Curriculum Developer

At Houston Methodist, the Curriculum Developer position is responsible for designing, developing and implementing curricula focused on supporting trainees, staff and faculty involved in conducting quality improvement and patient safety projects. This position works with various departments and internal educational entities (e.g., Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education - MITIE, System Quality and Patient Safety, Graduate Medical Education, and Continuing Medical Education) to systematically develop curricula, select implementation approaches, design assessment and evaluation, and promote scholarly productivity.

Requirements:

Qualifications:

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED

• N/A

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles

• Expertise in assessing outcomes of training programs

• Proficiency with quantitative and qualitative data analysis (ability to use statistical software, such as R, SPSS, SAS, ATLAS.TI, NVivo)

• Ability to read, and interpret articles in scholarly/professional journals

• Ability to write reports and summary documents in a prescribed format

• Ability to effectively present and communicate information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors

• Ability to apply principles of logical and critical thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems

• Knowledge of research project management

• Knowledge about best teaching skills, curriculum development, and learning theory

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

• Knowledge of patient safety and quality improvement measures

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform No
• Scrubs No
• Business professional Yes
• Other (department approved) No

ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* No

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area Yes

Company Profile:

Houston Methodist Academic Institute oversees the Education Institute and Research Institute, including 772 faculty and 56,250 learners. The Academic Institute aligns our research and education initiatives in service to the clinical mission, providing solutions that answer the call for new technologies and skills our clinicians need for patient care.

Houston Methodist Education Institute coordinates our primary academic affiliation with Weill Cornell Medicine and other joint programs, including the Engineering Medicine Program at Texas A&M University Intercollegiate School of Engineering Medicine. The Education Institute also oversees continuing medical education and graduate medical education, and supports more than 1,000 trainees in residence for medical, nursing, allied health and research education programs.

Houston Methodist Research Institute supports research programs and infrastructure that enable faculty across the system to bring new scientific discoveries to patients as rapidly as possible through the full cycle of a cure from conceptual bench research, to prototyping and development, to clinical trials and FDA approval. The Research Institute supports more than 1,387 clinical research protocols and $70.3 million in extramurally funded translational research programs.

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.