Job Summary:

Our College of Medicine client is seeking Standardized Patients to portray all the characteristics of a real patient, simulating the signs and symptoms both in the classroom for teaching purposes and in the setting of an exam for assessment purposes. Standardized Patients will often be physically examined by students and faculty as part of the medical students learning experience. Standardized Patients will often fill out checklists assessing a students’ skills in: history taking, physical exam, and interpersonal communication. Standardized Patients may also be asked to provide students with verbal feedback about how it felt to be their patient.

Core Responsibilities:

• Be highly dependable and punctual
• Demonstrate flexibility and reliability with scheduling and assignments
• Respond promptly to email communications from manager.
• Follow written and verbal instruction
• Provide verbal and written constructive feedback to medical students and colleagues students
• Accurately and consistently complete checklists on a computer, in a short time frame
• Work in a professional manner when interacting with learners, faculty, supervisors, and peers
• Be comfortable having repeated (non-invasive) physical examination maneuvers performed on self
• Be willing to wear a hospital gown with only undergarments underneath, while on camera and/or observed live through an observation window or video monitor
• Simulate all aspects of scenarios, including history of current problem, affect/behavior and physical findings, in a standardized, accurate, and reliable manner
• Accept ongoing feedback from facilitators and incorporate into case simulation
• Be willing to be audio and videotaped during simulations
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience as actor or as standardized patient
• Must be flexible regarding scheduling and assignments.
• Must have the ability to understand and follow instructions.
• Must have excellent recall of learner performance.
• Attention to detail is essential.
• Must demonstrate the ability to be instructed by a Standardized Patient Educator and consistently simulate a case scenario in an accurate, reliable and professional manner.
• Must possess strong communication skills, both written and spoken.

Position Status: Part-time, In-person

Start Date:  June 1, 2024

Work Type: Monday- Friday 

City & State: Bronx, NY

Compensation: $30 an hour 

Benefits: No