Assistant Director, Residency Program - Medicine Administration Department

Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY

3d•$78,884 - $118,326

About The Position

The Assistant Director, Residency Program provides leadership and oversight for the operational, financial, accreditation, educational, and administrative activities of a portfolio of residency and fellowship programs. The incumbent serves as the senior administrative leader for graduate medical education activities within the department and partners with Program Directors, Department Leadership, and institutional stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance, operational excellence, effective resource utilization, and achievement of strategic objectives. The Assistant Director develops departmental GME operational strategy, leads administrative teams, and establishes standards supporting the educational mission.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
Five (5) or more years of progressively responsible experience in graduate medical education administration, healthcare administration, academic administration, or related field.
Significant leadership experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, Higher Education Administration, or related field preferred.
TAGME (Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education) certification preferred

Responsibilities

Directs operational, accreditation, educational, and administrative activities for a large, complex residency training program and associated fellowship training programs as applicable.
Serves as the senior departmental administrative resource regarding graduate medical education operations, accreditation, compliance, and program administration.
Provides direct supervision, mentoring, coaching, and performance management for managers, coordinators, and administrative personnel.
Develops departmental operational goals, performance measures, and strategic initiatives supporting program effectiveness and educational excellence.
Oversees trainee lifecycle management activities including recruitment, onboarding, credentialing, licensure, immigration support, compliance, and graduation processes.
Provides departmental oversight for ERAS, Thalamus, NRMP, onboarding, recruitment operations, and related graduate medical education technologies.
Provides oversight of accreditation activities including Annual Program Evaluation (APE), Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), Clinical Competency Committee (CCC), WebADS reporting, Program Letters of Agreement (PLA), accreditation readiness, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
Collaborates with Program Directors and faculty leadership to support accreditation compliance, action plan implementation, reporting activities, and program improvement efforts.
Oversees educational administration activities including curriculum management, evaluation systems, milestone reporting, scholarly activity tracking, educational outcomes assessment, and Residency Management System utilization.
Utilizes RMS data, analytics, resident complement information, participating site reporting, and operational metrics to support accreditation readiness, workforce planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) cost reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Develops and manages educational budgets, staffing plans, resource allocation strategies, and operational improvement initiatives supporting departmental goals.
Evaluates operational, educational, accreditation, and financial outcomes and develops recommendations to improve program effectiveness and efficiency.
Leads workforce planning, employee engagement, succession planning, staff development, and implementation of departmental best practices related to residency and fellowship administration.
Serves as the primary administrative liaison between Program Directors, Department Leadership, institutional committees, and Graduate Medical Education leadership and represents the department on institutional initiatives and workgroups.
Performs other related duties as assigned.