Department
BSD ACC - Educational Programs
About the Department
The primary missions of the Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care are to 'Heal, Teach, Discover, Lead.' These principles reflect our dedication to delivering outstanding, compassionate patient care; educating our peers and the next generation of physicians and scientists; leading in scholarship, discovery, and innovation; and fostering excellence in all our collaborators. Our exceptional team is the cornerstone of these missions.
The University of Chicago's Anesthesia Residency program is designed to offer a premier training experience. Our residents benefit from the combination of our distinguished faculty, rich research history, world-class facilities, and active community. They encounter a diverse array of challenging cases while learning to provide care to our diverse, at-risk, and underserved Chicago patient population. With mentorship from internationally renowned faculty, highly-skilled surgeons, and outstanding co-residents, our residents graduate well-prepared to make their mark in the field.
Our educational programs comprise approximately 20 PGY-1, 20 CA-1, 20 CA-2, 20 CA-3 residents, and five fellowship programs that each host between 1 to 4 fellows per subspecialty. We take immense pride in our dynamic medical education program and continuously strive to enhance the training and experiences we provide to our trainees.
Job Summary
Responsibilities
Work with the Medical Education Manager to direct complex schedule development, ensuring consistency with specifications for each fellowship track and considerations of prerequisites for rotations and on-call coverage, section preferences on timing, constraints on sequence, number of fellows on a rotation, etc.
Determines special needs within fellowship tracks and assures that department, education and regulatory criteria are met.
Prepare statistical material needed to meet accreditation and evaluation requirements of the program.
Manage recruitment-related expenditures: advertising, print materials.
Monitor and maintain current awareness of individual fellowship curriculum and activities. Ensure appropriate documentation of training experience for compliance requirements for program accreditation.
Assist with accreditation reviews including documentation and faculty participation.
Direct yearly recruitment activities for multiple tracks within the fellowship program.
Direct the faculty selection committee, in conjunction with the Program Director. Uphold and monitor faculty commitment to recruiting. Organize and supervise their review of applicants. Uses national and professional society data to evaluate recruitment activities with a constant eye toward improvement.
Work closely with Medical Education Manager to manage conferences and special events, training sessions, and workshops.
Working closely with Medical Education Manager requirements of the clinical and academic training programs, including accreditation, duty schedules, evaluation process, resident/fellowship recruitment, and medical education, match process, orientation and employee relations.
Reports and ensures compliance with procedures regarding licensing, moonlighting, annual contracts, and initial and re-credentialing of trainees.
Records and manages payment process related to additional shifts and associated payments.
Partners with faculty, academic affairs and other leadership to attract and retain learners and provide an exceptional experience.
Facilitate the use of learning management systems and other educational technologies.
Coordinates and interprets requirements of the training program, including accreditation, duty schedules, evaluation process, resident/fellowship recruitment, Match process, orientation and employees relations.
Has a moderate/high level of authority in reporting and ensuring compliance with procedures regarding licensing, moonlighting, annual contracts, and initial and re-credentialing of trainees.
Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
Work Experience:
Certifications:
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Preferred Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's degree.
Experience:
Previous experience within an Academic Medical Center environment.
Preferred Competencies
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
Ability to handle public contacts with courtesy, clarity, and diplomacy.
Ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations and information with absolute discretion.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Ability to follow an issue through to resolution.
Considerable skill in working both independently and as a team member.
Proficiency with word processing applications and spreadsheets and databases.
High attention to detail and the ability to perform multiple tasks, and excellent organizational skills.
Independence in decision making and judgment, ability to work with minimal supervision and function both as a team member and be involved in program problem solving.
Application Documents
Resume (required)
Cover Letter (required)
When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.
Job Family
Role Impact
Scheduled Weekly Hours
Drug Test Required
Health Screen Required
Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
Pay Rate Type
FLSA Status
Pay Range
The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
Benefits Eligible
The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.
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