ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - PROGRAM OPERATIONS FOR HCOP

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The UW HCOP Academy will target three student populations: rising high school juniors/seniors, undergraduate students, and health professions degree students. The goal of the HCOP Academy is to provide a longitudinal pathway for disenfranchised, marginalized, and minoritized students to successfully enter health professions including medicine, dentistry, physician assistants, and pharmacy, and to improve access to high-quality health care in underserved communities through the increase in supply, distribution, and diversity of health care professionals. The four proposed programs (BRIGHT-UP Biomedical Research Internship for the Growth of High-school Trainees from Underrepresented Populations previously known as the Summer Science Program (SSP), UDOC, Summer Health Professions Education Program Longitudinal Enhancement (SHPEPLE) and HCOP Ambassadors will create a longitudinal pathway of enrichment and support for students to improve help overcome barriers to recruitment, matriculation, and retention in health professions’ programs. The successful SSP and UDOC will expand under the HCOP Academy funding to reach more disadvantaged high school juniors and seniors. The SHPEPLE program will expand the well-established SHPEP program to better serve larger cohorts of disadvantaged undergraduate students, while the new HCOP Ambassadors program will enable disadvantaged health professional students to reach their career goals.

As a key member of the team, the Associate Director-Program Operations will be responsible for the oversight of the four HCOP programs (BRIGHT-UP, UDOC, SHPEPLE, and HCOP Ambassadors), managing the day-to-day operations of the HCOP Academy and the strategic development of the programs. The Associate Director reports to the Assistant Dean for Rural Programs and the UWSOM Workforce Inclusion and Healthcare System Equity (WIHSE) Executive Director.

The Office of Rural Programs and the Associate Director will work with the UWSOM Office of Healthcare Equity (OHCE) to improve the quality, distribution, and diversity of health professionals in our mostly rural region. This will be accomplished through such activities as the implementation and evaluation of the four programs and conducting evaluation activities to monitor the supply and distribution of the region’s primary care workforce, particularly the workforce to serve rural and urban underserved communities. In this capacity, the HCOP Academy leadership and the Associate Director will report progress to the Vice Dean, for Equity Diversity, and Inclusion and OHCE Medical Director. The HCOP Academy will comply with all UWSOM curriculum requirements and regulations regarding travel, expenditures, and staffing.

The Associate Director will work closely with the Assistant Dean for Rural Programs, the WIHSE Executive Director, the WIHSE program director and the team leads of the BRIGHT-UP program. This position requires a high degree of independent judgment, decision-making, and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to prioritize many competing tasks from Deans, faculty, Dean’s Office and Department staff, students, community partners, statewide stakeholders, and the UWSOM.  With the regional orientation of the UWSOM, the Associate Director will be service-oriented and customer-focused, able to address questions, problems, or concerns from faculty, staff, and students across the state in a professional, prompt, and confidential manner. With the future development of the medical school and related curricular challenges that lay ahead, the position will require the ability to multitask, prioritize job responsibilities, and work effectively with Deans, faculty, students, staff, and external customers to the UWSOM.

This position makes essential and significant contributions in support of the University’s mission of education, public service, and patient care.

The Associate Director will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of the WA HCOP Academy. These programs aim to develop a network of experiences through the UWSOM.  Conversely, without proper management of deliverables, collaboration with stakeholders, and promotion of the program, there is potential for loss of funding and opportunity for exceptional student learning.

The Associate Director will manage, oversee and report on deliverables as specified in the HRSA grant with a total award of over $3 million dollars and a five-year cycle, collaborate with stakeholders, and promote the HCOP program.

The Associate Director must also ensure that all approved curriculum and program activities meet compliance and accreditation standards as established by federal, state local, and university regulations. This includes but is not limited to an understanding of FERPA law, student privacy, data security, and accessibility. “The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that affords parents the right to have access to their children’s education records, the right to seek to have the records amended, and the right to have some control over the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education records. When a student turns 18 years old, or enters a postsecondary institution at any age, the rights under FERPA transfer from the parents to the student (“eligible student”). The FERPA statute is found at 20 U.S.C. § 1232g and the FERPA regulations are found at 34 CFR Part 99” (U.S. Dept. of Education website).

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Direct and Lead Washington HCOP Program Processes (40%)