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Benefis is one of Montanas largest and premier health systems and we are committed to providing excellent care for all healing body mind and spirit. At Benefis we work hard to support our employees in every aspect of their careers by offering outstanding benefits and compensation stateoftheart facilities and multiple growth opportunities. The only thing missing is you!
The Associate Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency Program (Associate Director) serves to assist in the development implementation and maintenance of a highfunctioning internal medicine residency program. The principal tasks of the Associate Director are not only to assist the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program (Program Director) but also to independently identify needs and develop solutions for the residency program. The amount of administrative time associated with this position will be provided free of other clinical duties such as supervision direct evaluation of residents and didactics delivery.
The Associate Director reports directly to the Program Director about the oversight and management of the residency program.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The duties and responsibilities of the Associate Director include but are not limited to the following:
Maintain ongoing certification and internal medicine by the ABIM or AOBIM.
Teaching and supervising internal medicine residents on outpatient rotations.
Be a role model for professionalism throughout the organization.
Committed to the delivery of safe equitable highquality costeffective and patientcentered care.
Continuously demonstrate a strong interest in the education of residents.
Develop educational curriculum that addresses all aspects of the competencies that define graduate medical education.
Promote develop and maintain an educational environment supporting the education of residents.
Participate regularly in rounds clinical discussions journal clubs and conferences.
Pursue faculty development annually with special interest as educators and evaluators.
Develop and implement quality improvement programs that are directed at patient safety and care processes delivered by residents in training.
Serve as the chair of either the program evaluation committee or the clinical competency committee.
Assist in the design and implementation of remediation plans for residents.
Help guide the faculty development program.
Participate in academic societies and educational programs designed to enhance your educational and administrative skills.
Oversee the education and training of residents in the Continuity Clinic as well as any outpatient training that may become a part of the residents curriculum including but not limited to:
The daytoday administration of the Continuity Clinic
Attending with residents in the Outpatient Continuity Clinic
Provide guidance and organization for the staff supporting the Resident Continuity Clinic.
Identify resources needed to maintain and support resident training in the outpatient setting.
Organization and provision of appropriate supervision and oversight of internal medicine Residents in the Continuity Clinic in accord with the requirements of ACGME and CMS.
Establishment and coordination of outpatient experiences in addiction and palliative medicine.
Completion of semiannual evaluations for all residents in the Continuity Clinic.
Exploration of opportunities for provision of outpatient care to the underserved in the community and in rural settings.
Qualifications:
Maintenance of certification by the ABIM or AOBIM
Excellent interpersonal management skills
Previous leadership experience is preferred
Familiarity with quality improvement programs
How we support you
Nationally competitive compensation structures with guaranteed salaries productivity and performance bonuses
8 weeks paid time off (6 PTO 2 CME)
Generous signon / relocation bonus
Annual $5000 CME $1000 license/dues
57% retirement match 457b program
Paid malpractice tail
Physician wellness programs focused on personal and professional development
Monthly meetings with highestlevel physician and administrative leadership to bring ideas forward and solve issues
J1 waiver sponsorships for specific specialties with established immigration council
Community Information: Great Falls is known as Montanas base camp for art and adventure with a city population of 70000 and a draw of over 275000 people in north central Montana. We have four genuine seasons experience mild winters and enjoy blue skies over 300 days per year. Great Falls is a wonderful and safe place to raise a family with nationally ranked public schools endless activities two accredited colleges a brandnew nursing school a biomedical rural health research institute and a new notforprofit medical school TouroCOM Montana. Additionally the Missouri River a blueribbon flyfishing destination runs through the middle of our community with over 60 miles of paved recreational trails. Our local outdoor activities include camping backpacking hiking biking horseback riding water and snow skiing rock and ice climbing boating paddle boarding kayaking offroad motor sports and hunting making our quality of life unrivaled in the Rocky Mountain West. Additionally in 2023 Montana was named #1 state in the nation to practice medicine by WalletHub and in 2020 Great Falls ranked #10 for best cities to practice in after the pandemic by Business Insider.
Benefis Health System is one of Montanas largest tertiary centers holding a level II trauma designation. We are proud to be a standalone financially stable community health system with strong dedicated leadership focused on providing the best patient care in Montana in addition to being awarded Beckers
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