Director of Clinical Science and Skills

About the role

The Director of Clinical Science and Skills provides operational, instructional, and programmatic leadership for integrated clinical science, standardized patient, and simulation-based education programs across all phases of the undergraduate medical education curriculum at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM).

Responsibilities

• Serves as a central coordinating leader responsible for operationalizing the longitudinal clinical skills curriculum and ensuring alignment across classroom instruction, small group learning, standardized patient encounters, simulation activities, and performance-based assessment.
• Provides integrative operational leadership across four interconnected areas led by the Medical Director of Standardized Patients and Simulation Education, the Integrated Foundational Sciences Course Director, the Director of Clinical Science (Phase 1), and the Director of Ultrasound, ensuring coordinated implementation, curricular continuity, operational consistency, and alignment with competency-based educational goals and accreditation expectations.
• Collaborates extensively with the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, educational affairs leadership, course directors, phase directors, clerkship leadership, faculty educators, and administrative partners to support integrated educational delivery, cross-phase curricular coordination, and continuous improvement across the undergraduate medical education continuum.
• Serves as a key operational and organizational leader within the Clinical Science and Skills domain, facilitating coordination across instructional programming, educational operations, assessment activities, and simulation-based learning environments.
• Provides leadership and oversight for the Clinical Science and Skills operational team, including standardized patient educators, the operations manager, instructional manager, and program coordination personnel.
• Serves as a critical leader in advancing educational quality, curricular integration, operational efficiency, innovation, and continuous improvement across the Clinical Science and Skills domain.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in education, health education, or health administration, instructional design, simulation education, or related field; An equivalent combination of education and significant relevant experience in the field in lieu of a degree will also be accepted.
• Progressive experience in undergraduate medical education, health professions education, clinical skills instruction, simulation education, or related educational programming.
• Experience coordinating complex educational programs involving multiple stakeholders and operational components.
• Experience in curriculum implementation, educational operations, assessment coordination, simulation-based education, or standardized patient programming.
• Experience supervising professional or operational staff.
• Experience using common educational, administrative technologies, and software systems (ex: One45, Banner, Elements, MS Office, Google Workspace, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within a medical school or health professions education environment.
• Experience with standardized patient programming and performance-based assessment.
• Experience supporting clinical skills curricula or simulation-based educational programs and systems.