Simulated Patient (Per Diem)

About the Role

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is seeking a Per Diem Simulated Patient to join NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, a 457-bed, Level I Trauma Center. Jacobi Medical Center is a leader in emergency medicine, trauma surgery, burn care, pediatrics, primary care, and women’s health, with a strong academic affiliation with Albert Einstein College of Medicine. NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal healthcare delivery system, dedicated to providing high-quality care to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity, and respect, regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

Responsibilities

• Learn, understand, and memorize assigned patient cases, including medical history, social history, presenting symptoms, and specific emotional and psychological characteristics.
• Collaborate with simulation faculty to clarify expectations and ensure accurate portrayal of simulation scenarios.
• Present all required history according to scripting, such as past medical history, psychiatric history, current case history, family history, sexual history, and social history.
• Portray diverse patient backgrounds, experiences, and cultural identities authentically and without bias.
• Foster an inclusive learning environment by modeling respect and understanding toward different cultural identities and healthcare practices.
• Engage learners in realistic clinical encounters, accurately representing assigned cases.
• Maintain professionalism and confidentiality throughout all interactions.
• Adhere to the guidelines and objectives outlined for each simulation session.
• Provide constructive and specific feedback regarding learner performance, communication skills, and clinical reasoning directly to learners.
• Complete evaluation forms to assist faculty in assessing learner experiences and areas of improvement.
• Collaborate with faculty and simulation staff to design, refine, and enhance case descriptions, scripting, and scenario design based on educational goals and best practices.
• Participate in training sessions and workshops to stay updated on human simulation methodologies and educational strategies.
• Maintain accurate records of simulation encounters and feedback.
• Accept and integrate ongoing feedback from supervisors, simulation faculty, and peers to improve role performance.
• Attend scheduled meetings, role training sessions, and debriefings as assigned and required.
• Support course and program delivery by staging and re-staging the simulation classroom, greeting learners, offering instruction, facilitating group discussions, organizing data, and performing other administrative support tasks as assigned.
• Work in a variety of settings across all NYC Health + Hospitals facilities, including clinical simulation rooms, classrooms, clinical environments (as secret shoppers), and online environments.

Schedule

When scheduled for a simulation session, hours may vary depending on the simulation schedules, with full-day simulations running for approximately 9-10 hours.