Performing Artist III

Job Description

Job Function Summary:

Involves performance, coaching, and directing in any of the fine arts except music or the visual arts (e.g., painting and photography--see Visual Communications), including dance, and acting. Includes text composition, arranging, and choreography.

Generic Scope

Experienced professional who knows how to apply theory and put it into practice with in-depth understanding of the professional field; independently performs the full range of responsibilities within the function; possesses broad job knowledge; analyzes problems / issues of diverse scope and determines solutions.

Custom Scope

Uses skills, performance concepts, and techniques to act as a patient or other simulated person (family

member, healthcare provider, etc.) in a variety of simulated clinical scenarios for learners in the health

professions. Provides specific, clear, supportive verbal and written feedback to learners regarding

communication skills, patient comfort, and physical exam technique. Recalls what the learner says and

does during an encounter to report after an encounter. Provides additional support to enhance the learning

process. This may include monitoring other standardized patients, proof-reading materials, serving as hall

proctor, making intercom announcements, restocking exam rooms that are used for the simulated clinical

scenarios, and other duties as assigned.

Department

The UCSF Fresno Clinical Skills & Simulation Center provides simulation-based training for graduate and

undergraduate medical student education programs. Simulation is defined as an educational modality with

which the learner physically interacts to mimic an aspect of clinical care for the purpose of teaching or

assessment. Activities at the center range from those that use actors (standardized patients), to activities

with partial task trainers and/or mannequins. UCSF Fresno Clinical Skills & Simulation Center operates

under the Information Technology Services Department with primary staff to handle the technology needs

while the Health Education SP Coordinator will manage all aspects of the SP program.

The UCSF Fresno Clinical Skills & Simulation Center supports UCSF Fresno’s educational mission by

creating opportunities for teaching, learning, and assessment using simulation as an educational strategy.

The center provides learning opportunities across the continuum of health professions education.

UCSF Fresno is a regional campus of UCSF’s School of Medicine. UCSF Fresno is located in the Central

San Joaquin Valley and is administered by the Office of the Associate Dean in Fresno. Programs and

affiliations of the UCSF School of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Dentistry are administered by UCSF

Fresno. UCSF Fresno, offers undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate training programs.

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health

worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health

professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated

exclusively to the health sciences.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Verbal and written communication skills to clearly and effectively convey information to diverse groups of individuals. Demonstrated ability to synthesize case information and portray characters as described, including portraying a variety of symptoms and/or character affects in a believable manner. These may include headaches, back pain, fatigue, depression, euphoria, shock, grief, etc. Interpersonal skills (including tact, diplomacy, and flexibility) to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with staff members, faculty, and students. Ability to follow directions.

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum 1 years’ relevant experience. Experience may be a combination of the following: acting in theatre/film, improvisation, training and giving feedback, working with healthcare learners. Computer proficiency for email communication, scheduling, and assessment completion using computer information systems. Familiarity with medical terminology and procedures.