Program Director, Graduate Medical Education; Physician

Job Summary:

The Program Director must administer and maintain an educational environment conducive to educating residents/fellows in each of the ACGME competency areas and in conformance with Cullman Regional Medical Center policies and procedures.

All new PD appointments require prior approval by the GMEC and, for ACGME-accredited programs, by the appropriate ACGME Review Committee. In addition, candidates must meet the following:

• Active medical licensure and ongoing clinical activity and privileges consistent with the programs specialty.
• Demonstrated educational or administrative experience relevant to the programs accreditation standards.
• Meets qualifications defined by the applicable certifying or accrediting body, such as ACGME.

The PD demonstrates leadership in cultivating a respectful, inclusive learning environment that promotes professionalism, safety, and continuous improvement.

• Maintain authority and accountability for the programs structure, content, quality, and compliance with specialty and institutional requirements.
• Promote a culture of respect, equity, inclusion, and psychological safety for all learners, staff, and faculty.
• Ensure continuity of leadership and program stability, including participation in succession planning.
• Collaborate with the institution to secure support personnel and resources, and align the programs goals with institutional missions and the needs of the patient populations served.

• Oversee the design and implementation of a comprehensive curriculum aligned with program aims and educational standards.
• Ensure the curriculum aligns with ACGME competencies and Milestone.
• Ensure that the program structure and curricular experiences align with applicable certifying board requirements.
• Define goals and objectives for each rotation and learning setting.
• Ensure high-quality didactic, clinical, and simulation-based education.
• Structure the curriculum to promote trainee well-being, professional identity formation, and sustainable professional growth.
• Ensure systems are in place to monitor trainee participation in required case/procedure logging and address deficiencies [applicable programs only].
• Oversee a fair and transparent trainee evaluation system.
• Ensure completion of semiannual Milestones assessments and an Annual Program Evaluation (APE).
• Provide a final evaluation of each trainee upon completion of the program.

• Appoint, approve, and/or remove faculty from roles within the program, including designation of core faculty.
• Evaluate faculty annually, including their teaching and supervisory effectiveness.
• Ensure faculty have access to appropriate development in areas such as feedback, evaluation, supervision, and learner well-being.
• Ensure faculty are actively engaged and role model professional behavior.

• Ensure appropriate supervision and graduated responsibility.
• Promote trainee well-being and adherence to work hour.
• Support timely communication, structured handovers, and safe transitions in care.
• Ensure compliance with institutional policies for trainee selection, including fair and transparent processes and appropriate use of application and match systems, where applicable.
• Oversee trainee recruitment, appointment, and onboarding in collaboration with program faculty, the program administrator, and the GME Office.
• Support the promotion, remediation, and grievance processes as outlined by institutional policy.
• Review and approve moonlighting requests in accordance with institutional policy.
• Structure the learning environment to support achievement of program aims and the development of each trainees competence.
• Remove trainees from clinical settings in which standards for patient care, supervision, professionalism or learning are not met.

• Encourage and facilitate trainee participation in scholarly activity, including research, coursework, or quality improvement initiatives, as appropriate to the program and/or as specified by specialty Review Committee requirements.
• Model professionalism, ethical behavior, and a commitment to lifelong learning.
• Support the development of trainee skills in academic inquiry, continuous improvement, and professional collaboration.

• Ensure, with the institutions support, that the program has adequate resources…