Standardized Patient

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Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

We are seeking Standardized Patients (SPs), also known as patient actors, for ACHIEVE. ACHIEVE is one of four Maternal Health Community Implementation Projects sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ( NHLBI) (https://www.maternalhealthcip.org/). UNC's project is a multi-level, community-engaged clinical trial to test the implementation of an outpatient severe hypertension (O- HTN) bundle in prenatal care clinics in central NC. The goals of ACHIEVE are to: 1) engage community partners in increasing awareness and enhance respectful care delivery of the O- HTN bundle; 2) engage clinic partners in adapting the O- HTN bundle for their healthcare setting and patient population; 3) select and adapt implementation strategies for participating clinics; 4) implement the O- HTN bundle across three consecutive clinic cohorts, and 5) measure implementation outcomes such as fidelity to the bundle using quantitative and qualitative methods.

SPs are an integral part of the ACHIEVE simulation team. SPs will travel to prenatal care clinics to participate in scenarios that involve simulated blood pressure measurements by medical personnel and provide feedback and recommendations for improvement. SPs will also share their experiences during the simulation debrief.

Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

Required competences include:

* Ability to travel to clinical sites located in Alamance, Durham or Wake County.
* Comfortable working in clinical settings and collaborating with healthcare providers and staff
* Adept in following established protocols and procedures
* Ability to quickly adapt to unanticipated events
* Knowledgeable in MS Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Required experience includes:
* Collaborating with a range of academic and community partners from diverse backgrounds

Preferred Experience:
* Completing and submitting mileage logs for reimbursement

Preferred Competencies:
* Interest in health equity principles and addressing social drivers of health
* Comfortable actively participating in feedback mechanisms
* Excellent verbal communications skills

* Must be able to move up to 25 pounds for the purposes of transporting equipment to clinical sites with or without reasonable accommodation.

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at (919) 843-2300 or send an email to employment@unc.edu

Please note: The Office of Human Resources will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status.

The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.