Do you have a theater or drama background

Are you interested in helping to train the next generation of healthcare professionals

We have a job you might be interested in.

MAHEC is now auditioning Patient Actors with an expected start date of April 28th 2025!

Patient Actors are key to MAHECs mission of educating the next generation of healthcare professionals! They provide opportunity to enhance medical interviewing skills communication skills and physical exam techniques by practicing in a role play setting that reflects realworld examples of the patient bases they serve. Patient Actors have a fulling and direct influence on highly impactful public health care in Western North Carolina.

The ideal candidate will have acting/theatre experience attention to detail and availability to work on a PRN basis during standard business hours with weekday afternoon availability in most demand. On average simulations occur in 2 4 blocks during the hours of 8am 5pm Monday Friday from MAHECs Simulation Center at our Biltmore Campus location in Asheville. Healthcare experience is not needed for this position.

Primary Accountability:

A Standardized Patient (Patient Actor) is a person who has been coached to accurately and consistently recreate the history personality physical findings and emotional structure and response pattern of an actual patient at a particular point in time. SPs are interviewed and examined by both male and female healthcare learners and may be audio or videotaped during simulation. SPs are trained to give appropriate verbal and written feedback to learners on communication and interpersonal skills.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Reliable punctual and dependable
• Good memory and recall skills and enjoys role playing
• Committed to supporting healthcare providers in learning the value of connection empathy and astute inquiry and assessment in patient care.
• Comfortable wearing a hospital gown and willingness for learners to perform noninvasive physical exams such as listening to the heart or lungs pressing on the abdomen or checking reflexes.
• Experience or training in acting (theatre or drama) not required but a plus
• Interest or experience in healthcare or healthcare training not required but a plus
• Work hours are sporadic and on an as needed basis only

Specific Responsibilities

• Memorize a case script detailing specific emotions behaviors and disease signs/symptoms for presentation during simulated learning situations
• Present case information in a standardized manner as elicited by healthcare students during simulated interactive patient history and/or medical examinations
• Remain in a specific patient character as trained when responding to student questions
• Accurately and consistently remember encounters with students for the purpose of scoring student behaviors with standardized checklists
• Maintain confidentiality of information related to cases student behaviors and feedback evaluations
• Provides constructive verbal and written feedback within a structured format
• Work in a professional manner when interacting with learners faculty supervisors and peers
• Accept ongoing feedback from facilitators and incorporate into case simulation
• Be willing to be audio and videotaped during simulations
• Adapt to quick changes and work in a dynamic environment

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THE SIM CENTER

• Ourbeautiful 15000squarefoot Simulation Center is located on MAHECs Biltmore campus and provides medical professionals and students with the opportunity to practice reallife hospital inofficeand emergency scenarios. The center uses a variety of simulation modalities for experiential learning including stateoftheart highfidelity manikins standardized patient actors task trainers and virtual reality simulators.

SCHEDULE

• Standardized Patient encounters are scheduled based on the learners curricular schedules. Dates are provided as far in advance as possible. Work hours will need to be flexible on an oncall basis in order to respond to work assignments as requested by the Medical Education Simulation Manager. Events typically run during the week MondayFriday between the hours of 7:00 am 6:00 pm. Most classes occur in the afternoon. This position is PRN as needed only with no guaranteed weekly or monthly hours.

POSITION COMPENSATION:

$17.70/hour PRN

At MAHEC we strive to equip all team members with Total Rewards (pay benefits) to honor their service support their health manage their financial security build their career and thrive.

All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.

MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road Asheville NC 28803. Equal Opportunity Employer. Black Indigenous People of Color and Spanish/English bilingual persons are strongly encouraged to apply. With this in mind studies show that women gender diverse and BIPOC candidates are less likely to apply unless they meet all of the qualifications listed in the job description.

If you are interested in this role and you have related experience and qualifications we encourage you to apply or reach out to for support in your job search process. You could be the talent we are seeking for this or other opportunities.