Associate Program Director - FSU Internal Medicine/Transitional Year Residency Program

Position Information

The Associate Program Director (APD) of the Internal Medicine Residency Program will assist the Program Director in the administrative and clinical oversight of the Program including maintaining compliance with the Accreditation Council for Graduation Medical Education (ACGME) Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Internal Medicine. The APD is directly responsible to the Program Director and must participate in academic societies and in educational programs designed to enhance the APDs educational and administrative skills. This is a new, exciting role that involves providing clinical patient care and mentoring residents, while also serving as an expert competency evaluator.

Job Duties

• Avoids and ensures the quality of didactic and clinical education at all sites that participate in the Program
• Evaluates Program faculty and approves the continued participation of Program faculty based on evaluation
• Prepares and submits all information required and requested by the ACGME in a timely manner, this includes but not limited to, Program application forms and supplements, and annual Program updates
• Notifies the Executive Director of the Review Committee when there is any change in the accreditation status for the sponsoring Program
• Ensures compliance with grievances and due process procedures as set forth in the institutional requirements and implemented by the sponsoring institution
• Provides verification of residency education for all residents, including those who leave the Program before completion
• Maintains permanent records on each resident including appointment to the Program, individual curriculum, including electives and requested rotations; Provides residents with all documents pertaining to the training program
• Oversees the coordination of all schedules including lectures and educational sessions and provides a method to document residents attendance

Candidate Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Residency Program in Internal Medicine as well as respective Board Certification (or Board Eligibility as appropriate)
• Unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Florida, or ability to obtain this prior to start date
• Clear, unrestricted DEA
• Minimum 3 years experience in a teaching or faculty capacity with a graduate medical education program
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS credentials through the American Heart Association
• Must comply with all ACGME core faculty requirements

Preferences

• 3 years of successful academic experience in graduate medical education preferred
• Education and administrative experience

Key Responsibilities

• Teaching, supervising, and evaluating internal medicine residents using real time face to face feedback
• Participate in remediation of residents
• Participate in resident's Didactic conferences including M&M, EMB, journal club, daily morning report, noon conferences as a lecturer, etc

Benefits

• Generous paid time off to enjoy the Beautiful Southwest Florida weather and beaches!
• Sign on bonus & relocation package
• Dedicated CME time and funding
• Malpractice Insurance and Tail Coverage
• 403(b) retirement plan with match and 457(b) enhanced retirement options
• Short/long term disability
• Opportunity for faculty appointment with the FSU College of Medicine

About Lee Health

Lee Health is a nonprofit organization with more than 17,000 employees, 4,500 volunteers, and more than 1,200 employed primary care and specialty providers with multiple practice locations throughout Southwest Florida. The organization has four acute care hospitals and one specialty hospital that together house over 1,800 hospital beds.

Lee Health is honored to be the first healthcare system in Florida to be recognized with the Governor's Sterling Award, granted by the Sterling Council.

All Lee Health hospitals received honors as Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for the high-quality care they provide to the Southwest Florida community.

The Florida State University College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program consists of enthusiastic and experienced internists who love to teach, supported by highly motivated subspecialty faculty. We are dedicated to training highly professional, competent, empathetic, and outstanding physicians in an academic and collegial environment. We prepare residents for primary care, fellowship, and hospitalist careers of the future involving technology with a strong accent on hands-on experience and bedside teaching.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please email your CV to our Physician Recruitment Office at physicianrecruitment@leehealth.org

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Lee Health is located in Fort Myers/Cape Coral, Florida