Healthcare UX Designer: Human‑Centered Medical Tech

Montgomery College; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health in Nashville is seeking a User Experience Designer to apply human factors and user-centered design to healthcare technology. You will conduct field observations, interviews, usability testing, and translate findings into actionable design insights that improve usability and clinical workflow integration.

You will work with cross-functional teams on digital and medical device projects, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and guiding products from research through

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; master’s preferred in a relevant field.
• Minimum 2 years in user experience or healthcare tech environments.
• Experience applying human factors methods to digital/medical device products.

Responsibilities

• Ensures system design complies with regulatory requirements.
• Conducts field observations, interviews, and usability testing.
• Translates findings to actionable design insights for usability improvements.
• Collaborates with designers, developers, and researchers to integrate findings.
• Defines usability testing plans and conducts formative and summative tests.
• Supports cross-functional teams to improve clinical workflow integration.

Skills

User research

Formative usability testing

Summative usability testing

Interviewing

Field observations

Design workshops

Qualitative data analysis

Collaboration with cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Figma

Axure

Job description

Vanderbilt Health in Nashville is seeking a User Experience Designer to apply human factors and user-centered design to healthcare technology. You will conduct field observations, interviews, usability testing, and translate findings into actionable design insights that improve usability and clinical workflow integration.

You will work with cross-functional teams on digital and medical device projects, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and guiding products from research through