Director, Residency Programs

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SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 13,900+ providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve.
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With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 12 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.

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Jon Dirksen

Executive Talent Partner

jon.dirksen@ssmhealth.com

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Job Summary:

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides oversight and administration of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) department at the hospital. Supervises administrative functions of the residencies.
• Directs accreditation and regulatory activities and serves as a consultant for GME program faculty and staff.
• Assesses the quality of the organization’s GME programs, performance of residents and identifies opportunities for program improvement.
• Serves as the liaison with the ACGME and related organizations and ensures readiness for all institutional reviews.Serves as the GME Designated Institutional Officer (DIO) and functions as Vice Chair of Graduate Medical Education Committee.
• Works with both the residents and program faculty to foster research and scholarly activity.Develops and maintains significant faculty development activities across all programs.
• Oversees Clinical Learning Environment Review pathways and accreditation.
• Leads in the development of new GME programs and funding opportunities, with an emphasis on obtaining grants.
• Oversees faculty and resident well-being and develops and implements a GME wellness curriculum.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Doctoral degree, Master's Degree or equivalent combination of experience and education

EXPERIENCE

• Five years’ progressive education experience, with some leadership

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 
 
State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

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