Senior Vice President, Institutional and Program Accreditation

The Senior Vice President, Institutional and Program Accreditation will work in collaboration with the Chief Accreditation Officer to direct the activities of the Executive Directors who support the accreditation of graduate medical education (GME) Sponsoring Institutions and programs.

Reporting Relationship

The Senior Vice President, Institutional and Program Accreditation reports to the Chief Accreditation Officer at the ACGME.

This role will collaborate with the Chief Accreditation Officer, other Senior Vice Presidents reporting to the Chief Accreditation Officer, Executive Directors, and other ACGME departments to support initiatives related to accreditation. This role will also interact with key stakeholders in the GME community, as well as with certifying boards, specialty/subspecialty organizations, and other organizations and agencies, as necessary.

Expectations

• Works primarily with teams overseeing accreditation of Sponsoring Institutions, as well as and programs that use the ACGME Case Log System to track clinical experience (all surgical specialties and subspecialties, allergy and immunology, anesthesiology, dermatology, medical genetics and genomics, nuclear medicine, osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine, pathology, radiology)
• Provides support to, and when required, recruitment and retention of, Executive Directors and their staff.
• Assures that Review Committees have appropriate guidance regarding accreditation policies and procedures to conduct fair and equitable reviews of Sponsoring Institutions and residency and fellowship programs, and to provide effective communication to those accredited entities.
• Directs activities relevant to the ongoing evaluation and improvement of the quality of Review Committees' actions and processes.
• Works with other leaders to transform the ACGME Case Log System as part of the ACGME's Digital Transformation Plan.
• Supports activities related to establishing accreditation of new specialties and subspecialties and developing new Program Requirements for the relevant disciplines.
• Oversees the process for development and revision of the Institutional Requirements in collaboration with the Institutional Review Committee and the Accreditation Standards staff.
• Anticipates and leads through changes and extraordinary circumstances that arise and impact accreditation activities.
• Along with the Executive Directors, serves as liaison and presents on the work of the ACGME to organizations and agencies concerned with medical education in general, and the nominating organizations of the Review Committees in particular.
• Along with the Executive Directors and accreditation staff, participates in the education and support of GME leadership and staff members.
• Communicates to the medical education community and publishes on accreditation-related matters.
• Provides support and furthers the work of the Council of Review Committee Chairs and other Councils of the Board of Directors, as requested.
• Oversees professional staff members, engages in recruitment, evaluation, and managing workload and workflow; responsible for the assigned department budgets and structure, staff performance and assessment, classification, promotion, and pay.
• Identifies and facilitates process improvement changes in fiscal, policy, and data management services provided to constituents.
• Works closely with internal and external subject matter experts driving improvement in gathering, storing, and analyzing accreditation data.
• In collaboration with the Chief Accreditation Officer and Senior Vice Presidents for Accreditation and Field Activities, provides input on and carries out departmental strategy, [MS1] including as relates to the development of outcomes-based accreditation processes.
• As requested, participates in consultative work with ACGME Global Services and ACGME International, including sharing best practices in program accreditation with an international audience, either remotely or on-site at international locations.
• Serves a member of the ACGME's Senior Leadership Team, attending meetings of the ACGME Board of Directors and participating in discussions with the CEO and Leadership on matters of strategic importance to the organization.
• With other senior leaders, helps to oversee the further integration of competency-based medical education principles and practice into ACGME requirements and standards.

Education, Training and Experience

• MD, DO, or equivalent required, with board certification in a procedure-based discipline highly preferred.
• Minimum of two years as a designated institutional official (DIO) or associate DIO required.
• Ten years' experience within GME.
• Experience as a GME program director required.
• Rich knowledge and experience in GME, accreditation, research, and administration.
• Strong background in accreditation, certification, or related systems.
• Experience and interest in competency-based education.

Qualifications

• Ability to effectively manage the variable elements of the role, spanning from day-to-day operations to strategic planning and implementation.
• Evidence of the practice of a high level of confidentiality.
• Experience managing an enterprise of substantial size.
• Demonstrated team-building skills.
• Leadership experience (e.g., Board-level experience) in organizations with diverse specialty representation concerned with education across the continuum of medical education.
• Evidence of ability to lead change efforts.
• Polished administrative and negotiation skills.
• Planning and budgeting experience.
• An ability to interact credibly with professional staff members, outside physicians, and other educators involved in GME.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Personal and Professional Attributes

The successful candidate will possess a wide range of needed personality traits, work habits, and social skills necessary to perform effectively within the organization. This individual will possess both personal and professional integrity, strong communication skills, and a professional appearance and presentation.

Specifically, the following knowledge, skills, and abilities will be required to be successful in this position:

• Honest and a highly ethical team player.
• Strong people management and leadership skills, including the ability to communicate and work well with people at all levels.
• An extremely organized, disciplined, hands-on, and process-oriented leader who is not afraid of digging into details when necessary.
• Initiative, self-confidence, good judgment, and the ability to make decisions in a timely fashion.
• Highly engaged, energetic, focused, and execution oriented.
• Strategic vision and thinking, including the ability to position the organization for the future, looking beyond the present situation to conceptualize key trends and identify changing market demands.
• Strong business acumen, intelligence, and capacity, including the ability to think strategically and implement tactically.
• Strong work ethic, achievement-oriented, and motivated beyond personal interests.
• Open leadership style; actively seeks out and supports collaborative thinking and problem solving with others in the organization, and does not view collaborative dialogue around decisions as a personal attack on abilities.
• Problem-solves and approaches work from an organizational value-add perspective.
• Knowledgeable of how decisions impact all aspects of the organization; approaches work as an interconnected system.
• Demonstrated proactive management style.

The ACGME is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled and Veteran Employer. The ACGME welcomes differences in the form of gender, race, ethnicity, disability, geography, socioeconomic status, age, politics, religion, philosophy, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression status. All applicants who share this goal are encouraged to apply.