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Director Of Academic Affairs & Designated Institutional Official

Join Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center—one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades—is a 384-bed, not-for-profit, fully accredited community teaching hospital serving Queens since 1891, where we started in just a four-bedroom house. Today, we deliver nationally recognized care in cardiology, stroke, oncology, imaging, and emergency medicine, and are New York State’s only Primary Heart Attack Center and the first Comprehensive Stroke Center.

With an expanded Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Department, modern maternity services, and over 120,000 ER visits annually, we offer dynamic opportunities for professional growth, impact and clinical excellence. Through our affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the upcoming opening of our newly built, state-of-the-art Cancer Center, we continue to expand access to world-class care.

As a safety-net hospital, filling a void for the people in the community, we proudly serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Join us during this exciting period of growth and help shape the future of healthcare.

Mission: To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none. 

Vision: To be the premier integrated healthcare delivery system by providing the highest quality, most cost-effective service, which is accessible and sensitive to all.

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Jamaica Hospital

The MediSys Health Network and its member hospitals, Flushing Hospital Medical Center and Jamaica Hospital Medical Center are teaching facilities. We are dedicated to continuing education and research, and our various Graduate Medical Education programs provide and support scholarly activity.  We are currently seeking a Director of Academic Affairs & Designated Institutional Official for an immediate full time career opportunity on our Queens campus.

As Director of Academic Affairs & Designated Institutional Official you will report to the Chief Operating Officer for administrative operational issues, and the President and CEO. Effectively ensuring that the Medical Center maintains a high-quality academic environment for Graduate Residency and Fellowship Educational Programs.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

  • You will have direct oversight and responsibility for coordinating the quality, appropriateness, and evaluation of graduate education programs.
  • Implementing  “General Requirements” common to all residency training programs;
  • Developing and updating “GME Policies and Procedures” as needed to ensure that FHMC and JHMC are exercising reasonable supervision and appropriate oversight of Medical Education programs.
  • Establishing mechanisms to monitor and review the quality of educational programs.
  •  Creating and sustaining an environment of academic and professional excellence for students and faculty, and a collaborative working environment with educational team members. 
  • Participating with Department Chairs and Program Directors to review and recommend residency program budgets.
  • Collaborating with Department Chair and Program Directors to effectively ensure and maintain appropriate accrediting criteria, faculty appointments, resident selection, and other program requirements.
  • Serving as institutional liaison for “Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates” and its sponsoring program;
  • Coordinating and ensuring that Program Directors carry out their responsibilities with regard to medical education matters;
  • Preparing Medical Board  program  reports and annual reports for  Board of Trustees
  • Reviewing and maintaining educational contracts.
  • Representing and serving on committees in all matters related to Medical Education.

 

Requirements
  • Master’s degree required, Doctoral degree strongly preferred.
  • A minimum of 5 years of increasingly responsible experience in Graduate Medical Education, with considerable academic management experience, preferably in a proprietary school setting.
  • Fiscal and personnel management experience.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to interact successfully with academic as well as business and regulatory personnel.

We offer an excellent total compensation package, including a competitive salary, excellent benefits package, growth opportunities, and the opportunity to work with a dynamic team of health professionals.
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