Medical Director of Clinical Education

Medical Director of Clinical Education

The Medical Director of Clinical Education, in a collaborative leadership role known as a dyad with the Director of Clinical Education, leads the Clinical Education department at SCHS consistent with the principles described below.

The Clinical Education Department is a system-wide support service that provides education, clinical practice support, and professional development opportunities for nursing, allied health, medical staff, and community partners rles Health System. The department, including the Central Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program, exists to:

• Attract talent:
• Partners with academic institutions to create clinical rotations, internships, sub internships, and pathway programs
• Hosts residency programs.
• Actively engages in community outreach, recruitment activities, and educational events.
• Grow and Retain Talent:
• Facilitates fellowship programs and role-transition pathways to support entry into specialty areas and advanced practice roles.
• Hosts Grand Rounds and knowledge-sharing forums that elevate clinical dialogue and foster interdisciplinary collaboration across all four campuses.
• Coordinates continuing education (CE) offerings that support licensure, certifications, and current clinical practice.
• Provides ongoing simulation, skills labs, and just-in-time clinical training to ensure caregivers remain competent and confident in their roles.
• Improve the quality of care:
• Supports system-wide clinical onboarding, competency validation, and annual clinical training (e.g. CPR, ACLS, NRP) aligned with quality, safety, cultural awareness, and regulatory requirements.
• Designs and delivers education that directly supports clinical practice improvements, patient safety initiatives, and accreditation standards.

Essential Functions and Duties:

• Provides physician oversight of and direction for essential physician and provider student, resident, and continuing education programs. This includes, but is not limited to, Continuing Medical Education (CME) programming sponsored by SCHS, provider education strategy, and updating the policies related to such activities.
• Utilizing clinical education resources and partners, supports PDSA-based learning structures such as M&Ms, RCAs, case reviews and other retrospective learning structures, while also championing innovation in simulations, drills, and other means to reduce and prevent harm.
• Collaborates with medical staff leaders and safety/quality or best practices committees as may be developed to promote evidence-based practice and reduction in unwarranted variation in clinical care.
• Working with the Clinical Education Team, understands and ensures compliance with educational contracts with institutions outside of SCHS and collaborates to develop new contracts where needed.
• Serves as a system support for Three Sisters Family Medicine Residency based in Madras, including participation in SCHS-OHSU meetings related to sponsorship. Works with the Program Director (s) to ensure that residents from our internal residency program (s) are properly supported across the system.
• Serves as a resource for compensation aspects of employed or contracted physicians and providers involved in teaching and learning activities, with liaison as necessary with provider compensation committee and staff.
• Supports the vision, mission and values of the organization in all respects.
• Supports principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change, to achieve the purpose and objectives noted above.
• Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality. Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures, supporting the organization's corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violation of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings.
• Provides and maintains a physically and psychologically safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests and is trained and practices Culture of Excellence-based leadership.
• May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned

Education:

Required:

MD/DO/PHD/PsyD.

Preferred:
Experience in graduate medical education, MPH/MHA/MHPE/MMedEd.

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

Required:

Valid license with the Oregon Medical Board. Current board certification in specialty. Medical staff member in good standing at one or more SCHS hospitals.

Preferred: N/A

Experience:

Required:

Minimum five (5) years of inpatient and outpatient clinical practice.

Preferred:
Additional postgraduate training or experience in UGME/GME. Experience in Medical Staff Governance.