Faculty- Family Medicine Residency Program Director; Savannah Campus

Overview

Job : 294064

Location: Candler Hospital

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

The Medical College of Georgia is currently seeking a full-time faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor, who will also hold an administrative post as the Program Director for the Family Medicine Residency Program eph's / Candler Health System on the Savannah campus. The primary purpose of this position is to develop and deliver a nationally recognized residency program in Family Medicine.

The Program Director must administer and maintain an educational environment conducive to educating residents/fellows in each of the ACGME competency areas and in conformance with the policies and procedures of both the Medical College of Georgia and the St. Joseph's / Candler Health System. Selected duties may be delegated to faculty or training program administrators; however, the Program Director is responsible to the Designated Institutional Official, the Graduate Medical Education Committee, and to the ACGME's Residency Review Committee for the timely and accurate completion of all tasks and their quality.

This position does not meet the requirements to be on a tenure track.

• Oversight of Education - 25%
• Oversee and ensure the quality of didactic and clinical education in all sites that participate in the program.
• Review, update, and revise didactic and clinical educational curricula as needed.
• Select and oversee work of associate program directors; evaluate their GME-related performance annually; enter evaluations to track and monitor performance.
• Approve a local director at each participating site who is accountable for resident education; comply with GME protocol for approval of training sites.
• Approve the selection of core faculty and their continuation based on annual evaluations of performance. Maintain an accurate listing of all faculty participating in the program for accreditation purposes (through the ACGME Accreditation Data System (ADS)).
• Complete an annual program evaluation and document it annually; establish and monitor action plans through completion.
• Adopt appropriate evaluation tools and ensure evaluations of residents by faculty are completed on a timely basis.
• Provide each resident with documented, semiannual, competency-based evaluation of performance, provided both in-person and online; at program completion, provide a final summative evaluation that documents performance during the final period and verify competence to enter practice without direct supervision.
• Participation in GME Governance - 25%
• Manage GME staff in the program office; ensure protected time for Training Program Administrators to attend monthly meetings.
• Attend monthly GME Program Directors Advisory Committee meetings.
• Participate in one or more GME Special Reviews of residency/fellowship programs as assigned by DIO.
• Serve as mentor for new program director(s).
• Comply with the Medical College of Georgia's policies governing GME, including Institutional Requirements; adhere to academic action, grievance and due process procedures; notify the GME office of academic actions pertaining to residents and collaborate on corrective action plans.
• Compliance with Regulatory Requirements affecting GME - 25%
• Provide accurate information on resident schedules and rotations to support GME reimbursement from Medicare, VACC and others; ensure correct and timely entry of schedules and reports for quarterly rotation data submission.
• Ensure faculty document supervision of residents/fellows in the medical record in accordance with regulatory bodies.
• Create resident schedules in compliance with duty hour regulations established by MCG and the ACGME.
• Ensure residents obtain identification numbers required for ordering tests, labs, and medications (e.g., NPI and HCS accounts for narcotic prescribing).
• Maintenance of Accreditation - 25%
• Monitor resident supervision at all participating sites; provide explicit written supervisory lines of responsibility and prompt, reliable communication with supervisory physicians.
• Establish and maintain a standing Clinical Competency Committee to assess…