Community Health Systems is one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers. Developing and operating healthcare delivery systems in 40 distinct markets across 15 states, CHS is committed to helping people get well and live healthier. CHS operates 71 acute-care hospitals and more than 1,000 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, imaging centers, cancer centers and ambulatory surgery centers.
Summary:
Within CHS’ corporate office is the centralized ACGME-accredited Sponsoring Institution, Health Education Services (HES, ACGME ID: 470075). HES sponsors 17 ACGME-accredited graduate medical education programs within 10 of the 79 acute-care hospitals and their affiliated ambulatory networks. HES is seeking to expand its leadership team with an Associate Director of Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accreditation & Operations.
Reporting to the Corporate Director of GME Accreditation & Operations, the Associate Director of GME Accreditation & Operations provides assistance to the Corporate Director of GME Accreditation & Operations in the supervision, training, and management of Facility Directors of GME, Program Coordinators, and other administrative staff within HES-sponsored and ACGME-accredited programs at CHS. The Assistant Director of GME is responsible for assessing, monitoring and improving program compliance with requirements set forth by the ACGME.
This position is based as the CHS corporate headquarters located in Franklin, Tennessee. Remote work is negotiable, but will require travel to corporate headquarters a minimum of one week per month. Occasional travel to CHS-owned and operated Primary Clinical Sites is expected at least quarterly.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with HES leadership to create or improve and manage processes and procedures deployed across its various clinical and educational work environments that improves efficiency, reduces administrative burdens and enhances the leadership teams’ ability to oversee compliance through enhanced data capture and visibility.
- With supervision and direction from the Corporate Director of GME Accreditation & Operations, work collaboratively with the team to plan, implement, and oversee quality improvement initiatives regarding onboarding, training, and administrative skills development of GME program leadership. In collaboration with HES leadership and the GME Office team to design a strategic plan for enhancing operational efficiency of program leaders through monthly training offered in small and large group formats to Facility Directors of GME and Program Coordinators.
- Act as the primary point of contact for the NRMP, ERAS, FRIEDA, New Innovations, Thalamus, and ECFMG whenever a new residency or fellowship program is accredited by the ACGME to assure that each program is registered. Oversee a training/mentorship plan implemented by the GME Administrative/Operations Specialist to assure each program’s administrator is sufficiently trained and supported.
- In collaboration with HES leadership, GME Administration/Operations Specialist and the Manager, Marketing & Communications, oversee the implementation of a strategic plan for resident/fellow integration for hospitals planning to teach residents or fellows for the first time. This strategic plan is a fully encompassing project plan that requires extensive knowledge of GME operations and accreditation requirements, as the academic year cycle, and business resources/processes of mostly rural, acute care hospitals.
- In collaboration with HES leadership, design, implement, and oversee a system by which ACGME compliance for all sponsored specialties and subspecialties can be monitored and tracked. Design, implement, and oversee a system by which progress on each programs’ self-reported action plans resulting from Annual Program Evaluations can be monitored and tracked.
- Create and provide compliance reports for work hours, procedure and case logs, quality metrics, and strategic plan outcomes as requested by HES leadership.
Minimum Qualifications:
Required Education: Bachelor Degree in Education, Higher Education, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or Business Administration or related field.
Preferred Education: Master’s Degree in Education, Higher Education, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, Human Capital Management or related field.
Required Experience: Minimum 7-years’ experience as an ACGME-accredited residency or fellowship program coordinator required.
Preferred Experience: Minimum 5-years’ experience as a senior leader with significant GME oversight, functioning at a Director of Graduate Medical Education level or above.
Preferred License/Registration/Certification: C-TAGME
Computer Skills Required: ERAS EAM/PDWS, GMETrack, ACGME ADS, Thalamus, New Innovations, Cerner, MedHub, Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, and Adobe Pro.
Physical Demands:
In order to successfully perform this job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, the following are outlined below:
- The Employee is required to read, review, prepare and analyze written data and figures, using a PC or similar, and should possess visual acuity.
- The Employee may be required to occasionally climb, push, stand, walk, reach, grasp, kneel, stoop, and/or perform repetitive motions.
- The Employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions and; therefore, job functions are typically performed under conditions such as those found within general office or administrative work.