Simulated Participant

Simulated Participant Salary $20.00 Hourly Location Springfield, MA Job Type Temporary Job Number 00322 Department School of Health Sciences Opening Date 01/06/2026

Description The School of Health Sciences invites applications for a temporary part-time position as Simulated Participants starting in January 2026. The School of Health Sciences includes programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Health Science, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, Public Health, and Social Work. Interdisciplinary collaboration, professionalism, engaged student learning, as well as global, intergenerational, and multicultural perspectives are priorities of the School.

Simulated Participants (SPs) are lay people trained to accurately and consistently recreate the history, personality, physical findings, and emotional structure and response pattern of an actual patient/client, caregiver or professional at a particular point in time; assess/document learner performance; provide individualized feedback on designated skills; and represent receiver satisfaction. In this capacity, an SP will be interviewed and physically examined by learners or health professionals in the same manner that would occur if they were an actual patient/client.

Founded in 1885, Springfield College is a private, coeducational institution offering undergraduate and graduate programs that reflect its distinctive Humanics Philosophy - the education of the whole person in spirit, mind, and body for leadership in service to humanity. Springfield College offers over 50 undergraduate and 14 graduate areas of study. It is world renowned as the birthplace of basketball. Springfield College is consistently ranked in the top tier in its category - Master's-North Region - in the "America's Best Colleges" issue of "U.S. News & World Report. For more information, please visit the College's homepage at www.springfieldcollege.edu.

Responsibilities SPs will:

• Portray a patient/client, caregiver or professional based on provided scenarios
• Portray the physical findings of particular disease states or procedures. This may include wearing makeup, costumes and/or external props such as casts, bandages or tubes (that do not enter the body)
• Portray a particular character with mannerisms and responses consistent with the described role
• Demonstrate improvisational skills when appropriate to the scenario
• Be receptive to ongoing feedback and modify performance as needed
• Maintain strict confidentiality of learners and simulation-based learning experiences
• Observe and recall student communication and performance during the scenario
• Provide feedback on student performance either directly or as requested during post-scenario debriefing

Qualifications Candidates are required to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States. Successful candidates will possess the ability to work well with a variety of people, have strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate articulately, have flexibility and adaptability in different work situations and hours with reliable transportation, possess basic computer skills, to include the ability to navigate emails, employee portals and systems, and online video communication tools (e.g., Zoom, Microsoft Teams). Applicants will complete a specialized SP interview process at Springfield College. Applicants must submit the following materials:

• Complete Springfield College employment application
• Names and contact information of three references

This position is not eligible for benefits.

Employer Springfield College Address 263 Alden Street Springfield, Massachusetts, 01109 Phone 413-748-5678 Website http://www.springfield.edu