Internal Medicine Residency Program Director- Chestnut Hill Hospital (CHH)

Temple University, Office of Physician & Faculty Recruitment • Philadelphia, PA

11h

About The Position

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) invites applications for the position of Internal Medicine Residency Program Director – Chestnut Hill Hospital (CHH). The Program Director is responsible for the oversight and coordination of graduate medical education (GME) activities at Chestnut Hill Hospital as it relates to the ACGME Internal Medicine Residency Program. The Program Director has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for: administration and operations; teaching and scholarly activity; resident recruitment and selection, evaluation, and promotion of residents, and disciplinary action; supervision of residents; and resident education.. This role supports the educational success of residents and while upholding patient safety and institutional compliance. Home to more than 350 board-certified physicians, Chestnut Hill Hospital is a 148-bed, community focused inpatient and outpatient facility offering a comprehensive range of services. These include: emergency medicine; minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery; cardiology; gynecology; oncology; orthopedics; primary care; two Women’s Centers; and an off-site physical therapy center.

Requirements

• MD, DO, or foreign equivalent
• Completion of Internal Medicine residency
• Board certification or eligibility in Internal Medicine
• Ability to obtain an unrestricted DEA and medical license from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to start date
• Must have the ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.
• Ability to accept responsibility for leadership, direction, control, planning, negotiating, organizing, directing, supervising, formulating practices or making final decisions.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Experience working within a complex health system.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced clinical and educational environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and promote a positive learning environment aligned with institutional and program missions.
• Oversee and implement the residency didactic curriculum.
• Facilitate faculty development to physicians serving as clinical educators.
• Ensure resident education is integrated with quality and safe patient care.
• Review the annual evaluations residents complete on the physician clinical educators and provide the DIO and CMO of Chestnut Hill with the data and any performance improvement needs.
• Foster a learning and working environment in which residents have the opportunity to raise concerns, report mistreatment, and provide feedback in a confidential manner as appropriate, without fear of intimidation or retaliation.

Benefits

• In addition to a competitive salary, there is a comprehensive suite of benefits—including a generous 403(b) retirement match, 457(b), health, dental, vision, life, malpractice, tuition remission, and CME, among others.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree