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ACGME Program Coordinator La Maestra Community Health Center

Lamaestra, San Diego, California, United States, 92189

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Pay Range:

$75,894.00 to $100,000.00 Annually, Depends on Experience (DOE)

Location:

City Heights

Status/Hours:

Full Time/Exempt

Summary:

The Family Medicine ACGME Program Coordinator at La Maestra Family Clinic is responsible for the administrative coordination and operational management of the Family Medicine Residency Program. This role involves ensuring compliance with ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) requirements, managing resident schedules, maintaining accurate records, and supporting both faculty and residents in achieving educational objectives. The Program Coordinator works closely with the Program Director, faculty, residents, and other clinic staff to ensure the effective functioning of the residency program, contributing to the clinic’s mission of providing high-quality care to underserved populations.

Responsibilities Administrative Responsibilities

Manage the day-to-day operations of the Family Medicine Residency Program, ensuring compliance with ACGME standards and institutional policies.

Coordinate all aspects of the residency program, including recruitment, onboarding, orientation, and graduation of residents.

Updates competency-based rotation goals and objectives and distributes to residents and faculty annually

Assists with producing and distributing manuals/handbooks for residents

Schedule and coordinate resident rotations, didactics, and other educational activities, including entering and updating in NextGen.

Maintain accurate records of resident performance, scholarly activities, evaluations, and milestones, as well as alumni information, ensuring timely documentation and reporting to the ACGME.

Communicates directly with specialty board, specialty societies and other organizations

Works with the GME office to ensure resident compliance with medical and controlled-substance licenses, DEA number, BLS/ACLS/PALS, USMLE, TB test, flu shot, N95 respirator mask fitting, and computer training requirements

Evaluation/Credentialing

Coordinates the distribution, tracking and filing of resident, faculty and rotation evaluations

Drafts verification of training forms

Tracks resident procedures in NextGen and the ACGME Case Log System

Monitors residents’ board eligibility status

Coordinates semi-annual resident reviews with associate program director, including portfolio review

Monitors resident duty hours, runs monthly duty hour violation report and reports violation and action plan to the GME office

Processes Moonlighting Authorization Forms

Processes summative evaluations for residents’ completing or transferring out of the program

Program Accreditation

Assist in the preparation of accreditation documents, including the ACGME self-study, annual program evaluation (APE), and Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) meetings.

Maintains accurate and easily retrievable records of resident training

Completes annual ACGME program and resident updates

Manages data for ACGME Next Accreditation System (NAS)

Organizes special/internal review with the GME office, serving as a key participant in ACGME and GME office reviews

Human Resources

Processes and tracks resident absences

Monitors resident morale and responds to concerns

Assists in resident remediation

Assists with due process for resident probation and termination

Coordinates resident mentor program

Professional Development

Attends monthly GME office coordinator meetings

Engages in life-long learning by taking courses the further professional growth, knowledge and expertise to enhance residency program management skills (through human resources, etc.)

Actively participates at a national level in program coordinators’ association (if one exists for the specialty), or other national meetings, e.g. involvement in the annual ACGME Residency Coordinators Program or other relevant graduate medical education committees

Pursues certification through Training Administration of Graduate Medical Education (TAGME)

Job Requirements

Four years of administrative experience, preferably in an academic setting, or equivalency

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including written and verbal, problem solving, diplomatically handles problems of a sensitive and/or confidential nature

Accounting, bookkeeping, word processing and typing skills may also be required

Preferred knowledge of the following: NextGen, ERAS, NRMP, ACGME WebADS

Preferred understanding of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements for Institutional, Common, and program requirements and the accreditation process

Verbal and Written Skills to perform the job:

Familiarity with basic word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications. Accurate keyboarding skills.

Technical knowledge and skills required to perform the job : Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills and the demonstrated ability to work with diverse individuals and groups. Demonstrate high levels of self-initiation and direction. Knowledge of communities we serve. Knowledge and experience working in medical settings and interacting collaboratively with medical teams. Skill in analyzing situations and making timely decisions.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

Work involves sitting, talking, hearing, using hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reaching with hands and arms. The employee may be required to push, pull, lift, and/or carry up to 20 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

La Maestra Community Health Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, age, marital status, physical or mental disability or any other protected class, political affiliation or belief.

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