Director, Continuing Medical Education

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Core Job Functions

1.    Oversees on and off-campus programs, activities, faculty affairs, and academic support services.
2.    Develops and implements strategies to attract and retain students and faculty. 
3.    Ensures that the curriculum remains current and is in compliance with accreditation standards. 
4.    Makes recommendations to leadership for improving the continuing education program.
5.    Supervises the departmental budget and manages expenditures throughout the year.
6.    Develops and establishes institutional policies and procedures for academic and non-academic issues.
7.    Maintains knowledge of current or pending regulatory changes and policies that may have institutional impact on the School’s overall CME program and on individual CME activities. 
8.    Authors and prepares CME accreditation applications for all CME programs.
9.    Promotes educational programs, internationally representing the University at conference and events.
10.    Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.
 

Core Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

Certification and Licensing:

Not Applicable

Experience:

Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Knowledge of business and management principles.

• Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations.

• Ability to establish department goals, and objectives that support the strategic plan.

• Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others.

• Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train others.

Department Specific Functions

Job Summary (Purpose and Function):

The Director, Continuing Medical Education is responsible for the senior level administration and overall academic operations of the Prehospital and Emergency Training Division (PETD) of the Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education (the Gordon Center). This position is also responsible for overseeing the public relations and marketing initiatives of the Gordon Center.

Accountabilities

Administration

• Oversees administration of continuing education, undergraduate and graduate medical education programs, faculty development programs and prehospital and emergency training programs.

• Devises master course schedules, coordinating with other Gordon Center divisions, Miller School of Medicine departments, UHealth training officers, and a range of prehospital and emergency training constituent agencies throughout Florida, the US and internationally.

• Supervises administrative management of courses, including advance registration process, enrollment levels and staffing and class day check-in, preparation and dissemination of course completion documentation.

• Directs and coordinates Prehospital and Emergency Training Division (PETD) administrative staff.

• Oversees management of course, learner and instructor records, including functionality of computerized informational database, ensuring Gordon Center compliance with continuing education requirements, facilitating the inputting and retrieval of data for evaluation, quality improvement, and educational research purposes.

• Addresses administrative functions with outside organizations with which Gordon Center program has agreements, e.g., American Heart Association, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, National Disaster Life Support, Gordon Center Satellite Training Sites, State Colleges, and national institutions.

• Develops PETD policies and procedures working with the division director, ensuring adherence, and periodically evaluating and proposing revisions as appropriate.

• Implements course-by-course cost accounting and ensures efficient purchasing of PETD course materials, supplies and printing, working in concert with the Director of Business and Strategic Operations.

• Oversees system for monthly billing, payment tracking and collections for PETD courses, services and materials.

• Ensures reliable and adequate inventory and orderly dissemination of course materials and supplies.

• Researches and prepares annual budget projections for PETD.

Public Relations and Marketing to the Gordon Center Target Audiences and Stakeholders

• Oversees the design, production, and dissemination of newsletter and/or annual report; brochures and informational materials; periodic media releases to appropriate internal and external publications working with public relations consultants and Miller School of Medicine communications.

• Arranges the dissemination of information to target populations through personal contact, direct mail, news media and the internet.

• Oversees promotion and marketing of the Gordon Center educational products.

• Serves as the Gordon Center liaison to constituent agencies locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally.

• Facilitates on-site tours and off-site demonstrations of the Gordon Center’s programs.

• Ensures excellence in customer service by all Gordon Center administrative personnel.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment.

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Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Pay Grade:

A14