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).

Reporting directly to the Associate Dean for Clinical Science, the Director 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.

Required Qualifications

• 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.