Standardized Patient (SP)

Description As a part of a diverse community of faculty and staff who represent many faith systems and worldviews, the Hill-Rom Simulation Center at Marian University is welcoming application for part-time Standardized Patients (SP).

A Standardized Patient is a person carefully recruited and trained to take on the characteristics of a real patient. Reporting to the Coordinator of Standardized Patients, the Standardized Patient will promote our Catholic Franciscan mission and identity by affording the student an opportunity to learn, practice skills, be evaluated and receive feedback in a simulated clinical environment.

Works varied hours on an on-call basis, as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Actively engage the Catholic Franciscan mission and identity of Marian University by modeling the Franciscan Sponsorship Values and honoring the legacy of the founding congregation through transformative education, unity in diversity, leadership through service, integrating faith and life, and institutional policies.
• Memorizes a case script detailing specific emotions, behaviors, and disease signs / symptoms for
• Presents case information in a standardized manner, as elicited by students during simulated interactive patient history and / or medical examinations.
• Remains in a specific patient character as trained when responding to student questions.
• Accurately remembers encounters with students for the purpose of scoring student behaviors.
• Participates in group training and / or mentorship of entry-level standardized patients.
• Maintains confidentiality of information related to cases, student behaviors and feedback evaluations.
• Provides educationally constructive verbal feedback within a structured format, as appropriate to the position.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications :

• Ability to accurately and convincingly maintain a specified character as trained.
• Ability to work flexible hours on a scheduled on-call basis.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to recall case information, as cued by students in a role-play situation.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of case and student information.
• Ability to understand and follow directions and incorporate trainer feedback.
• Ability to recall and accurately score student behaviors.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

• Must be able to : move all extremities without difficulty, step up and down from an exam table, and quickly change from a gown to clothing.
• Work is performed in an interior medical / clinical environment.
• No or very limited physical effort required.
• No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

For Consideration All Applications Require :

• Cover Letter
• Current resume or CV
• Contact information of three professional references. The reference contact information must be entered after the application is submitted in the "My Presence" section of the applicant profile.
• Responses to the supplementary mission & identity questions.

Please Review Marian University's Mission & Identity Statement before responding to the supplementary questions on your application :

Marian University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.