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About the Community

Stanislaus County is located in Central California within 90 minutes of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Silicon Valley, Sacramento, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and California's Central Coast. With over 500,000 people calling this agricultural heartland home, the community reflects a region rich in diversity with a strong sense of community.

Modesto is home to a vibrant arts community with the world-class Gallo Center for the Arts, a symphony orchestra, and abundant visual and performing arts, as well as an affordable cost of living. Stanislaus County is a global center for agribusiness, positioned by its mild Mediterranean climate, rich soils, and progressive farming practices. The area is recognized internationally for agricultural innovation with wine, almonds, poultry, milk, cattle, and walnuts being some of the featured industries.

About VCME

The Valley Consortium for Medical Education (VCME) located in Modesto, California was founded as a non-profit, structured entity with four (4) stakeholders: Doctors Medical Center, Sutter Memorial Hospital, Golden Valley Health Centers, and Stanislaus County Health Services Agency, providing education experience in inpatient/outpatient rotations. VCME is affiliated with the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.

Family Medicine residents focus their outpatient training at our two (2) Federally-Qualified Look-alike/Clinics, one of which was recognized as the first federally-funded Teaching Health Center in California, starting in 2010. Inpatient training occurs at Doctors Medical Center, a level 2 Trauma Center with 400+ beds that combines high-quality faculty with high-technology settings to deliver first class training experiences. Community-based teaching keeps the training practical, relevant, and real world for graduates to quickly assimilate into diverse community settings throughout California's Central Valley.

The Position

The Program Director maintains a footprint that is a minimum of 50% administrative time. Program Director is responsible for the general administration of the Family Medicine Residency Program, including those activities related to: Accreditation, recruitment, selection, instruction, supervision, counseling, evaluation, and advancement of residents and faculty, and; Working closely with a team of nine (9) talented and dedicated core faculty to cultivate and maintain an inspiring learning experience for the residents.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

Works under the general direction of the Designated Institutional Officer (DIO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

QUANTIFIABLE DIMENSIONS: Works closely with Family Medicine faculty, residents, and medical students.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS/CONTACTS: Frequent

contacts will include the DIO, CEO, Family Medicine Program Manager and office staff, faculty, community physicians, clinic and hospital leaders and DMC Hospital Medical Executive Committee.

Duties and Responsibilities

* Lead the Family Medicine Residency Program ("Program") by: Designing and conducting the Program consistent with the Program's mission and needs of the community; administering and maintaining a learning environment conducive to educating residents in each of the competency domains stipulated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME); Overseeing the recruitment, selection and evaluation of program faculty; overseeing the recruitment, selection, evaluation and promotion of residents; working with VCME Office to cooperate in the administration of program.

* Maintain current knowledge of the ACGME requirements of the Program and of VCME's operations, policies and procedures.

* Implement and maintain the Program's compliance with ACGME requirements, as established by the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC).

* Implement and maintain the Program's compliance with VCME's and Training Sites' policies and procedures.

* Serve as the Chair or member of the Program Evaluation Committee and member of the Clinical Competency Committee.

* Attend and present a Program update at no less than 75% of Medical Executive Committee meetings in person at DMC, assigning an Assistant Program Director to attend and present in your absence.

* Lead and maintain accountability for the recruitment, selection, evaluation and progression/termination of residents in the Program.

* Lead and maintain accountability for the selection, performance and evaluation of Program faculty.

* Dedicate no less than 50% of total professional time to administrative and (non clinical) teaching Program activities.

* Be onsite at the training site Program Director's office when not involved with didactic or clinical teaching.

* Maintain and share a monthly calendar with the DIO, CEO and Program Manager.

* Obtain review and approval by DIO before submitting information or requests to ACGME, submitting accurate and complete information or request, as requested by ACGME, GMEC or DIO.

* Provide accurate statistical and narrative data through WebADS consistent with the requirements of the ACGME's Review Committee for Family Medicine.

* Maintain active clinical practice at Family Medicine's primary (outpatient) clinical site.

* Demonstrate scholarly activity as evidenced by activities such as publication in peer-reviewed journal or securing peerreviewed funding.

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Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Education, and Experience)

KNOWLEDGE

* Effective teaching methods and leadership techniques;

* Compliance and accreditation standards and requirements for residency programs;

* Applicable laws and legislation impacting employer-employee relations not limited to the National Labor Relations Act, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Equal Employment Opportunity laws;

* Principles of budgeting, fiscal administration and management;

* Regulatory and healthcare compliance matters;

* Graduate medical education including residency training requirements and national match requirements; and Computer applications such Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and residency scheduling/reporting software.

SKILLS

* Perform as a leader, administrator, teacher, and clinician;

* Administer the Program in an effective manner;

* Understand the principles of interpersonal relationships and team dynamics;

* Manage the finances of the Program in an efficient and cost-effective manner;

* Communicate effectively both verbally and by writing clear concise reports;

* Participate in and foster an approach to continuously improving quality in the family medicine residency program.

* Analyze, understand and perform research related to healthcare; and

* Perform work at multiple local geographic locations and to occasionally travel within the State and County.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

* Graduation from an accredited School of Medicine and possession of either an M.D. or D.O. degree and have an active, unrestricted medical license to practice in California;

* Board Certification by the American Board of Family Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians or other appropriate educational qualifications, as so judged by the Resident Review Committee;

* Demonstrable leadership experience in a medical setting;

* Demonstrable experience in program administration associated with resident education and training.;

* Must possess the equivalent of a minimum of three (3) years full-time professional activity in Family Medicine and teaching in a Family Medicine Residency Program;

* Obtain an appointment in good standing to be medical staff at the institution/s participating in the Program;

* Obtain a University of California at Davis Volunteer Clinical Faculty Appointment;

* Possession of an unrestricted controlled substance license for Federal and State narcotic prescribing; and

* Maintain certification as required and applicable by clinical practice such as ALSO, ACLS/BLS, PALS, and/or NRP Certification .

BENEFIT PACKAGE - VCME provides a competitive and comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees including:

* Medical, dental, vision, and basic term life insurance plans;

* Optional participation in Flexible Spending Account;

* Disability protection;

* 401(k) retirement benefits- The contribution rate is a 100% match for the first 3% of salary deferred by the employee and a 50% match for the next 2% contributed by the employee;

* Two weeks annual vacation in the first year, front loaded in July, prorated if starting after July;

* 96 hours of sick leave front loaded in July, prorated if starting after July;

* 40 hours of management leave front loaded in July, prorated if starting after July; 9 paid holidays annually;

* Up to 5 days of bereavement leave; and

* Employee Assistance Program