Standardized Patient Program Director - Dean's Office

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Standardized Patient (SP) Program Director at UCLA Health provides strategic and operational leadership for the SP program within the UCLA Simulation Center. Standardized Patients are essential for medical education, representing patients in trainee interactions and supporting curriculum development.

The Director oversees SP program operations, including budget, scheduling, and curriculum; leads SP educators and actors; and collaborates with faculty and education leadership to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education/experience required.
• Minimum five years of related experience or training.
• Program administration experience in medical education preferred.
• Leadership and communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the SP program.
• Oversee SP program operations, staff, and standardized patients.
• Collaborate with faculty and education leadership to develop and evaluate SP-based programs.
• Manage budget, scheduling, and curriculum for SP education.

Skills

Leadership

Program administration

Communication

Time management

Staff supervision

Interpersonal skills

Confidentiality

Medical terminology

Film production knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Databases

SimCapture

Job description

Onsite or Remote

Flexible Hybrid

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm (Some evenings and weekends required).

Posted Date

09/09/2026

Salary Range: $88900 - 190300 Annually

Employment Type

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

32931

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Standardized Patient (SP) Program Director provides strategic and operational leadership for the UCLA Simulation Center's SP Program. Standardized Patients are an essential component of medical education--trained actors represent patients in interactions with trainees, portraying individuals with a wide range of medical conditions, backgrounds and health determinants. The Director oversees SP program operations (including budget, scheduling, and curriculum), SP educator staff (trainers) and standardized patients themselves. The Director works collaboratively with faculty, education leadership and other stakeholders to support the development, delivery, management and evaluation of high-quality SP-based educational programs across the medical school and health system. Trainees include MD students, residents/fellows, faculty, andphysicians. Annual Salary Range: $ 88,900.00 - $ 190,300.00

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum five (5) years of related experience or training
• Demonstrated program administration experience preferably in medical education, which includes planning, analysis, organization, leadership, conflict resolution, decision-making and independent thinking
• Demonstrated ability to assess and synthesize information, anticipate problems, develop solutions, make timely decisions and implement changes
• Leadership skills to supervise, train, motivate, assign and direct work.
• Interpersonal skills (including tact, diplomacy and flexibility) to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with staff members, faculty, and students.
• Verbal and written communication skills to clearly and effectively convey and present information to diverse groups of individuals, including students, staff, faculty and SPs
• Strong organizational and time management skills to establish goals, set priorities, coordinate logistics and planning, multiple work assignments and deadlines, and produce timely and quality results despite frequent interruptions
• Knowledge of and experience in acting, directing and film production
• Familiarity with medical terminology and case research procedures such as reading charts and scientific materials
• Technical proficiency in Microsoft suite, general computer software and database skills with ability to quickly learn new programs
• Ability to maintain confidentiality/privacy and handle issues discretely and with appropriate sensitivity.
• Ability to work on occasional evenings and weekends

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in related area (theater arts, health, science, engineering, education).
• Experience using SimCapture

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.