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.

PATIENT AGE GROUP(S) AND POPULATION(S) SERVED
Refer to departmental "Scope of Service" and "Provision of Care" plans, as applicable, for description of primary age groups and populations served by this job for the respective HM entity.

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional, ethical, physical, and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth, dignity, and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET, Managing Up, Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees' experiential journeys to ensure strong communication, ease of access to information, and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organization's vision, fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Collaborates with a team of project specialists, content experts, and administrators to design, develop, and deploy curricula.

• Meaningfully interacts with diverse professionals who provide content expertise and support for curricula design work.

• Coordinates the efforts of contributors to the curriculum while collaborating with content experts to align implementation science with project execution practices.

• Contributes towards improvement of department scores for employee engagement, i.e. peer-to-peer accountability.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Designs a project planning guide, implementation protocol and collaborates with trainees, faculty, and staff to conduct scientific inquiry and apply evidence-based practices including the coordination of data collection, data analysis, and the dissemination of results, with a focus on quality improvement and patient safety.

• Develops an infrastructure for training other personnel to support curricula design work. Maintains the highest standards of service for learners who come to the Office of Academic Development for training. Ensures the educational programs/offerings meet/exceed the customer's expectations.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Links training initiatives to quality and safety efforts both within and outside of the Methodist Hospital System.

• Assists in the design and delivery of seminars, workshops, and on-demand courses on various education-related topics.

• Proactively identifies quality and safety improvement opportunities aimed at cost reduction through analysis of data.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Identifies funding opportunities and constructs grant proposals for educational activities and programs to support quality improvement and patient safety.

• Able to successfully compete for grant support for the work focused on improving quality and patient safety.

• Utilizes resources effectively and efficiently, demonstrating responsible financial stewardship. Self-motivated to independently manage time effectively and prioritize daily tasks, assisting coworkers as needed.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Researches and evaluates new instructional strategies and materials. Utilizes innovative methods of performance measurement in the support provided for planning, implementation and evaluation of quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.

• Leverages the work done in across various departments around quality improvement and patient safety to build best practices and practice wisdom for efficient implementation and innovative approaches for future projects.

• Seeks opportunities to identify self-development needs and takes appropriate action. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an on-going basis.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

EDUCATION

• Master's degree

• PhD preferred in an appropriate area for assessing human individual and team performance related fields could include education, psychology, industrial engineering, public health, quality improvement and patient safety, human factors engineering, and medical education

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Two years of experience in curriculum design and implementation

• One-year experience in planning, implementing or evaluating quality improvement and patient safety initiatives

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

Houston Methodist Academic Institute (formerly the Houston Methodist Research Institute) was formed in 2004 to rapidly and efficiently translate discoveries made in the laboratory and the clinic into new diagnostics, therapies, and treatments. The research institute was created to provide the infrastructure and support for these endeavors, and to house the technology and resources needed to make innovative breakthroughs in important areas of human disease. A 540,000 square foot building dedicated to research and clinical trials, the academic institute houses over 2,047 credentialed researchers conducting 1,470 ongoing clinical protocols.