Rural Medical Education Hub Director

Job Title: Rural Medical Education (Med Ed) Hub Director

The Rural Medical Education (Med Ed) Hub Director will create strategic partnerships to advance health care, education, and economic development to help create thriving rural communities. The Med Ed Hub concept seeks to identify and eliminate barriers to recruiting and retaining providers for rural communities through a multifaceted approach, including pipeline development, medical student immersion, and physician education and networking. Given the startup nature of the Hub itself, successful candidates will be creative, self-directed, data-driven, and thrive in healthcare or medical education, adapting and dedicating themselves as needed.

This position is critical to shaping the future vision for the Med Ed Hub and expanding providers to rural areas. The Director of the new Hub will provide leadership to advance the institution’s mission to produce forward-thinking, empathetic healthcare leaders who are dedicated to innovation, research, and finding collective solutions to advance underserved communities. The Director will contribute to all project activities, including management of community-based, educational, clinical, and research activities.

This role will be responsible for collaborating with a variety of strategic partners to create opportunities for interprofessional education and expansion of rural initiatives. Expected salary for this role would be $75,000-$85,000 annually.

• Coordinate efforts across the medical hub under the umbrella of Kansas Health Science University as a leader in medical education and collaboration, supporting thought leadership, faculty engagement, student management, and creating meaningful community partnerships.
• Identify, develop, edit, and prepare proposals, protocols, and supporting documentation for federal, foundation, and private industry-sponsored grants and activities.
• Provide general collaborative team support for the institution's administrative team and their respective divisions.
• Share leadership and project management responsibilities related to student programming; potentially including speaker series, mentorships, ecosystem immersions, and independent studies.
• Work with and encourage medical students to become active members of the community.
• Plan, coordinate, and attend annual rural immersion to Finney County; oversee additional programs as added.
• Explore feasibility and funding for additional locations, develop relationships in communities, and provide appropriate introductions for solicitation, GME expansion, etc.
• Work closely with clinical faculty to expand opportunities for clinical rotations and GME.
• Work closely with the research department to expand KERN membership and present opportunities to partners related to research.
• Partner with eco devo and civic to help identify housing options in communities.
• Partner with educational institutions for pipeline development and interprofessional opportunities.

• Support and encourage medical students during their integration into underserved Kansas communities.
• Support student organizations to develop and enhance career education/programming related to careers in rural and underserved populations in medicine.
• Integrate with the established Kansas
  
  COM approaches and programming to help support students exploring careers.

• Prepare budgets, act as program administrator, sponsor and implement policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Monitor budgets and grant-related expenses and reconcile expense reports with the department administrator.

A four-year degree in a related field and three years of higher education, economic development, public administration, or healthcare experience. Preference for post-graduate degrees and training.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Skill in empathy and compassion as a role model in patient care.
• Strong team player.

This position is located in Garden City, Kansas, with up to 50% remote work from a distraction-free office with reliable internet. Up to 25% of the time may be spent traveling within the state of Kansas. Special…