Manager, Graduate Medical Education

Connecticut Children’s is the only health system in Connecticut that is 100% dedicated to children. Established on a legacy that spans more than 100 years, Connecticut Children’s offers personalized medical care in more than 30 pediatric specialties across Connecticut and in two other states. Our transformational growth establishes us as a destination for specialized medicine and enables us to reach more children in locations that are closer to home.

Our breakthrough research, superior education and training, innovative community partnerships, and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion provide a welcoming and inspiring environment for our patients, families and team members.

At Connecticut Children’s, treating children isn’t just our job – it’s our passion. As a leading children’s health system experiencing steady growth, we’re excited to expand our team with exceptional team members who share our vision of transforming children’s health and well‑being as one team.

With limited supervision, the Manager, Graduate Medical Education provides administrative oversight of the development and day‑to‑day operations of graduate medical education programs at Connecticut Children’s including but not limited to the Pediatric Residency Program and the Pediatric Surgical and Subspecialty Fellowship Programs. The Manager provides guidance for and/or directly oversees recruitment and onboarding processes; ensures compliance with institutional and program policies and procedures;

oversees program re‑accreditation ensuring continued compliance with the requirements of national medical education accreditation agencies. This Manager manages Graduate Medical Education Program Coordinators and Resident Team Associates/Assistants (RTAs), and is responsible for the development and execution of strategic programming and initiatives, prioritization of workflow, use of resources, and coordination with both internal and external departments as needed.

Manages the operations and department level support activities for Graduate Medical Education programs.

• Directly assesses and prioritizes administrative needs to ensure the appropriate and efficient allocation of resources; creates and maintains a yearly calendar of events; plans, prioritizes and directs the work activities of Graduate Medical Education Program Coordinators to ensure that program goals, objectives and deliverables are met; identifies technology needs and enhancements as needed to stay current and to meet program goals and requirements.
• Oversees site visits, program inspections, and reviews by university and national accreditation agencies; stays current on updates to Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements to maintain program accreditation; disseminates information and develops training for program coordinators to ensure continued accreditation of all graduate medical education programs.
• Manages all aspects of event planning for various training and lecture series, activities and events for graduate medical education programs, including topic selection, venue selection, logistics, contract negotiations and staffing.
• Manages budgets for each graduate medical education program including overseeing the tracking of expenses by Program Coordinators, budget development, participation in and meeting deadlines for annual budget process.
• Responsible for the financial oversight of graduate medical education, including authorizing expenses, reconciling monthly financial reports, and reporting variances to finance department.
• Monitors and keeps current all appropriate affiliation agreements and program contracts.
• Facilitates collaborative relationships with the University of Connecticut Graduate Medical Education (GME) office and Capital Area Health Consortium (CAHC).
• Develops and implements strategic program ideas into successful academic and research initiatives, communicates graduate medical education program successes, needs and areas for improvements to internal stakeholders as appropriate.
• Furthers the Department’s educational mission by developing resources and supporting, mentoring, and training…