Standardized Patient

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Elkins Hills (NC); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a part-time Standardized Patient to portray patients in medical education settings. The role offers 5 hours per week with both in-person and virtual opportunities and pays $18.00-$23.00 per hour. Start date: 10/12/2026 for six months or longer.

A bachelor’s degree is required; experience and training are acceptable. The position involves scripted scenarios, feedback to learners, confidentiality, and collaboration with educators to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Scenario portrayal: Portray patients with predefined symptoms and medical history according to scripts for standardized encounters.
• Communication and interaction: Engage with students and professionals to practice history-taking, examinations, and patient-centered care.
• Feedback and assessment: Provide constructive feedback using standardized tools and checklists.
• Training and preparation: Attend sessions to become familiar with scenarios and findings.
• Professionalism and confidentiality: Maintain professionalism and learner confidentiality.
• Flexibility and adaptability: Play various patient roles and adapt to different scenarios as needed.
• Collaboration and communication: Work with educators and coordinators to ensure smooth session execution.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (training and experience)

Job description

Position Title

Standardized Patient

Employment Type

Part-Time Temporary

Hours per week

5

Location

North Carolina, US

Salary

$18.00 - $23.00 per hour

Proposed Start Date

10/12/2026

Estimated Duration of Appointment

6 months or longer

Position Summary

As a Standardized Patient, your role is to portray a patient in a consistent and standardized manner for medical education and assessment purposes. You will simulate various medical scenarios and interact with healthcare students, residents, and professionals to help them develop and refine their clinical skills and competencies. We offer both in-person and virtual work opportunities. In addition, we are looking for Spanish speakers to act as standardized patients for our medical Spanish program.

• Scenario portrayal: Portray patients with specific medical conditions or presenting symptoms according to predefined scenarios. Follow a scripted set of symptoms, medical history, and physical findings consistently to ensure standardized and reliable encounters.
• Communication and interaction: Engage in realistic and authentic interactions with healthcare students or professionals, providing them with an opportunity to practice communication skills, history-taking, physical examinations, and patient-centered care.
• Feedback and assessment: Provide constructive feedback to students or professionals based on their performance during the encounter. Use standardized assessment tools and checklists to evaluate their clinical skills and competencies.
• Training and preparation: Attend training sessions to familiarize yourself with the scenario, medical history, and physical findings.
• Professionalism and confidentiality: Maintain professionalism and adhere to ethical guidelines, including learner confidentiality.
• Flexibility and adaptability: Be open to playing various patient roles and adapting to different scenarios as required by the educational program. Modify your portrayal based on the feedback and needs of the learners.
• Collaboration and communication: Collaborate with educators, coordinators, and other standardized patients to ensure the smooth execution of simulation sessions. Communicate any concerns or issues related to the scenarios or encounters.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Special Physical/Mental Requirements

Must be able to undergo physical examinations. Must be able to sit through multiple encounters for up to 2 hours with no break. Duties to be performed with or without accommodation.

Campus Security Authority Responsibilities

Not Applicable.

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Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

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.