Academic, Family Medicine Resident Faculty - Full-Time - Livonia

As a physician-led organization, IHA combines the autonomy and close-knit culture of private practice with the stability and resources of a prestigious national healthcare system.

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We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Family Medicine Program Director in Livonia, Michigan. This is a unique leadership opportunity for a physician who is passionate about advancing care, building high-performing teams, and shaping a developing service line.

This leader will play a critical role in defining program structure, clinical excellence, and long-term strategy while maintaining clinical practice.

Opportunity Details

The Program Director has responsibility, authority, and accountability for program: administration and operations; teaching and scholarly activity; trainee recruitment, selection, evaluation, and promotion; disciplinary action; supervision of trainees; trainee education in the context of patient care; and compliance with all applicable ACGME program requirements. The position offers flexibility for inpatient and outpatient teaching opportunities.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Design and conduct the program in a fashion consistent with the needs of the community, the mission of the Sponsoring Institution, and the mission of the program.
• Be a role model of professionalism; provide a professional, equitable, respectful, and civil program environment that is free from discrimination, sexual or other harassment, mistreatment, abuse, or coercion; endorse patient safety and personal responsibility; promote responsiveness to patient needs that supersedes self-interest.
• Ensure a healthy/safe learning and working environment that promotes trainee well-being and teamwork; create an environment where trainees can comfortably raise concerns and provide feedback without fear of intimidation or retaliation.
• Oversee and organize the activities of the program at all clinical sites, including the authority to select and remove teaching faculty members; appoint a local site director for each outside training site.
• Ensure the appropriate level of supervision of trainees in clinical care, based on each trainees PGY-level and ability, as well as patient complexity and acuity.
• Engage in practices that focus on mission-driven, ongoing, systematic recruitment and retention of a diverse and inclusive workforce of trainees, faculty members, and administrative staff.
• Submit accurate and complete information required and requested by the DIO, GMEC, and ACGME; prepare for on-site and virtual program reviews.
• Update program and trainee records annually, through the ACGME ADS tracking system.
• Ensure the implementation of Sponsoring Institution's GME policies, grievance procedures, and due process in compliance with the ACGME requirements.
• Attend regular educational programs for the development of program directors and teaching faculty in educator skills.
• Prepare and implement a comprehensive, effective, and well-organized educational curriculum that facilitates development in each Competency; develop the rotation schedule to meet the curricular requirements, including outside rotations; obtain approval from the ACGME for major curricular changes.
• Organize an effective Annual Program Evaluation (APE) with an appointed Program Evaluation Committee (PEC); including an annual program improvement plan.
• Ensure regular evaluation of each trainee's academic and clinical performance; provide semi-annual Milestone and Case Log summaries to each trainee; develop individualized learning plans for each trainee, including remediation when necessary.
• Appoint a Clinical Competence Committee to provide guidance on trainee promotion to the next PGY-level or program graduation; verify that graduates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary to enter autonomous practice.
• Ensure annual evaluations of each core faculty member, including: clinical teaching abilities, program engagement, participation in faculty development of educators, clinical performance, professionalism, and scholarly activities.
• Work collaboratively with the Department Chair and Division Head to ensure trainees in clinical assignments are:…