be willing to wear a hospital gown with or without
   undergarments, as needed for case portrayal.
5. Be willing to undergo interviews and/or multiple
   non-invasive physical examinations conducted by clinical students.

This is an ongoing recruitment and this posting will be removed when applications are no longer being accepted.

See the Position Description for additional information.

• The posting for an actual position opening may require specific physical attributes and/or characteristics designed to meet the role of the character being portrayed.

Less than high school; no previous experience required.

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.

Only applications submitted through
the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job
advertisement on a 3rd party site, please
visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

In your cover letter, please address each of the following items: 1. Why are you interested in working as a Standardized Patient? 2. Describe any experience you have that could be considered applicable to this type of work (i.e. teaching, acting, and role-playing). 3. Please describe how you feel about the medical system. All applications MUST include a cover letter answering these three questions. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Positions posted with a Staff Type of Regular or Term are eligible for the Veteran Preference Program. See the Veteran Preference Program webpage for additional details.

The University of New Mexico is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

The University of New Mexico requires all regular staff positions successfully pass a pre-employment background check. This may include, but is not limited to, a criminal history background check, New Mexico Department of Health fingerprint screening, New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department fingerprint screening, verification of education credentials, and/or verification of prior employment. For more information about background checks, visit https://policy.unm.edu/university-policies/3000/3280.html. Refer to https://policy.unm.edu/university-policies/3000/3200.html for a definition of Regular Staff.