Assistant Director, Residency Program - Medicine Administration Department
Location: United States · Reference: 3042274
The Assistant Director, Residency Program provides leadership and oversight
for the operational, financial, accreditation, educational, and administrative
activities of a portfolio of residency and fellowship programs. The incumbent
serves as the senior administrative leader for graduate medical education
activities within the department and partners with Program Directors,
Department Leadership, and institutional stakeholders to ensure regulatory
compliance, operational excellence, effective resource utilization, and
achievement of strategic objectives. The Assistant Director develops
departmental GME operational strategy, leads administrative teams, and
establishes standards supporting the educational mission.
Responsibilities
Directs operational, accreditation, educational, and administrative
activities for a large, complex residency training program and associated
fellowship training programs as applicable.
Serves as the senior departmental administrative resource regarding
graduate medical education operations, accreditation, compliance, and
program administration.
Provides direct supervision, mentoring, coaching, and performance
management for managers, coordinators, and administrative personnel.
Develops departmental operational goals, performance measures, and
strategic initiatives supporting program effectiveness and educational
excellence.
Oversees trainee lifecycle management activities including recruitment,
onboarding, credentialing, licensure, immigration support, compliance, and
graduation processes.
Provides departmental oversight for ERAS, Thalamus, NRMP, onboarding,
recruitment operations, and related graduate medical education
technologies.
Provides oversight of accreditation activities including Annual Program
Evaluation (APE), Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), Clinical
Competency Committee (CCC), WebADS reporting, Program Letters of
Agreement (PLA), accreditation readiness, and continuous quality
improvement initiatives.
Collaborates with Program Directors and faculty leadership to support
accreditation compliance, action plan implementation, reporting
activities, and program improvement efforts.
Oversees educational administration activities including curriculum
management, evaluation systems, milestone reporting, scholarly activity
tracking, educational outcomes assessment, and Residency Management System
utilization.
Utilizes RMS data, analytics, resident complement information,
participating site reporting, and operational metrics to support
accreditation readiness, workforce planning, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) cost reporting, and continuous improvement
initiatives.
Develops and manages educational budgets, staffing plans, resource
allocation strategies, and operational improvement initiatives supporting
departmental goals.
Evaluates operational, educational, accreditation, and financial outcomes
and develops recommendations to improve program effectiveness and
efficiency.
Leads workforce planning, employee engagement, succession planning, staff
development, and implementation of departmental best practices related to
residency and fellowship administration.
Serves as the primary administrative liaison between Program Directors,
Department Leadership, institutional committees, and Graduate Medical
Education leadership and represents the department on institutional
initiatives and workgroups.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree in Healthcare Administration,
Public Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, Higher
Education Administration, or related field preferred.
Five (5) or more years of progressively responsible experience in
graduate medical education administration, healthcare administration,
academic administration, or related field. Significant leadership
experience preferred.
TAGME (Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education)
certification preferred
