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UT Health Standardized Patient - Cizik School of Nursing (Casual) in Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas
Standardized Patient - Cizik School of Nursing (Casual)
Location: Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas
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Category: Education / Child Care
Jane and Robert Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston
Requisition #: 240002F7
What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
UTHealth Houston’s Cizik School of Nursing is hiring for a Standardized Patient to join their team of professionals on a Casual (as needed) basis. The Standardized Patient will be given a script to learn of a patient with an undiagnosed medical condition. They will play this role for our students in an exam setting at the school. Acting skills are a plus, but not required. Must be okay with being physically examined (non-invasive). They must have the ability to memorize the key parts of the role and stay in character. Previous experience as a Standardized Patient is a plus! Must be 18+.
Location: 6901 Bertner Avenue, Houston, Texas 77030
Position Summary:
Portrays medical illnesses and scenarios as part of training healthcare professionals.
Position Key Accountabilities:
Serves as a "practice patient" for clinical skills exams and/or procedures.
Provides feedback to learners on the performance of their clinical skills.
This position is project-based and the number of hours worked may vary.
Certification/Skills:
None
Minimum Education:
None
Minimum Experience:
None
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215
Residency Requirement:
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
If you are looking for a great healthcare career in Houston, visithttp://go.uth.edu/careers!
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
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