Associate Residency Program Director, Anesthesiology-UMass Memorial Health

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Associate Program Director Description and Responsibility

The Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine at UMass Chan and Memorial Health and in Worcester, MA is recruiting into the role of Associate Residency Program Director for our growing and fully integrated Residency Program of 44 Residents. UMass Memorial Health is the region’s Level I Trauma Center and Safety Net Hospital serving a Community of more than 1.5 million Residents. The Associate Program Director reports to the Program Director and assists in the operation of the residency program. The Associate Program Director must dedicate to this role at least the defined % FTE required by the specialty-specific program requirements (using a 40- hour work week unless otherwise stated). Salary support for the Associate Program Director as defined in the ACGME specialty-specific program requirements will be provided. Eligible candidates should have no less than 2 years of clinical experience in Academic Medicine and be board certified in Anesthesiology.

Qualifications

Qualifications of the Associate Program Director must include the following:

• Requisite expertise and documented educational and administrative experience acceptable to the

Residency Review Committee

• Current certification in the specialty by the corresponding American Board of Medical

Specialties, or specialty qualifications that are acceptable to the Review Committee

• Current medical licensure

Responsibilities

• The Program Director must define the responsibilities of the Associate Program Director to meet the needs of the program while maintaining overall authority, accountability and oversight for the operation of the program.
• Areas of involvement by the Associate Program Director may include:
  • Education
    • To assist the Program Director in overseeing and ensuring the quality of didactic and clinical education in all sites that participate in the program.
    • To assist the Program Director in ensuring that the program does not place excessive reliance on residents for service as opposed to education.
    • To assist the Program Director in ensuring the residents have the required experience with procedures, diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
  • Supervision
    • To assist the Program Director in monitoring resident supervision at all participating sites.
  • Evaluation
    • To assist the Program Director in developing, implementing and assessing the reliability and validity of evaluation methods.
  • Quality Improvement
    • To assist the Program Director in ensuring that departmental clinical quality improvement programs are integrated into the residency program.
  • Duty Hours/Learning Environment
    • To assist the Program Director in monitoring resident duty hours, according to Sponsoring Institutional policies, with a frequency sufficient to ensure compliance with ACGME requirements.
    • To assist the Program Director in ensuring that resident schedules do not result in excessive service demands and/or fatigue.
    • To assist the Program Director in monitoring the need for and ensure the provision of back-up support systems when patient care responsibilities are unusually difficult or prolonged.
    • To assist the Program Director in monitoring resident stress, including mental or emotional conditions inhibiting performance or learning, and drug or alcohol related dysfunction.
  • Faculty Development
    • To continue medical education research and scholarly development that would lead to progressive professorial advancement and national recognition in an area of clinical education expertise.

• Responsibilities not specifically outlined in the above ACGME Requirements:
  • Attend all residency town hall meetings (if not on vacation or offsite)
  • Be a member of and attend (when not on vacation or offsite) meetings of the following committees:
    • Clinical Competency committee:
      • Serve as the CCC Chair.
      • Serve in the role of Class Leader for 1 class (In collaboration with the clinical base year director and other appointed CCC class leaders).
    • Program Evaluation committee.
    • Residency Recruitment committee.
      • Serve as a residency interviewer (all 9 sessions per year).
      • Serve as a residency application reviewer.
    • In collaboration with the Program Director, the Associate Program Director will participate in the mentoring/advising of medical students, up to and including having availability during office hours and writing letters of recommendation.

• Support
  • The Associate Program Director will receive a stipend for their role.
  • The Associate Program Director will receive a minimum 0.2 FTE academic time in accordance with ACGME requirements.

Benefits *New Compensation Package*

As a member of UMass Memorial Health, our anesthesiologists have received a newly updated compensation package that values your contributions:

• Salaries from $447K to $520K based on experience, fellowship training and sub-specialty practice
• Sign-on bonuses and newly added referral bonus program
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
• Nine weeks of paid time off (vacation/CME/holidays)
• Practice/CME allowance - $6,000 per fiscal year
• Employer-funded retirement contributions of 8% of base salary, with additional retirement vehicles
• Comprehensive tuition reimbursement benefit
• Paid family and medical leave; short-term and long-term disability programs
• Built-in post-call days to ensure work-life balance
• Ability for additional income with incentivized voluntary additional call
• Hospital liability insurance

The department comprises 160 clinical providers with diverse cultural backgrounds, delivering advanced perioperative care across seven clinical sites: three hospitals, two ambulatory surgery centers and two GI centers. The department, in partnership with the Medical School, is committed to the ongoing professional development of our faculty. An academic appointment is awarded commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Visit our department website http://www.umassmed.edu/anes/ to learn more about our department.

Qualifications

Eligible individuals should have the following qualifications:

• Must hold a MD or DO degree and qualify for a Massachusetts license
• Be board certified or board eligible in anesthesiology

UMass Memorial Health

UMass Memorial Health is the largest not-for-profit health care system in Central Massachusetts with 20,000 caregivers and 2,500 physicians, many of whom are members of UMass Memorial Medical Group. Our comprehensive system includes UMass Memorial Medical Center, UMass Memorial Health – Harrington, UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital, and UMass Memorial Health – Community Healthlink. Together, we impact every aspect of life in the region by making health and wellness services available to everyone, at the bedside, in the clinic or community, or even at home, advocating for social equality and providing economic stability and opportunity. There are many ways to heal. We pursue them all. Relentlessly. Visit www.ummhealth.org.

UMass Memorial Medical Center

A teaching hospital with over 700 beds and 8,000 caregivers, UMass Memorial Medical Center is dedicated to ensuring the health and well-being of our communities across Central Massachusetts. With our academic partner, UMass Chan Medical School, we are the source of academic and clinical excellence in primary and specialty care, community service, teaching and research. Visit www.ummhealth.org/medical-center.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.