STANDARDIZED PATIENT EDUCATOR

LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans; New Orleans (LA); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life, dental, and vision insu

Flexible spending accounts

Retirement plans

Generous annual and sick leave

14 paid holidays per year

Employee health primary care clinic

Credit union access

Wellness benefits – gym membership for

Employee assistance program

Campus assistance program

Pet insurance option

Job summary

LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans is seeking a Standardized Patient Educator to educate, prepare, and supervise standardized patients for high-stakes clinical assessments across learners. You will schedule learners, implement assessments, and remediate rotating learners.

The role involves maintaining training files, collaborating with course directors and medical leadership, and managing SP program resources and equipment to support an integrated clinical skills curriculum.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3 years of professional-level work experience in education or training.
• Experience as a Standardized Patient or SP Educator/trainer preferred.

Responsibilities

• Educate, prepare, and supervise standardized patients for clinical assessments across learners.
• Schedule learners, implement assessments, and remediate rotating learners.
• Maintain SP case activity training files and documentation.
• Collaborate with directors, coordinators, and faculty to develop instructional methods.
• Manage SP program resources and equipment.

Skills

Education/training

Performance coaching

Simulation training

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Closing date: December 25, 2026

Title:

STANDARDIZED PATIENT EDUCATOR

Employee Type:

Unclassified Staff

Department:

M/S-Administration

Campus Location:

MEDICAL SCHOOL - ADMINISTRATIO

Job Summary/Basic Functions

Reporting to the Standardized Patient Director, the Standardized Patient (SP) Educator will work closely with the Standardized Patient Coordinator. The primary responsibility of this position is to educate, prepare, and supervise standardized patients (SPs) to deliver multiple mandatory, high-stakes clinical assessments for learners at all levels across the LSU Health Sciences Center. Incumbent will be responsible for scheduling all learners, implementing assessments, and remediating learners rotating through the Standardized Patient Project; scheduling and training all SPs in patient-focused medical education and SP Project orientation, preparation of clinical skills assessment, case training, and delivery of feedback to learners. Responsibilities also include: maintain all SP case activity-related training files and documentation, according to specific curriculum requirements and objectives; work closely with Standardized Patient Project staff to deliver the required curriculum and assess the performance of the learners; work with the Standardized Patient Director, Standardized Patient Coordinator, course/clerkship directors, and Medical Director of the Standardized Patient Project in the development and implementation of instructional methods and evaluation strategies for an integrated clinical skills curriculum; maintain SP Project physical resources including a sophisticated data/video software management system, and medical equipment; facilitate an integrated SP program for diverse learners to include all levels of medical students, Advanced Practice trainees, nursing students, Allied Health students, and all levels of residents and faculty. The SP Educator will be a member of the Standardized Patient Working Group and will assist with case development and the implementation of educational and assessment modules.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education:

Bachelor's

Number of years required to perform the job:

3 years

Type of experience required to perform the job:

Professional-level work experience, including some experience in one or more of the following areas: educating or training others, experience as a Standardized Patient or Standardized Patient Educator/Trainer, performance coaching, simulation training.

Benefits

• Health, life, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plans
• Generous annual and sick leave
• 14 paid holidays per year
• An employee health primary care clinic
• A full-service credit union
• Wellness benefits featuring complimentary fitness center membership for employees and their spouses
• Employee assistance program
• Campus assistance program
• Pet insurance option