The Coordinator of the Family Medicine Residency Program will work in conjunction with the Program’s Director, Associate Director, and hospital leadership to plan and operationalize a new teaching program that maintains substantial compliance with requirements set forth by the accrediting body, the ACGME. The Program Coordinator is a vital leader within the program whose focus is to ensure a welcoming, inclusive work environment for both faculty and resident physicians where educational, scholarly, and clinical training needs are provided, documented, and reported to governing and accrediting bodies as required.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
With oversight and direction from the Program Director, the Program Coordinator is responsible for: the operational and financial management of the Crestwood Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program which includes:
Demonstrating a commitment to professionalism and the highest standards of integrity within a team-based setting
Acting as an administrative role model for solutions-focused collaboration that achieves success
Representing the program as the key point of contact for related associations (including but not limited to the ACGME, NRMP, AAMC, AAIM), physician faculty, members of the patient care team, hospital and participating site leadership, medical students, resident physicians and training locations
Commitment to ongoing learning, understanding, application and attention to accreditation requirements as well as program and institutional policies
Ensuring program operations are executed in a manner that meets the program’s mission and aims while ensuring fiscal responsibility of budget utilization
Liaising with physician faculty to plan day-to-day educational assignments schedules (rotation, clinic, call, and didactic) and refine the assignment’s curriculum
Implementation, utilization and oversight of residency management software (New Innovations) in compliance with Institutional policies that assures timely receipt of accurate work hour, procedure, and scholarly activity logs and evaluations of faculty, residents, and the program
Planning and directing annual virtual and in-person recruitment activities in compliance with Institutional policies and the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) policies and Codes of Conduct
Planning and hosting a variety of program-related social and well-being events throughout the year in a budget conscious manner
Coordinating and contributing as an active member to the program’s Clinical Competency and Program Evaluation Committees
Compiling and ensuring the submission of accurate reports to the ACGME, AAMC, ABIM, the Institution, and Hospital administration as requested
Coordinate responses and represent the program during ACGME site visits and self-studies
Bachelor Degree preferred - Min. 2 years’ work experience in academic administration, physician scheduling, social work, and secondary or higher education teaching.
Licenses/Certificates: N/A
Huntsville Hospital is an 881-bed hospital that serves as the regional referral center for North Alabama and southern Tennessee. Huntsville Hospital is governed by the Health Care Authority of the City of Huntsville and is the second-largest hospital in Alabama. In recent years, the hospital has expanded its services throughout the region with the development of Huntsville Hospital Health System, which includes hospitals in Huntsville, Madison, Athens, Decatur, Boaz, Guntersville, Moulton, Red Bay, Sheffield, Scottsboro, and Fayetteville, Tenn. The Health System includes more than 2,300 patient beds and 19,500 employees.
