Job description
Do you have a theater or drama background?
Are you interested in acting but have limited or no experience?
Do you like to act but are not ready for the big stage?
Are you interested in helping to train the next generation of healthcare professionals?
We have a job you might be interested in.
We have a job you might be interested in.
Come join the amazing MAHEC “cast” of standardized patients (patient actors) who portray patients and serve as models, in order to provide healthcare learners the opportunity to practice and enhance their medical interviewing skills, communication skills, and physical exam techniques.
Primary Accountability:
A Standardized Patient (SP) is a person who has been coached to accurately and consistently recreate the history, personality, physical findings, and emotional structure and response pattern of an actual patient at a particular point in time. SPs are interviewed and examined by both male and female healthcare learners and may be audio or videotaped during simulation. SPs are trained to give appropriate verbal and written feedback to learners on communication and interpersonal skills.
The Ideal Candidate:
- Reliable, punctual and dependable
- Good memory and recall skills and enjoys role playing
- Committed to supporting healthcare providers in learning the value of connection, empathy and astute inquiry and assessment in patient care.
- Comfortable wearing a hospital gown and willingness for learners to perform non-invasive physical exams, such as listening to the heart or lungs, pressing on the abdomen or checking reflexes.
- Experience or training in acting (theatre or drama) – not required but a plus
- Interest or experience in healthcare or healthcare training – not required but a plus
- Work hours are sporadic and on an as needed basis only
Specific Responsibilities
- Memorize a case script detailing specific emotions, behaviors, and disease signs/symptoms for presentation during simulated learning situations
- Present case information in a standardized manner, as elicited by healthcare students during simulated interactive patient history and/or medical examinations
- Remain in a specific patient character as trained when responding to student questions
- Accurately and consistently remember encounters with students for the purpose of scoring student behaviors with standardized checklists
- Maintain confidentiality of information related to cases, student behaviors, and feedback evaluations
- Provides constructive verbal and written feedback within a structured format
- Work in a professional manner when interacting with learners, faculty, supervisors, and peers
- Accept ongoing feedback from facilitators and incorporate into case simulation
- Be willing to be audio and videotaped during simulations
- Adapt to quick changes and work in a dynamic environment
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THE SIM CENTER
Our beautiful 15,000-square-foot Simulation Center is located on MAHEC's Biltmore campus and provides medical professionals and students with the opportunity to practice real-life hospital, in-office, and emergency scenarios. The center uses a variety of simulation modalities for experiential learning including state-of-the-art, high-fidelity manikins, standardized patient actors, task trainers, and virtual reality simulators.
Schedule:
Standardized Patient encounters are scheduled based on the learners’ curricular schedules. Dates are provided as far in advance as possible. Work hours will need to be flexible, on an on-call basis, in order to respond to work assignments as requested by the Medical Education Simulation Manager. Events typically run during the week, Monday-Friday, between the hours of 7:00 am – 6:00 pm. This position is PRN, as needed, only with no guaranteed weekly or monthly hours.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, MAHEC has worked tirelessly to promote evidence-based practices across our entire organization. With this in mind, all MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or have an approved exemption (for employees only).
MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Equal Opportunity Employer. Black, Indigenous, People of Color and Spanish/English bilingual persons are strongly encouraged to apply.
MAHEC is a certified Living Wage employer through Just Economics of Western North Carolina. We offer excellent benefits and are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace.
MAHEC is a certified Living Wage employer through Just Economics of Western North Carolina. We offer excellent benefits and are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace.
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