VP, Academic Affairs & Associate Designated Institutional Offical

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Associate Dean for Institutional Operations

Step into a pivotal executive leadership role at The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education (TWCGME) in Scranton, Pennsylvania. As a nationally recognized pioneer in Teaching Health Center GME consortiums, TWCGME is actively disrupting traditional training paradigms to build the future of community-minded, equity-driven healthcare.

As VPAA and ADIO, you will be the driving force behind modern residency innovation. You will architect cutting-edge curricula, integrate advanced clinical technologies, and implement forward-thinking, competency-based education models that empower physicians to lead in an evolving clinical landscape. This is your opportunity to spearhead institutional growth, inspire faculty and residents, and redefine graduate medical education on a national stage. If you are a transformative leader ready to challenge the status quo, champion physician wellness, and sculpt the next era of clinical training, your platform awaits at TWCGME.

This position will report to the Designated Institutional Official (DIO). The following positions report to this role: GME Specialist, GME Administrative Assistant, Clerkships Coordinator, Director of Resident and Fellow Talent Acquisition, Director GME Assessment, Evaluation and GME Workforce Operations, Training and Development Specialist.

While living and demonstrating our Core Values, the VPAA/ADIO will:

• Lead all operational and administrative functions and activities with oversight of all administrative professional staff
• Operational, Strategic, and Budgetary oversight of Academic Affairs at TWC in collaboration with the DIO
• Assist DIO in obtaining and maintaining institutional and program accreditation in order to ensure exceptional education for residents and fellows
• Establish the educational infrastructure for the Office of Academic Affairs to support the GME, UME, IPE and allied health professional education at TWC and its partners.
• Provide operational oversight of institutional and program accreditation, including monitoring program quality, measuring compliance with ACGME and other accrediting bodies, institutional and programmatic reporting requirements
• Manage the team's organizational responsibilities and effective working relationships with HR, Finance, Marketing, IT, Grants, Contracts, Compliance and other support departments
• Responsible for the oversight and delivery of accreditation applications for new residency/fellowship programs
• Assist with the oversight and leadership in the special review process
• Responsible for the development, oversight and implementation of annual education planning and budgetary models - This includes working closely with the DIO for operation of GME programming, the Grants Department for generation of external funding and all internal leadership team members
• Budget oversight and management include monthly review with DIO, at least annually, with the GMEC and makes recommendations to the Sponsoring Institution on resident stipends, benefits and funding to assure these are reasonable, fair and competitive, with attention to federal prevailing wage requirements
• Contribute to organizational efforts to enhance GME Consortium financial transparency to illuminate the true cost of excellent, well accredited GME training; clarify Indirect Medical Education (IME) and Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) expenditures; integrate separate federal GME funding methodologies and tracking infrastructure as a GME Consortium; and construct a value based framework for GME contributions to patient care delivery systems, inclusive of The Wright Center for Community Health FQHC-LA and partnering FQHCs
• Ensure an accurate scheduling reconciliation and effective, responsible and responsive monthly cost center FTE Reconciliation process that optimizes our THCGME, CMS hospital and VA cost center accountability
• Engage and develop Program Directors, and relevant faculty and staff, in program specific processes including, but not limited to annual program evaluation, budgeting, compliance, ACGME reporting, and wellness activities
• Lead the preparation of the Annual Institutional Review (AIR) and develop an annual Sponsoring Institution report to The Wright Center Governing Boards and the Leadership Team, Organized Medical Staffs and/or governing body of major affiliates hosting and training our residents and fellows
• Participate in and serve as a resource to the Annual Program Evaluations (APEs) and Strategic Planning, ensuring timely annual update of the ACGME, AOA Accreditation Data Systems
• Cooperate promptly with requests by the various regulatory bodies for information, documentation, site visit arrangements
• Poise the GMEC to ensure that its mission driven initiatives are prioritized and implemented, while also ensuring they are well represented in the corporate Balanced Scorecard
• Uphold the Institutional Grievance and Due Process Policies for all programs
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