Residency Program Director

Areas of Responsibility

• Residency:
  • Develop, implement, coordinate, integrate, and evaluate the work of the residency program to assure attainment of program goals
  • Provide direct clinical teaching in both didactic and clinical settings
  • Lead team designing program guidelines, didactics, and residents’ schedules
  • Assist residents in achieving learning objectives in all desired areas of care and with a deep understanding of PHC’s mission and culture
  • Supervise precepting, including providing training, evaluation, and feedback for preceptors
  • Assist in establishing and coordinating clinical rotations, both within PHC and with outside agencies
  • Coordinate regular evaluation of resident progress and performance, including for post-residency employment
  • Collaborate with operations and clinic administrators to ensure residents meet goals for number of patient visits completed during the twelve month program
  • Collaborate with operations and team manager to integrate residents into existing services and ensure that residents are part of the PHC clinic culture
  • Maintain program accreditation including any necessary reports or site visits
  • Create annual budget and work with health center staff to integrate budget within primary care
  • Support, apply for, and manage outside funding opportunities, including federal and state grants, and ensure timely completion of grant-related reporting, documentation, deliverables, and compliance requirements
  • Manage relationship with collaborating academic institutions
  • Support grant-funded residency program operations, including implementation of grant-related program objectives, tracking of required deliverables, coordination of resident oversight during the grant period, and assistance with transition, closeout, or continuation planning if grant funding ends, changes, or is not renewed.
• Clinical:
  • Manage a panel of assigned primary care patients as designated for clinical full-time equivalent (FTE)
  • Take appropriate history and physical examination of patients for a scope of patients is defined by level of certification
  • Order pertinent diagnostics and implement appropriate therapy according to scope of practice guidelines
  • Obtain supervising physician's consultation when problems presented are outside scope of practice or when unfamiliar with a particular aspect of the patient's care according to the PA/NP Standardized Procedures
  • Communicate effectively with the patients while involved with their health care, including providing appropriate patient education while answering questions and in history taking
  • Demonstrate competent knowledge in delivering health care to patients through the peer review processes including chart review, by interactions with physician preceptors and by working collaboratively with support staff and all staff of PHC
  • Become an integral part of the clinical staff through participation in Medical Staff meetings, PA/NP meetings, and other committees of PHC
• Manager Responsibilities:
  • Assist the CMO and Leadership team in strategic planning of the Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Residency
  • Utilize operational and clinical audit results to lead team in initiatives of clinical systems improvements, health information technology innovations, and new methods of care delivery
  • Responsible to meet with residency faculty in their performance reviews and the quarterly and yearly incentive reviews
  • Attend clinical director meetings as needed, as well as other management or quality meetings as assigned by Medical Director

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Education/Experience: Graduation from a nationally accredited Nurse Practitioner Program Minimum of five years’ experience providing primary care in a family practice setting in good standing Minimum of one year previous management experience highly desirable Previous teaching experience and/or strong interest in teaching Faculty development fellowship or similar training highly desirable Experience working in an FQHC or in community medicine highly desirable
• Desired Skills: Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements Knowledge of quality, safety, and/or infection control standards Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment Familiarity with educational evaluation software
• Licenses and Certifications: Current California license as an FNPNurse Practitioners must also have current CA RN License in good standing Federal DEA Registration within 30 days of employment Must maintain CME as required for certification renewals Current Basic Life Support Certification Candidate must be able to successfully meet PHC’s credentialing and privileging requirements
• Language Skills: Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions and requests from patients, co-workers, and others as necessary. Bilingual in English and Spanish, both written and verbal preferred.