CommonSpirit Health
Director Residency Program Neurology
CommonSpirit Health, Bakersfield, California, United States, 93399
About Us
Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation's largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 138 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings.
Our Mission As CommonSpirit Health, we make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all. To learn more about a calling that defines and unites, please click here for more information about our mission, vision, and values.
Requisition ID
2025-399699
Employment Type
Full Time
Hours/Pay Period
40
Remote
No
Category
Physician
Recruiter Name
Nicole Flink
Recruiter Email
nicole.flink@dignityhealth.org
Weekly Schedule
Sunday - Saturday
Shift
Day
Job Summary and Responsibilities According to the ACGME Institutional Requirements, "the purpose of graduate medical education (GME) is to provide an organized educational program with guidance and supervision of the resident, facilitating the resident's ethical, professional and personal development while ensuring safe and appropriate care for patients." In partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital's Residency Program Director will help establish, build and lead our program from the groundup to bring a Neurology Residency program to the Bakersfield community. The position will include leadership, administrative, teaching and patient care responsibilities. In partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine, our focus on GME expansion is to:
Diversify the physician workforce and address the national physician shortage; Concentrate training opportunities on primary care; Focus on areas of inequity with regard to the provision of healthcare, including but not limited to racial inequities in healthcare and caring for medically underserved and vulnerable populations; and Join the national initiative to train 300 additional underrepresented minority providers annually.
Job Requirements Minimum Qualifications:
Specialty expertise and a minimum of three (3) years of documented educational and/or administrative experience. Education Required: MD or DO degree from an accredited school. A current and valid license as physician and surgeon (LIC OSTPHY - Osteopathic Phys-Surgeon) in the state of California.
Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum five (5) years of experience in teaching in a residency program preferred. Ideal candidates will have experience as a Core Faculty, Associate Director or Director of a Neurology Residency.
Where You'll Work Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds 48 licensed critical care beds 13 state-of-the- art surgical suites and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Care Center a Level II NICU the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children's Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.
One Community. One Mission. One California
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Our Mission As CommonSpirit Health, we make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all. To learn more about a calling that defines and unites, please click here for more information about our mission, vision, and values.
Requisition ID
2025-399699
Employment Type
Full Time
Hours/Pay Period
40
Remote
No
Category
Physician
Recruiter Name
Nicole Flink
Recruiter Email
nicole.flink@dignityhealth.org
Weekly Schedule
Sunday - Saturday
Shift
Day
Job Summary and Responsibilities According to the ACGME Institutional Requirements, "the purpose of graduate medical education (GME) is to provide an organized educational program with guidance and supervision of the resident, facilitating the resident's ethical, professional and personal development while ensuring safe and appropriate care for patients." In partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital's Residency Program Director will help establish, build and lead our program from the groundup to bring a Neurology Residency program to the Bakersfield community. The position will include leadership, administrative, teaching and patient care responsibilities. In partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine, our focus on GME expansion is to:
Diversify the physician workforce and address the national physician shortage; Concentrate training opportunities on primary care; Focus on areas of inequity with regard to the provision of healthcare, including but not limited to racial inequities in healthcare and caring for medically underserved and vulnerable populations; and Join the national initiative to train 300 additional underrepresented minority providers annually.
Job Requirements Minimum Qualifications:
Specialty expertise and a minimum of three (3) years of documented educational and/or administrative experience. Education Required: MD or DO degree from an accredited school. A current and valid license as physician and surgeon (LIC OSTPHY - Osteopathic Phys-Surgeon) in the state of California.
Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum five (5) years of experience in teaching in a residency program preferred. Ideal candidates will have experience as a Core Faculty, Associate Director or Director of a Neurology Residency.
Where You'll Work Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds 48 licensed critical care beds 13 state-of-the- art surgical suites and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Care Center a Level II NICU the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children's Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.
One Community. One Mission. One California
#J-18808-Ljbffr