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Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

About the Role:

Job Summary

The Executive Director-Designated Institutional Official (DIO) to the ACGME and is responsible for overseeing, developing, and improving the organization's GME enterprise, including representing the organization in collaborative initiatives with external partners.  Responsible for development and accreditation of graduate medical education programs at Northeast Georgia Health System.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: regulatory, accreditation and operational components of Graduate Medical Education specifically ensuring compliance with ACGME requirements and overseeing the ACGME Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER), implementation and maintenance of administrative policies, procedures, fiduciary oversight, and day-to-day supervision of the GME office and associated administrative support staff.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications:

• Educational Requirements: Masters Degree

• Minimum Experience: 7-10 years experience in an organization and management of GME residency programs.  Must have in-depth understanding and knowledge regarding accreditation of GME programs, and experience with ACGME individual program and institutional accreditation.  Significant leadership experience and extensive knowledge of ACGME core competencies and evaluation techniques.  Excellent working knowledge of GME funding - DGME, IME and new teaching hospital regulations.

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Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications:

• Preferred Educational Requirements: Advanced degree in healthcare business management 

• Preferred Experience:

• Other:

Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Effective leader in a hospital/health system environment; lead through inspiration and influence.

• Demonstrate ability to work with Medical Staff members, residents, and fellows to improve clinical quality, care efficiency, and patient satisfaction.

• Demonstrate ability to enhance internal and external relationships, service, quality, operational and financial performance, and to contribute to enhancement of the overall culture of the organization.

• Performance oriented.

• Excellent people skills.

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• Oversees development of all new GME programs sponsored by the Northeast Georgia Health System.  Develop a program for medical student rotations at Northeast Georgia Health System. 

• Responsible for recruitment, selection, promotion, discipline, and performance evaluation of personnel in medical education, including Program Directors and residents.  Set goals for recruiting efforts (percent matched, percent US graduates, etc.)

• Develop, administer, and manage the annual GME budget, in collaboration with the CFO, including residents, administrative personnel, and Program Directors' support.  Maintains budget accountability throughout the year, evaluating variances, and making adjustments as necessary to hit all targets.

• Chair NGHS's Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC).  Represent NGHS in GME policy setting meetings.  Liaison with medical schools and other programs that the NGHS program has relationships with.

• Maintain current knowledge of and compliance with ACGME Institutional and Program Requirements, National Residency Match Program (NRMP) requirements and those of Northeast Georgia Healthy System.  

• Ensure the resident work environment is consistent with ACGME policies.  Provide appropriate training for medical student faculty at NGHS.

• Develop a comprehensive, written Faculty Development Plan.  Provide education and leadership development for Program Directors, faculty, and administrative personnel involved in graduate medical education at NGHS; including development and implementation of appropriate curricula, resident assessments, resident contracts, and hospital affiliation agreements.

• Oversee medical school affiliation agreements.  Manages all contracts associated with medical education.

• Adheres to quality programs and direction within NGHS.

• Directs, oversees and implements the NGHS mission statement and educational strategies mandated by the AMA's Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for postgraduate residency and fellowship training.

• Assure that documentation guidelines and clinical protocols are followed, and that each Program Director and faculty members has a number of charts audited each quarter to assure compliance.  

• Oversees safety and supervision policies related to GME.

Physical Demands

• Weight Lifted: Up to 20 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Weight Carried: Up to 20 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Vision: Light, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Standing/Walking: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Pushing/Pulling: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Intensity of Work: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Job Requires: Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding

Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals. 

NGHS: Opportunities start here.

Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.