Director of Medical Education FT Days

Description

Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385-bed acute-care hospital classified as a stroke receiving center and level 2 trauma facility with an innovative, patient centered and evidence-based Rehabilitation Services Department.  Our compassionate team provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including acute care rehabilitation, joint replacement & spinal surgery, neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry, step-down care, skilled nursing, as well as outpatient therapy, hand and lymphedema clinics.

GENERAL DUTIES:

The Vice-President of Medical Education/Designated Institution Official (DIO)/ Director of Medical Education )DME) is responsible for the administrative oversight of the Graduate Medical Education (GME interns, residents, and fellows) programs and activities. GME programs across the hospital are subject to the oversight responsibility of this position. All job description items that follow are pertinent to the DIO / DME primary job assignment overseeing GME programs across the hospital.

Shift: Days

Hours:

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DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES:              

The Vice President of Academic Operations/Designated Institutional Official (DIO) will work in conjunction with the National Director of GME and will manage the following markets/regions within Tenet Health:

Desert Market - California

1. Programs: Six (6) ACGME-accredited programs 
2. Works alongside/in conjunction with: Hospitals’ and programs’ leadership
3. Supervisory Role: Direct supervision of GME Manager plus 6 GME office staff and indirect supervision of 6 Physician program directors

Modesto Market - California

1. Programs: Two (2) ACGME-accredited programs 
2. Works alongside/in conjunction with: VCME’s staff, hospital’s leadership and Board, Designated Institutional Official (DIO)
3. Supervisory Role: Indirect supervision of DIO, Office Manager, two coordinator, two Physician program directors
   
    

The Vice President of Academic Operations will be responsible for the following in each assigned market/region within Tenet health:

1. Monitoring and responding to the changes in the healthcare environment, as seen through the lens of understanding the effects on Graduate Medical Education (GME) and GME training.
2. Act as the liaison between Program Directors, staff, and Executive Leadership to ensure cohesiveness in mission and vision of GME.
3. Acting as the Designated Institutional Official (DIO) for Desert Regional to ensure compliance with all accreditation bodies rules and national standards for excellence as well as facilitating an environment that produces optimal educational outcomes in GME and acts as a leader in professionalism. 
4. In concert with academic partners and GME Leadership, facilitate and oversee GME mission and strategies in Tenet facilities. 
5. Oversee all aspects of GME operations, including interfacing with academic partners, hospitals’ leadership, clinics, Chairs and Program Directors to assure outstanding outcomes. 
6. Monitor, facilitate, and review audits of Graduate Medical Education programs, reviewing compliance with all applicable ACGME documentation, conducting interviews (on an add-needed basis), and identifying trends in performance and learning evaluations.
7. Lead ACGME-accredited programs in preparing for self-studies, CLER, and site visits.
8. Promotion of excellence in GME programs, ensuring compliance with ACGME Common, Specialty/Subspecialty specific program, and Institutional requirements, including but not limited to:
   1. Act as a voting member of the Graduate Medical Educational Committee (GMEC).
   2. Serve on the Special Review Committee for ACGME-accredited programs and monitoring follow through with action plan.
   3. Provide mentorship to GME leadership, Program Directors, and Institutional Coordinators.
   4. Serve as a resource to senior leadership, educational partners, program directors, program coordinators, and chairs for the latest operational standards.
   5. Keep up to date and anticipate changes in GME programs due to changes in ACGME Institutional, Common, and Specialty-Specific requirements. 
9. Serve as a member of senior leadership and champion of the GME, acting as the GME representative in clinical quality and patient safety teams. 
10. Manage institutional engagement of all assigned markets/regions in practices that focus on ongoing, mission-driven, systematic recruitment and retention of a diverse and inclusive workforce of residents/fellows, faculty members, senior administrative staff members, and other relevant members of its GME community.
11. Manage the institutions’ well-being efforts through overseeing our ACGME-accredited program’s fulfillment of responsibility to address well-being of residents/fellows and faculty members, consistent with the common and specialty-/subspecialty-specific program requirements.
12. Oversee the GME budget process to include FTE to CAP and program budgets. In partnership with the several educational partners, execute annual budgeting processes that provide adequate resourcing and support to run quality GME programs. 
13. Manage the GME faculty educational contracts. In partnership with each of our programs, the VP will ensure the availability of adequate resources for resident/fellow education, including:
    1. Financial support and protected time for the program director(s), core faculty, and teaching faculty to effectively carry out educational, administrative, and leadership responsibilities, as described in the Institutional, Common, and specialty-/subspecialty-specific Program Requirements
    2. Professional development support applicable to program directors’ and core faculty members’ responsibilities as educational leaders
    3. Oversee the contracting process, ensuring program minimums are met, contracts are executed in a timely manner, limiting disruptions in education due to clerical contract concerns
14. Manage the employment of the residents/fellows, ensuring:
    1. Residents/fellows are provided with a written agreement of appointment/contract outlining the terms and conditions of their appointment to a program. 
    2. In partnership with applicable personnel, monitor each of its ACGME-accredited programs with regard to implementation of terms and conditions of appointment. 
    3. Professional liability insurance to our residents/fellows including professional liability coverage, including legal defense and protection against awards from claims reported or filed during participation in each of its ACGME-accredited programs.
    4. Health and disability insurance to our residents/fellows, in compliance with all ACGME requirements.
15. Engagement and support of the institutional mission to optimize accreditation activities such as GMEC, ADS, ERAS, and NRMP.
16. All other duties as assigned by Desert Market, Modesto Market, and Tenet executive leadership.

 

Qualifications

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

Qualifications

•Detail oriented, and demonstrate the ability to manage complex competing priorities

•Minimum of 10 years Graduate Medical Education experience

•Minimum of 5 years of direct management experience

•Experience with physician contracting and GME budgeting preferred

•Experience with New Innovations, Concur and Kronos preferred

•Education: 

.Minimum Master’s degree or its equivalent

•Position requires 25% travel