Job Title: Clinical LeadReporting To: Professor and Director of HPECLocation: 123 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2Department: Health Professions Education Centre (HPEC)Contract type/duration: 0.3 FTE Maternity Leave Cover – One yearRCSI is a community of academic, research, clinical and professional staff working collaboratively to lead the world to better health. Here, you will thrive in an innovative and inclusive atmosphere and your personal development and wellbeing will be supported. We invite you to join us to help deliver on our exciting mission “To educate, nurture and discover for the benefit of human health”.We seek candidates whose experience to date has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to the “Race Equality Action Plan 2021-2024” at RCSI. Our students come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds. This makes our university stronger and ensures we hire the best talent.Objective of this post: The principal aim of this post is to act as the medical ‘Clinical Lead’ to develop curriculum resources using the Virtual Patient (VP) software for use across RCSI Schools and sites. This role will involve consultation with curriculum leads in Schools to prioritise clinical topics and to design relevant and engaging VPs in accordance with learners needs. It is expected that the VP solutions will provide rich scope for evaluation of impact and learning outcomes, research, and publication. The post will also provide medical education input into other HPEC educational activities, as relevant.Overall Aim: The role centres around virtual patients (VPs) and ensuring VP learning solutions are utilised to the maximum in teaching and learning at RCSI principally for medical students but also across schools and sites.Specific responsibilities:Develop new VPs, to align with the curriculum across the SchoolsUpdate previous VPs with evidence-based practice and align with learner needsCollaborate with faculty and clinicians to ensure the VP learning solutions are fully and appropriately developed for integration within coursesInteract with other schools to maximise the utility of VP modules and solutions e.g. Physician Associates, Physiotherapy, etcWork within the affordances of the RCSI system and license.Engage with the evaluation and research effort in HPECContribute to medical education activities of HPEC as relevantRepresent the best interests of HPEC and RCSI at all times.Person Specification:Qualified medical practitionerComfortable with, or prepared to learn VP software and technologyExcellent communication skillsStrong commitment to own personal and professional development.Well-developed time-management skills in order to manage multiple tasks and working relationships effectively.Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships.A proven ability to work both independently and as a member of a teamUses initiative and has ability to deliver against timelines and deadlinesWe are all too aware that imposter syndrome and the confidence gap can sometimes stop fantastic candidates putting themselves forward, so please do submit an application — we’d love to hear from you.
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