Patient Education Specialist - Middle School Math/Science

At our company, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values of Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust, we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day. As a Patient Education Specialist, you’ll provide individualized educational instruction that helps patients maintain academic continuity during treatment or hospitalization. You’ll adapt curriculum, learning tools, and educational support to meet each patient’s cognitive, emotional, physical, and academic needs. 

• Provides individualized instruction through bedside, one-on-one, virtual, and classroom-based educational sessions
• Develops lesson plans and materials aligned with patients’ curricula, Individualized Education Programs, Admission Review and Dismissal plans, academic levels, learning styles, and physical or cognitive needs
• Administers, reviews, and interprets neuropsychological, academic, behavioral, and learning-style assessments
• Develops Individualized Education Programs and 504 accommodations for qualifying pre-kindergarten through high school patients
• Recommends appropriate academic placement and collaborates with families to support school enrollment and instruction
• Uses a variety of instructional strategies, including phonetics, multisensory learning, and repetition, to reinforce learning
• Tracks and documents patient attendance, engagement, academic progress, grades, educational interventions, and goal achievement
• Coordinates with home-school professionals to obtain assignments, books, materials, and expectations for completed work
• Uses virtual learning platforms, SMART Boards, teleconferencing tools, and adaptive equipment to support engaging instruction
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team to align educational services with patient care needs
• Educates school personnel and families about the impact of serious illness or injury on learning, academic programming, and psychosocial support needs
• Develops and implements patient-centered educational, summer, supplemental, vocational, and quality-improvement programs
• Maintains current knowledge of educational laws, advocacy strategies, and the impact of chronic illness and injury on learning 

• Master’s degree in education, special education, or a related field required
• Texas Standard Teaching Certificate required
• Educational Diagnostician certification from the Texas Education Agency preferred, or Special Education Teaching Certification preferred
• Three years of instructional experience, including interpreting neuropsychological evaluations, required
• Three years of teaching experience in a hospital or specialized school setting preferred