In a nutshell

Title: Clinical Author, UK

Role: Responsible for writing, designing and testing virtual reality simulation scenarios

Location: UK based - fully remote

Days/week: Full time, flexible availability as working with a global team

Start date: January 2024 

The Who, What, Where, When & Why

We are looking for expressions of interest to join as a Clinical Author. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical scenario-building team. You will be responsible for collaborating with our awesome and lovely team of clinical authors and simulation engineers to design, develop, write and test award-winning clinical VR scenarios used by clinicians and medical students alike, all over the world.

Who you are: We’re looking for a driven individual who loves puzzles, is able to self-manage and is up for the challenge of utilizing their clinical expertise and technical knowledge in a new and creative way. A background in simulation, education and experience with coding - even at an introductory level - is preferred. You are comfortable with uncertainty and change and do well in an environment with competing priorities and new things to learn. When faced with obstacles, you carve new paths, ask for help and are flexible with the approach when things don’t work. You’re a team player without ego who appreciates the contributions of those you work with.

If you can bring the above, we will take care of the rest and show you the ropes of virtual reality education and product design. We’ll teach you how to put your clinical and educational skills to use in the context of virtual reality simulation scenarios. We’ll guide you to learn and apply new skills, including simple coding and working closely with other clinicians, educators, developers and animators to produce world-class clinical experience on demand. Because of you, OMS is delivering more training, more quickly, and at a higher quality to those that need it, both on the front lines of healthcare and in healthcare education.

Ready to take the next step?

Who you are (essential):

• You are a UK based doctor or nurse with experience in the Emergency Department, general Critical Care, General Medicine or General Practice
• You have experience in healthcare simulation, education theory or learning design
• You are curious and analytical - you love figuring out how things work and if they are broken, what to do to fix them
• You are a fantastic communicator - you’ll need to be able to bridge the gap between subject matter experts, developers, artists and senior stakeholders
• You are good at self-managing, setting and sticking to deadlines, prioritizing, re-prioritizing and developing creative solutions along the way
• You are comfortable with and do well in environments with a lot of change and shifts in priorities - you don’t mind changing direction or asking questions when you’re uncertain of where to focus your efforts
• You are a team player - you may have a job title but you’re always willing to roll up your sleeves and help wherever help is needed
• You love feedback - you’re always looking for ways to improve and help the team you’re on improve
• You are a computational thinker - you love puzzles, spreadsheets and logic and if you get it wrong you pick yourself up and try again until you’ve cracked it
• You stick with things and see the light at the end of the tunnel - you enjoy longer term projects or activities where it takes a while to get to the end result (possibly quilting, sculpting or complex lego structures)
• You love the idea of using your skills to provide top-quality clinical experiences on-demand to professional clinicians and students alike
• You love new technology and want to be part of a team using cutting edge tech for good
• You’re proficient at digital file management and how to work between multiple software applications
• You have absolute attention to detail and take pride in your work

Bonus points for:

• Familiarity with basic coding or participation in an introductory course to any basic coding (HTML, Python, etc.)
• Experience playing VR-specific games or using VR applications

What you will be doing:

• Sometimes you’ll be writing your own scenario from start to finish and other times you’ll act as a product owner working as part of a wider team of SMEs, engineers, developers and artists ensuring the educational and clinical validity and fidelity of the clinical experience being created
• You’ll set learning objectives and use your clinical knowledge and education abilities to design, write, review and enhance scenarios
• You’ll work on scenarios outside of your area of expertise, working with subject matter experts. You’ll need to feel comfortable working outside of your specialism - you won’t always know all the answers but you’ll know-how and who to get them from, working with our SMEs to develop top-quality learning solutions
• You’ll work within a close-knit team of clinical authors and engineers, learning and laughing with us on this ever-evolving journey
• You’ll manage your own projects, working to deadlines, prioritizing like a pro, showing great attention to detail and using your judgment to make decisions and adapting and flexing when things don’t go to plan
• You may also work directly with clients around the world to help translate their ideas into virtual reality scenarios

Who we are

We are Skiers / Boarders, Runners, Rowers, Pilots, Midwives, Magicians, Weavers, Photographers, Game heroes, Doctors, Movie Buffs, Nurses, and every other variety of people.

We are hard-working. We are passionate about what we do. We care about the work. We care about each other. We care about pushing the envelope and we care about using our working lives to make the world a better place. OMS helps health systems, hospitals, medical and nursing schools deliver training and assessment better, cheaper, faster, and at scale.

We value these behaviours above all:

1. Care & Pride - we take care and pride in everything we do
2. Growth mindset - we push the boundaries so we are adaptive, inventive and always learning
3. One Team - we are in it together, mucking in and supporting each other with humour and humility

Sound like a challenge you are ready for?

About Oxford Medical Simulation

OMS helps health systems, hospitals, medical and nursing schools deliver quality simulation at scale.

Our award-winning VR simulation platform is transforming the way healthcare and educational institutions train, assess and recruit healthcare professionals. By combining cutting edge 3D visualization with artificial intelligence and leading educational theory, OMS delivers all of the benefits of physical simulation while delivering significant savings and improving patient care.

Founded in 2017 and commercially launching the award-winning OMS Platform in late 2018, Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS) has experienced rapid growth with deployments spanning the globe across the NHS, Health Education England, Oxford University, multiple US universities and health systems and the world’s #1 paediatric hospital. OMS was named in the Top 50 Tech Companies 2019 by Business Cloud and was a finalist in the Global VR Awards 2019 & 2020. Won EdTech of the Year Award for the British Data Awards 2021. Shortlisted for the best use of VR/AR at Go Tech 2021.

OMS is committed to equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of recruitment, selection, and employment without regard to gender, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other category protected under the law. OMS is an equal opportunity employer; committed to a community of inclusion, and an environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Benefits

• 38 days paid leave, including public holidays
• Private healthcare
• One off home office set up allowance
• Pension
• Knowing that you are making a real difference
• High specification laptop and Oculus headset
• Travel expenses covered